Backend Engineer jobs in United Arab Emirates

Justlife is rocking the region with its beautifully designed for all home services app and looking for brilliant minds and skilled professionals who can think outside the box and have a limit that defies the sky.

Do you envision shaping the future of all home services in one of the fast-growing tech startups based in Dubai?

Come onboard and dedicate yourself to becoming #everydaybetter!

Take over a key role as a Senior Software Engineer - Backend in the Engineering department, and be a part of this exciting adventure of never-ending growth and success.

Here are some exciting projects you will contribute to:

• Customer-to-supplier dispatching algorithms
• Real-time order tracking
• Development & optimization of APIs for 3rd party integrations
• Database modeling and design
• Implementing a safer and more flexible attribute management system
• Enhancing availability and assignment algorithms
• API-first development and E2E API tests
• Actively developing A/B structures
• Prototyping with AI tools usage

• Strong proficiency in Java
• Experience with MVC frameworks such as Spring Boot
• High comfort level with RDBMS (MySQL) and MongoDB
• Proficiency in working with ORM frameworks such as Hibernate
• Experience with message queues (RabbitMQ) and cache storage (Redis)
• Solid understanding of MVC architecture and RESTful services
• Good grasp of the SOLID principles
• Strong object-oriented programming and design pattern skills
• Comfortable with Git version control system
• Understanding/experience of AI Agents and Automation Frameworks
• Experience with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes is a plus
• Willingness to work with PHP 7 (Symfony and Doctrine)
• Willingness to participate in our on-call rota
• Experience in performing unit and integration tests to ensure the reliability of backend services

Nothing would replace the start-up spirit, working with an evolving culture and fulfilling workplace! And, we offer you benefits like:

• One-day extra vacation on your birthday with our JustHoliday
• Free Justlife credits so you can enjoy our own services
• Work reality escapes opportunities through team-building games, challenges, and many more activities

• Working with a great team and entrepreneurial spirit
• Continuous learning with mentorship, coaching, on-the-job, and internal-external training
• Never-ending growth with a fast-track career development and internal career opportunities
• A fair and objective Performance Management System.

• Ignition of the hero in you through our ‘’JustHeroes’’ Reward and Recognition Program
• Availability of company discounts and gift vouchers
• A bonus for every successful Employee Referral

At Justlife, we envision a life without any chores that keep you from doing what you really want to.

Justlife is the region’s leading super app for home services. We connect individual needs with on-demand services, through our innovative marketplace platform.

We helped digitalize the cleaning service industry in UAE, back in 2015, and have been expanding our services from home cleaning alone to serving all our customer’s needs at home across the GCC. We now offer home cleaning, salon & spa at home, healthcare at home, maintenance & repairs, upholstery cleaning, pest control & disinfection, moving and packing, and car cleaning, and many more.

We built a network of thousands of trained professionals and served over 6 million sessions across UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman. With a team of 200+ full-timers and over 1000 service professionals, we pride ourselves in having created a culture that puts people first.

We promise our customers stellar service, our suppliers a valuable partner, our professionals a better life, and our employees a work environment where they can be their best versions of themselves.

Join the tribe and let’s become #everydaybetter, together!