Senior Backend Engineer – Scalable, Secure APIs (Equity)

Nakhla; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 133,920 - 200,880; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Opportunity for equity

Autonomy in role

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Riyadh is seeking a skilled Senior Backend Developer to take ownership of core backend systems and drive architectural decisions. In this role, you'll design and maintain backend services, build reliable APIs, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to enhance product performance. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of backend development experience and strong skills in cloud infrastructure and database optimization. Competitive compensation and a collaborative work environment are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in backend languages such as Python, Go, Node.js, or similar.
• Experience building RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs.
• Architect scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and machine learning teams.

Skills

Backend development

API design

Cloud infrastructure

Database optimization

CI/CD practices

Distributed systems

Clean code

Tools

Python

Node.js

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

A leading technology firm in Riyadh is seeking a skilled Senior Backend Developer to take ownership of core backend systems and drive architectural decisions. In this role, you'll design and maintain backend services, build reliable APIs, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to enhance product performance. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of backend development experience and strong skills in cloud infrastructure and database optimization. Competitive compensation and a collaborative work environment are offered.