Hands-On Senior Backend Engineer (AI-First)

About the role

GlobalDrum is seeking a senior backend engineer who loves working directly with code while driving AI‑first initiatives. Based in Dubai with a hybrid work model, you will help shape a multi‑tenant, event‑driven platform that powers media monetisation across the globe.

Key responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable, cloud‑agnostic backend services and real‑time data pipelines.
• Design secure multi‑tenant solutions, integrate payment systems and expose robust public APIs.
• Build and integrate Model Context Protocol (MCP) components to enable advanced agentic capabilities.
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies, own complex architectural epics and mentor junior team members.

Required profile

• Extensive hands‑on experience in large‑scale AI development, including coding assistants and agentic workflows.
• Deep expertise in solution architecture, AWS and cloud‑agnostic backend design.
• Proven track record designing real‑time, event‑driven architectures.
• Strong background in early‑stage startup environments using Scrum.

Required skills

• AI development tools and frameworks.
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) implementation.
• Multi‑tenant architecture and payment gateway integration (e.g., Stripe).
• Public API design and event‑driven data pipelines.
• AWS services and cloud‑agnostic deployment patterns.