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Senior Staff Software Engineer

Flatgigs

DubaiOn-site8mo ago
Seniority
Staff

About the role

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.

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