Senior Staff Backend Architect - Remote & Flexible Hours

Remotedxb; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote/Hybrid options

Birthday Day Off

Blip Recharge 5 paid days off

Meal vouchers

Health and dental insurance

Life insurance

Paternity leave

Childcare assistance

Educational incentives

Job summary

Blip is a global technology company seeking a Staff Architect to define the technical and backend architecture strategy aligned with global business goals. You will establish formal architecture processes (RFCs/ADRs) for high-scale distributed systems and lead cross-team initiatives bridging engineering with stakeholders.

You will mentor Staff Engineers and Tech Leads, create PoCs to validate directions and security gaps, and drive architecture programs across multiple teams in a fast-growing

Qualifications

• Executive technical leadership experience at Staff+ or Principal Architect level.
• Deep mastery of C#/.NET and microservices ecosystem.
• Strong knowledge of resilient system design, Kubernetes and cloud platforms.
• Experience implementing RFCs/ADRs and governance frameworks.
• Proficient in observability tools and complex CI/CD pipelines.
• Fluent in Portuguese and English.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical and backend architecture strategy aligned with global business goals.
• Establish and lead formal architecture processes (RFCs/ADRs) for high-scale distributed systems.
• Lead high-complexity solutions across multiple teams, bridging engineering and stakeholders.
• Mentor Staff Engineers and Tech Leads to elevate organizational technical maturity.
• Create Proofs of Concept (POCs) to validate architectural directions and security gaps.

Skills

Executive leadership

C# .NET

Resilient design

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

RFCs/ADRs governance

Observability tools

CI/CD pipelines

Portuguese

English

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

Grafana

Prometheus

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Blip is a global technology company seeking a Staff Architect to define the technical and backend architecture strategy aligned with global business goals. You will establish formal architecture processes (RFCs/ADRs) for high-scale distributed systems and lead cross-team initiatives bridging engineering with stakeholders.

You will mentor Staff Engineers and Tech Leads, create PoCs to validate directions and security gaps, and drive architecture programs across multiple teams in a fast-growing