Senior Staff Software Engineer

About the role

Flatgigs is looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer in Dubai to shape and scale its backend platform. The role is hands-on: you will define architecture, own feature delivery end to end, mentor engineers and work with Product and other teams to deliver secure, scalable, cloud-native systems.

Key responsibilities

• Define and implement backend architecture and technical strategy
• Own feature delivery end to end, ensuring performance and scalability
• Champion engineering best practices such as TDD, CI/CD and clean architecture
• Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers to raise technical standards
• Improve workflows, monitoring and incident management
• Partner with Product and stakeholders to align technical and business goals

Required profile

• 7+ years of backend engineering, with 5+ years on Node.js and TypeScript in production
• Proven track record with serverless, microservices and event-driven systems
• Strong background in API design, distributed systems and debugging
• Leadership experience in architecture decisions and team mentorship

Required skills

• Deep expertise in AWS services: Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS
• Node.js and TypeScript