Software Engineer

Prop Firm; Dubai; On-site; AED 446,000 - 714,000; Full time

Job summary

Prop Firm is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and implement backend services across the trading domain. You will own features end to end, including schema, API, tests and UI integration, while contributing to real-time infrastructure and client-facing APIs.

You will also write integration tests against real dependencies. The role requires strong TypeScript or other statically-typed language experience, plus familiarity with trading systems, distributed transactions, and SQL/ORM usage.

Qualifications

• 5+ years production backend experience.
• Strong TypeScript or other strongly typed language background.
• Experience with trading systems or financial infrastructure.
• Familiar with distributed systems and transactions.
• Proficient in SQL and an ORM (TypeORM preferred).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement backend services across the trading domain.
• Own features end to end: schema, API, tests, UI integration.
• Contribute to real time infrastructure and client facing APIs.
• Write integration tests against real dependencies.

Skills

TypeScript

Trading systems

Distributed systems

Node.js

React/Next.js

Tools

NestJS

Spring

FastAPI

SQL

TypeORM

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design and implement backend services across the trading domain.
• Own features end to end: schema, API, tests, UI integration.
• Contribute to real time infrastructure and client facing APIs.
• Write integration tests against real dependencies.

Requirements

• 5+ years production backend experience.
• Strong TypeScript or other strongly typed language background.
• Experience with trading systems, financial infrastructure, or exchange adjacent domains.
• Distributed system and transaction knowledge.
• Modern Node.js backend framework (NestJS preferred; Spring / FastAPI / similar acceptable).
• SQL and a production ORM (preferably TypeORM).
• Arbitrary precision decimal arithmetic in financial contexts.
• Able to ship React / Next.js features to completion.

Bonus

• Event sourcing experience.
• Direct experience with major exchange APIs (REST + WebSocket).
• KYC / compliance workflows.
• Crypto native.