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Backend Engineer (12 Month FTC)

Unlock employer Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Posted: 24 Sep 2025

Financial

  • Estimate: $30k - $40k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Office Only
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

About the Job:
Presight is an ADX-listed public company, with Abu Dhabi based G42 as its majority shareholder, and is recognized as the region’s leading big data analytics company powered by GenAI. We integrate big data, analytics, and AI expertise across various sectors to create impactful business solutions and contribute to positive societal outcomes. Our focus is on all-source data interpretation to facilitate insight-driven decision-making that fosters safer, healthier, happier, and more sustainable societies.

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The Opportunity:
We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Engineer to join our team on a 12-month contract based in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates. In this role, you will design, create, and implement various C++ based solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, implement, and maintain high-volume, low-latency C++ applications
  • Interpret briefs to create high-quality code that meets specifications
  • Collaborate with the team to determine application functions and build objectives
  • Ensure that written code aligns with project objectives
  • Handle external and embedded databases such as Mongo, MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • Work with Kafka and Elastic Search
  • Create database schemas to support business processes
  • Implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
  • Utilize code versioning tools, e.g., Git
  • Understand basic design principles for scalable applications
  • Develop microservice design and architectural patterns
  • Employ design patterns for distributed systems
  • Maintain Docker/Container clusters

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related fields
  • At least 5 years of programming experience, specifically in C++
  • Significant coding skills in C++, with knowledge of other languages being advantageous
  • Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities
  • Familiarity with current frameworks, SDKs, APIs, and libraries
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

What We Look For:
If you are performance-driven and adaptable, with a desire to build meaningful collaborations and create unique customer-centric solutions, you may be an excellent fit for our team. A bias for action and a passion for exploring new frontiers in the AI space are core values of the Presight community.

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