Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

About the role

A company is looking for a world-class Software Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience to join its team in Dubai. The role is full-time and on-site in the Business Bay office, and candidates must be ready to join immediately. It is described as a fundamental software engineering position, not a DevOps role.

Required profile

• 8+ years of serious, hands-on software engineering experience
• Exceptionally strong problem-solving and analytical ability; proactive in investigating and fixing issues
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and a deep understanding of system design, architecture, APIs, performance, scalability, testing, debugging, security and clean code
• Able to work independently and make sound technical decisions, with strong ownership and a good attitude
• Comfortable working closely with the business and understanding real-world requirements
• Technically curious, staying current with modern frameworks, tools, AI-assisted development and emerging technologies
• AI is used in the workplace; engineers must be able to code, debug and architect without AI, challenge AI output and spot poor architecture

Required skills

• JavaScript / TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, NestJS, Python
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, REST APIs and modern backend architecture
• Database design, indexing, query optimization and performance tuning
• Git and professional development workflows, automated testing and production debugging
• DevOps knowledge is a plus: Docker, CI/CD, cloud deployments, Linux, monitoring and troubleshooting