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Global Lead Engineer (Back End) - Open Finance

Unlock employer Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posted: 06 Nov 2025

Financial

  • Estimate: $90k - $120k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

To deliver and maintain IT applications and services in order to realize the company strategy in the field of information technology. Engineers in this job category are responsible for the technical aspects of the projects/features and they work with the Group Product Owner and Chapter Lead. They are directly responsible for the governance of Engineers across all countries working within the scope of the deliverable of Squad. A helicopter view is required to determine priorities based on context and continuously improve performance.

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Responsibilities

  • Uses Backend technical expertise and experience to contribute to backend engineering excellence across Engineers in Squad.
  • Works with Designated Principal Engineers for the Squad to ensure the best engineering outcomes in terms of reusability, optimization, testability, readability, and performance of code.
  • Develops the IT product, performs unit tests in line with the customer’s wishes and IT area’s internal ambitions, and reviews colleagues’ IT products.
  • Designs, builds, and tests IT products (functional, performance, resilience, and security tests) and automates them.
  • Improves the Continuous Delivery process and sets up the IT environment, deploying the IT product on the IT infrastructure and implementing required changes.

Required Skills

  • Excellent programming/coding skills in Java; Kotlin is a plus.
  • Excellent knowledge of SQL and one common database technology, such as Postgres, MySQL, or MSSQL; NoSQL databases knowledge like MongoDB, Cassandra, CouchDB, HBase, or Neo4J is a plus.
  • Experience with building RESTful APIs, Single Sign-On, LDAP, and Search Technologies.
  • Knowledge of domain-driven design principles and SOLID design is a plus.
  • At least 8 years of software development experience with experience working in Agile teams.
  • Working knowledge of Kubernetes, DevOps, Docker, and infrastructure as code.
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