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Lead Software Engineer

Flatgigs
Location
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Workplace
Onsite
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Posted 11mo ago

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable backend systems. This is a hands-on leadership role with responsibilities spanning architecture, coding, and mentoring, while partnering closely with Product and cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and build reliable, testable, production-ready backend services.
  • Drive architectural decisions and own features end-to-end.
  • Write clean, maintainable code with strong test coverage.
  • Mentor engineers and set best practices across the team.
  • Oversee system monitoring, incident response, and workflow improvements.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally and contribute to hiring efforts.
  • 5+ years backend experience, 4+ years with Node.js & TypeScript.
  • Strong expertise in AWS (Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, CloudFormation).
  • Experience with serverless, microservices, event-driven architectures.
  • Skilled in TDD, CI/CD, REST/GraphQL APIs, secure coding.
  • Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Startup/fast-paced environment experience preferred.

Skills

  • Node.js
  • TypeScript
  • AWS
  • AWS Lambda
  • Cognito
  • S3
  • DynamoDB
  • AWS SQS
  • AWS SNS
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • GraphQL
  • SQL

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