Senior Backend Engineer - AI Platform Focus

Position: Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Onsite, Abu Dhabi

THIS ROLE REQUIRES RELOCATION TO ABU DHABI

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join a new multi sector AI programme in Abu Dhabi. This is a backend-first, platform-focused role. The emphasis is on building the underlying systems that power AI applications rather than working directly on AI models.

You will design, build, and operate scalable services, APIs, event-driven systems, and data infrastructure that support production environments.

Core Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services, APIs, and platform components that support scalable systems
• Define service boundaries, API contracts, and inter-service communication patterns
• Build and operate event-driven architecture (Kafka, Service Bus, or equivalent)
• Design reliable asynchronous systems with strong schema management and consumer design
• Work with PostgreSQL at scale, caching, and distributed data systems
• Deploy and operate services using Kubernetes and containerisation
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
• Implement strong observability practices (logging, tracing, metrics, SLOs)

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in backend or platform engineering
• Proven ownership of production-grade distributed systems
• Strong experience with event-driven systems and messaging infrastructure
• Proficiency in Java AND Python OR Go
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerised environments
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL at scale
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts (consistency, retries, idempotency, etc.)