Staff Software Engineer - Modernization

Michael Page International (UAE); Riyadh; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation allowance

Family benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage

Schooling for dependents

Job summary

An organisation within the technology and telecoms industry is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead modernization of legacy systems and design distributed data solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align software with business needs and mentor junior engineers.

The role focuses on reliability, performance, and migrating to microservices, with a preference for ERP or Enterprise SaaS experience. Attractive benefits and relocation support may be offered.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Java and Spring Boot required.
• Experience modernising a large legacy platform.
• Experience migrating monoliths to microservices (Flyway / Liquibase).
• Built Kafka-based architectures.
• Led large-scale data migrations.
• Experience with ERP or Enterprise SaaS platforms preferred.
• Owned business-critical production systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the modernisation of legacy systems to improve performance and scalability.
• Design and implement distributed data solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align software solutions with business needs.
• Ensure the reliability and efficiency of software systems.
• Identify and resolve technical challenges in system architecture.
• Contribute to the development of technical standards and best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote knowledge sharing within the team.
• Monitor and optimise system performance for distributed data applications.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

Distributed systems

Data migrations

ERP/Enterprise SaaS

Tools

Flyway

Liquibase

Job description

• Work with a leading emerging Tech company.
• Attractive Package with Family Benefits and Relocation (if applicable)

About Our Client

An organisation within the technology and telecoms industry.

Job Description

• Lead the modernisation of legacy systems to improve performance and scalability.
• Design and implement distributed data solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align software solutions with business needs.
• Ensure the reliability and efficiency of software systems.
• Identify and resolve technical challenges in system architecture.
• Contribute to the development of technical standards and best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote knowledge sharing within the team.
• Monitor and optimise system performance for distributed data applications.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Staff Software Engineer should have:

• Expertise in Java, Spring Boot.
• Modernized a large legacy platform
• Migrated monoliths to microservices (Flyway / Liquibase)
• Built Kafka-based architectures.
• Led large-scale data migrations.
• Worked on ERP or Enterprise SaaS platforms (preferred).
• Owned business-critical production systems

What's on Offer

• Attractive salary with family benefits and relocation allowance (if applicable).
• Comprehensive medical coverage.
• Schooling benefits for dependents.