Senior Staff Software Engineer
Ahoy
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Job description
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will shape and scale our backend platform, driving technical excellence while remaining hands-on. You’ll lead architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to deliver cloud-native systems that are secure, scalable, and reliable.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement backend architecture and technical strategy.
- Own feature delivery end-to-end, ensuring performance and scalability.
- Champion engineering best practices (TDD, CI/CD, clean architecture).
- Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers to raise technical standards.
- Improve workflows, monitoring, and incident management.
- Partner with Product and stakeholders to align technical and business goals.
Requirements
Requirements
- 7+ years backend engineering, 5+ with Node.js & TypeScript in production.
- Deep expertise in AWS services (Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS).
- Proven track record with serverless, microservices, event-driven systems.
- Strong background in API design, distributed systems, debugging.
- Leadership experience in architecture decisions and team mentorship.
About this role
Summary
Lead backend architecture, mentor engineers, and develop scalable, secure cloud systems.
Job title
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Experience level
7+ years
Industry
software
Location requirements
Dubai, UAE; remote work not specified
Salary
Not specified
Management role
No
Skills & keywords
Required skills
Node.jsTypeScriptAWSserverlessmicroservicesAPI designdistributed systemsdebugging
Preferred skills
None specified
Specializations
backendcloud-nativemicroservicesserverlessdistributed systems
Locations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
On-site City
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