Job Description

Senior Back End Developer (Job Location: Dubai - United Arab Emirates)

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for an amazing individual to join our dynamic team as Senior Back End Developer to drive the development of cutting-edge solutions and shape the future of our products. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Back-End architectures and technologies, strong technical skills and Golang experience. You will join one of our feature squads (payment, on-boarding, trading) and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including designers, product managers, developers and solutions architects to deliver a seamless and engaging app experience. This role reports to the Technical Lead of one of our feature squads and is based in Dubai.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient back-end services using Golang within an event-driven architecture to support our consumer app, including hands-on coding, code reviews, and troubleshooting to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality software solutions
• Participate in the architectural design and review processes, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, and cost-effective.
• Provide Mentorship and code-reviews to mid and junior level back-end developers, fostering a collaborative and innovative team environment, best practices in code quality and agile methodologies.
• Implement and manage Kafka-based systems for real-time data processing and distribution
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate various components and data systems.
• Advocate for and implement best practices in software engineering, including agile development, automated testing, continuous integration, and SRE (monitoring, observability, logging).
• Help to identify performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations to enhance the responsiveness and efficiency of the platform.
• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in backend development and architecture designs.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues, providing timely resolutions.
• Participate in the entire app lifecycle, from concept and design to testing and release.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including specifications, and development guidelines.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Proven experience (6+ years minimum) working as a Senior Golang Back End Developer or similar role, preferably in the development of mission critical systems or financial applications.
• Strong hands-on expertise in back-end development with technologies such as Golang and Kafka
• Strong architectural and system design skills in technologies such as microservices, distributed systems, cloud computing, event driven systems and REST API design.
• Experience with Cloud technologies, orchestration (K8s, Docker), CI/CD, automated testing and other DevOps tools and methodologies
• Experience working with datastores of any kind (RDBMS, NoSQL, Key-Value, Queue Management, …)
• Strong proficiency in writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Ability to look at the bigger picture and create a scalable back-end architecture.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, or Kanban.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Experience working on a B2C application is a strong plus
• Familiarity with trading or financial applications and their specific requirements