
Senior Software Engineer – Forward Deployed
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full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dubai • United Arab Emirates
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Salary
💰 AED 25,000 - AED 35,000 per month
Job Level
About the role
- You’ll work across a diverse engineering scope, including designing, building, and maintaining backend services and new product features.
- Contribute to frontend development to build and improve user-facing features in collaboration with product and design teams.
- Managing and improving AWS infrastructure to support scalable and reliable systems.
- Building and maintaining integrations with CX platforms and third-party services.
- Implementing and managing SMS and email communication systems.
- Automating operational workflows and improving deployment pipelines.
- Monitoring system performance and responding to production incidents.
- Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver regional solutions.
- Partner with UAE clients and internal stakeholders to gather technical requirements and design practical, scalable solutions that address real business needs.
- Contributing to engineering standards, documentation, and best practices.
Requirements
- Strong experience in backend software development, with an emphasis on Go, Node.js, Python, or similar.
- Experience practicing test-driven development (TDD) and writing automated tests as part of everyday engineering work.
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, modern DevOps practices, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
- Experience designing and implementing serverless solutions (e.g., AWS Lambda) and event-based architectures.
- Experience integrating with external APIs and CX platforms.
- Familiarity with messaging systems (SMS gateways, email providers).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling.
- Ability to independently own projects from design to deployment.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communicator and collaborator, with a high degree of empathy.
- A humble, growth-oriented mindset, open to constructive feedback and continuous learning.
- A pragmatic mindset focused on reliability, scalability, and simplicity.
- Comfort using modern AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and code quality.
- Experience with modern frontend development using React or similar frameworks is a plus.
Benefits
- Remote Work Package: basic remote work setup, including a MacBook, keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
- Our benefits packages vary depending on region and role requirements.
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Hard Skills & Tools
backend software developmentGoNode.jsPythontest-driven development (TDD)automated testsAWS cloud infrastructureInfrastructure as Code (IaC)Terraformserverless solutions
Soft Skills
debuggingproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationempathygrowth-oriented mindsetopen to feedbackcontinuous learningpragmatic mindsetreliability