This list contains only the countries for which job offers have been published in the selected language (e.g., in the French version, only job offers written in French are displayed, and in the English version, only those in English).
Ziina is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. We laid a strong foundation upon which we’ve shipped our product. We are looking for someone to help us build out innovative new features, prepare our technology to scale, and help shape our engineering organization to be the kind of place that bright minds from across the region and the world aspire to work for.
Job Responsibility:
Collaborate with world-class product, design, operations, and engineering teams to determine which features and solutions will deliver the most value for the business and the best experience for our users
Own and ship end-to-end reliable, scalable, and maintainable software that will keep our users’ funds safe and stand the test of time
Foster a high-performance culture by mentoring engineers, promoting best practices, and creating an environment where engineers can thrive and grow
Design and build a cloud-native platform while leveraging the main features for monitoring, observability, security, scalability, elasticity, and testing
Improve CI/CD workflows to reduce time-to-market for new features
Help shape our engineering culture by introducing good practices and methods of knowledge-sharing
Requirements:
3+ years experience
Node.js
TypeScript
GraphQL
Kafka
PostgreSQL
Live in, or be willing to relocate to the UAE
Be an owner and a team player
Be curious and eager to grow
Be able to define and effectively communicate technical and design requirements
Be able to write clean, high-quality, testable, reusable, and well-documented code
Possess strong data-driven thinking and customer focus
Possess excellent communication skills and a desire to collaborate
Nice to have:
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
What we offer:
Golden Visa Nomination
Above-market compensation package (base salary plus equity)
0% income tax in Dubai
Flexible work hours and location
Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance for employees and dependents
Office hours with early employees and executives at top technology companies