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Senior Backend Engineer

Ziina
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Dubai, UAEfull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Senior Backend Engineer at Ziina based in Dubai, UAE. You will own end-to-end software delivery, design and build a cloud-native platform, mentor engineers, and help scale the system that handles users' funds while shaping engineering culture.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product, design, operations, and engineering teams to determine valuable features and optimal user experience
  • Own and ship end-to-end reliable, scalable, and maintainable software that keeps users’ funds safe
  • Mentor engineers, promote best practices, and foster a high-performance culture
  • Design and build a cloud-native platform emphasizing monitoring, observability, security, scalability, elasticity, and testing
  • Improve CI/CD workflows to reduce time-to-market for new features
  • Help shape engineering culture through knowledge-sharing and best practices

Qualifications

  • 6+ years developing software
  • Experience working on systems that handle money
  • Experience with Node.js, GraphQL, Postgres, ElasticSearch, or Kafka
  • Experience shipping and maintaining complex backends
  • Be an owner and a team player
  • Be curious and eager to grow
  • Ability to define and communicate technical and design requirements
  • Ability to write clean, high-quality, testable, reusable, and well-documented code
  • Strong data-driven thinking and customer focus
  • Excellent communication skills and collaboration
  • Willing to relocate to the UAE or live in the UAE

Skills

Required:software development experienceNode.js
Nice to have:GraphQLPostgreSQLElasticsearchKafkacloud-native architectureCI/CD
Last updated May 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Move your money forward

Ziina offers seamless money transfers for individuals and businesses in the UAE. Accept cashless payments in-person & online with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or card.

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