Technical Architect – Cloud & Software Engineering

Dicetek LLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Dicetek LLC is looking for a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience to drive cloud-native design patterns and mentor developers. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Java (Spring Boot), C# (.NET Core), or Python, and will ensure best practices in cloud and software development.

Applicants should possess a Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and be able to influence and mentor effectively within a fast-paced engineering environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on software development experience.
• Expert in Java, C#, Python, or Kotlin.
• Deep understanding of DDD, TDD/BDD, and Twelve-Factor App.

Responsibilities

• Drive cloud-native design patterns across squads.
• Define and enforce CI/CD pipelines and code review standards.
• Mentor developers for overall engineering maturity.

Skills

Java (Spring Boot)

C# (.NET Core)

Python

Kotlin

Cloud (AWS, Azure)

CI/CD tooling

Event-driven architectures

API design

Security-by-design

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Role Overview

Hands‑on engineering code alongside squads. Apply DDD, bounded contexts, aggregates, domain events, hexagonal architecture, SOLID, TDD. Ensure Twelve‑Factor App compliance for all cloud‑native services.

Engineering Excellence

• Software factory CI/CD: define and enforce pipelines, code review standards, trunk‑based branching, static analysis, SonarQube, API standards.
• Observability patterns: structured logging, distributed tracing, correlation IDs.

Cloud Adoption

• Drive cloud‑native design patterns across squads: microservices, serverless, event‑driven, container orchestration on AWS and Azure.
• Enforce infrastructure‑as‑code with Terraform, cloud security best practices (IAM, secrets management, network segmentation, cost‑aware architecture).

Reusable Building Blocks

• Design and code shared libraries, starter kits, and project archetypes embedding best practices.

Feature Team Enablement

• Pair‑program, conduct code reviews, run workshops on DDD, TDD, SOLID, Hexagonal, Twelve‑Factor.
• Mentor developers to elevate overall engineering maturity.

Developer Community

• Animate community of practice: tech talks, coding dojos, hackathons.

Deliverables

• Engineering playbook with patterns, anti‑patterns, and reference implementations.
• Architecture decision records (ADRs).
• Monthly code‑quality and community‑practice activity reports.
• Technical debt register.
• CI/CD pipeline templates for all service types.

Technical Requirements – Must‑Have

• 10+ years hands‑on software development, building solutions from scratch.
• Expert in Java (Spring Boot), C# (.NET Core), Python, or Kotlin.
• Deep DDD, TDD/BDD, SOLID, Hexagonal / Clean Architecture, Twelve‑Factor App.
• CI/CD tooling (Git, GitLab CI/CD); Docker, Kubernetes; Terraform / IaC.
• Cloud: AWS (EKS, MSK, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, API Gateway, SQS/SNS) or Azure (AKS, DevOps, Service Bus, Key Vault).
• Event‑driven architectures (Kafka, SQS/Service Bus/IBM MQ); API design (REST, gRPC, OpenAPI).
• Security‑by‑design, observability, and code quality tooling (SonarQube, SAST/DAST).

Domain – Strongly Preferred

• Capital Markets / Investment Banking: trade lifecycle, pricing, risk, market data.
• Corporate finance and securities services.

Soft Skills

• Influences through craft, not authority; proven mentor and community builder.
• Pragmatic: balances engineering excellence with delivery pressure.
• Strong technical writing: ADRs, playbooks, engineering guides.

Education & Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.

Certifications are a plus but not a substitute for hands‑on craft.