Senior Fullstack Engineer

About the role

MBZUAI is a research institute focused on building, understanding, using and risk-managing foundation models. As a Senior Fullstack Engineer you will build and maintain the backend and frontend of its AI platforms, tools and products, working with AI researchers, product managers and design teams to turn research into usable applications.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs with Python frameworks such as FastAPI
• Build data processing pipelines, integrate with databases and manage data securely and efficiently
• Design frontend web applications with Vue.js, React or Next.js, and mobile apps with Flutter
• Integrate model inference, data visualization and AI features into products
• Write clean, documented code and optimize performance, scalability and security
• Manage database design and queries with PostgreSQL and SQL, and set up CI/CD pipelines
• Troubleshoot issues across the full software stack

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field; Master's degree or equivalent experience preferred
• Strong Python backend skills, especially with FastAPI or similar frameworks
• Relational databases (PostgreSQL), SQL and RESTful API design
• Vue.js, React, Next.js or similar frontend frameworks, and Flutter
• JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3; Git, Docker and cloud deployment pipelines
• Preferred: experience integrating AI/ML models into apps, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, WebSockets/gRPC, admin dashboards and research or academic teamwork