We are seeking an experienced Senior Node.js Developer to design, build, test, and maintain scalable, high-availability backend systems end to end. This is a full-cycle ownership role — the candidate is expected to take responsibility not only for development but also for the testing and quality of what they build, with minimal reliance on a separate QA function. The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on engineering expertise with the ability to influence architecture decisions across teams and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders. Prior experience in banking, financial services, or fintech environments is highly valued.
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Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and develop scalable, highly available RESTful APIs using Node.js
- Build and maintain GraphQL based services
- Own end-to-end quality of delivered code, including unit testing, integration testing, and API/contract testing
- Own performance tuning, debugging, and monitoring of production systems
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and support troubleshooting across distributed service ecosystems
- Work with containerized environments including Docker and Kubernetes
- Integrate services with API gateways such as 3Scale
- Implement secure authentication using SSO and token-based standards (REST, JWT, OAuth)
- Work with task and message queue systems including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Pushpin, and Kafka
- Uphold best practices in coding standards, security, unit testing, and documentation
- Ensure the quality of technical and application architecture across the organization
- Research and benchmark technologies against industry best practices
- Operate within Agile delivery frameworks
Required Qualifications:
Education:
Postgraduate degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent industry experience
Experience:
- Minimum 8 years of professional coding experience in Node.js, JavaScript, and database technologies
- At least 1 year of hands-on experience with TypeScript
- Demonstrated experience in performance tuning, debugging, and system monitoring
- Hands-on experience writing and maintaining automated test suites (unit, integration, and/or API level)
Technical Skills:
- Strong expertise in building scalable, highly available RESTful APIs with Node.js
- Practical experience with GraphQL
- Proficiency with testing frameworks and practices (e.g. Jest, Mocha, Supertest, or equivalent)
- Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and hands-on troubleshooting in distributed systems
- Working knowledge of containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience integrating with API gateways such as 3Scale
- Understanding of Single Sign-On and token-based authentication protocols (REST, JWT, OAuth)
- Advanced knowledge of task and message queue systems such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Pushpin, and Kafka
Functional Skills:
- Proven track record following best practices in coding, security, unit testing, and documentation
- Experience in banking, financial services, or fintech within an enterprise setting is preferred
- Working knowledge of Agile methodology
- Ability to ensure high-quality technical and application architecture across the organization
- Skilled in researching and benchmarking technologies against industry standards
Soft Skills:
- Ability to influence and align multiple teams on technical direction, improving overall productivity and effectiveness
- Self-motivated and self-driven, capable of owning initiatives independently while collaborating across teams
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior and executive management
