Trader Experience Software Engineer - Fintech

NEXT Ventures; Dubai; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

NEXT Ventures in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, seeks a Mid-Level Software Engineer to lead the Trader Experience Squad. You will own the end-to-end trader journey across the FundedNext dashboard and mobile apps, drive technical direction, and mentor engineers in a fast-moving fintech environment.

You will architect scalable backends with PHP/Laravel and Next.js, optimize onboarding, KYC, and checkout flows, and push AI-native development practices across the squad for high-traffic performance.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of full stack software engineering experience, including leadership or squad management responsibilities.
• Strong expertise in PHP/Laravel, Node.js, and Next.js for building scalable customer-facing platforms
• Proven experience building high-traffic web or mobile applications with strong focus on UX, reliability, and performance
• Strong database architecture and optimization skills using MySQL or PostgreSQL in production environments
• Experience with notification systems, payment or checkout flows, onboarding/KYC systems, and customer journey optimization
• Ability to lead sprint execution, mentor engineers, and manage cross-functional stakeholder collaboration
• Experience in fintech, prop trading, trading platforms, or similar high-scale digital products is highly preferred
• Mandatory hands-on experience with AI-native engineering workflows and modern AI coding agents

Responsibilities

• Own and improve the end-to-end trader journey across the client dashboard and mobile applications
• Reduce dashboard-related support tickets by identifying product friction points and delivering scalable fixes
• Drive improvements across onboarding, KYC, purchase, checkout, and account management experiences
• Lead development of the mobile app experience across iOS and Android, ensuring performance, reliability, and feature parity with the web platform
• Design and optimize purchase and checkout flows including one-click repurchase, offer visibility, and conversion-focused user journeys
• Build scalable customer-facing experiences with high standards for usability and reliability
• Architect and maintain scalable backend systems using PHP/Laravel alongside frontend systems built with Next.js
• Design high-performance APIs, notification systems, and event-driven workflows supporting large-scale user activity
• Optimize database performance, caching strategies, and platform responsiveness for high-traffic trading environments
• Lead sprint planning, technical decision-making, delivery execution, and cross-squad coordination
• Collaborate closely with Growth, Payment, Risk, Product, and Design teams to ensure seamless platform experiences
• Establish engineering standards, code review practices, and maintainable architecture across the squad
• Leverage AI-native engineering workflows using tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or similar AI coding agents
• Use AI-assisted workflows for development, debugging, code review, and productivity optimization across the squad
• Mentor engineers and drive a culture of ownership, scalability, and continuous improvement

Skills

Full stack

PHP/Laravel

Node.js

Next.js

MySQL/PostgreSQL

UX focus

Team leadership

AI-native tooling

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

NEXT Ventures in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, seeks a Mid-Level Software Engineer to lead the Trader Experience Squad. You will own the end-to-end trader journey across the FundedNext dashboard and mobile apps, drive technical direction, and mentor engineers in a fast-moving fintech environment.

You will architect scalable backends with PHP/Laravel and Next.js, optimize onboarding, KYC, and checkout flows, and push AI-native development practices across the squad for high-traffic performance.