Staff Java Architect – Scalable Microservices & GenAI

Reqiva; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Reqiva in Dubai is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead backend development of large-scale platforms. The role emphasizes architecture ownership, hands-on coding and guiding multiple teams in modern distributed systems and AI tooling.

The successful candidate will work on Java, Spring Boot, microservices, cloud-native architectures and containerized deployments, while mentoring engineers and shaping engineering standards in a high-impact environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend software engineering experience with Java and modern distributed architectures.
• Strong expertise in Java/J2EE, Spring/Spring Boot, microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures on Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Familiarity with Kafka, asynchronous processing and event-driven designs.
• Hands-on leadership, architecture discussions and mentoring of engineers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot and Spring Cloud.
• Design highly available microservices and distributed systems.
• Lead system design discussions across engineering teams.
• Own complex multi-team technical initiatives and drive delivery.
• Work with Kafka, asynchronous processing, caching and event-driven architectures.
• Build and scale cloud-native apps on Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Collaborate with Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solve performance, scalability and production engineering challenges.
• Create shared frameworks and engineering standards.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards across teams.
• Introduce LLMs and GenAI tooling into engineering workflows.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Distributed Systems

Cloud

AI/GenAI tooling

Docker

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Kafka

CI/CD

SQL/NoSQL

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Azure

AWS

GCP

Kafka

Job description

Reqiva in Dubai is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead backend development of large-scale platforms. The role emphasizes architecture ownership, hands-on coding and guiding multiple teams in modern distributed systems and AI tooling.

The successful candidate will work on Java, Spring Boot, microservices, cloud-native architectures and containerized deployments, while mentoring engineers and shaping engineering standards in a high-impact environment.