Backend Engineer

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job Objective

Roles & Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop reactive, scalable, high-performance backend services using .NET Core within a microservices architecture.
• Lead technical initiatives by setting coding standards, conducting design reviews, and ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Own the end-to-end development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions.
• Optimize backend services for performance, scalability, and reliability, with a focus on cloud-native solutions.
• Implement advanced security and data protection measures, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
• Collaborate closely with QA and product teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and ensure smooth deployments.

Work Experience Requirements

• 8+ years of experience

Qualification, Certification & Educational Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong focus on backend engineering using .NET Core.
• Proven expertise in developing Web API/RESTful services at scale (including WebSockets).
• Deep proficiency in relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and ORM frameworks, with strong query optimization skills.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and cloud-native architectures.
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis) and distributed caching strategies.
• Strong knowledge of version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of event-driven architecture, including message brokers and queue services (e.g., NATS.io, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus, AWS SQS).
• Exposure to containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes) is highly desirable. (CKAD certification would be appreciated).
• Excellent problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams."

Preferred Skills

Hse Responsibilities

• Ensure both your own safety and the safety of others at all times.
• Maintain an active role in achieving the objectives and adhering to the HSE Thales Policy
• Comply with local HSE laws and legislation.
• To use safety equipment (including PPE) as required and intended.
• Lead by example and actively encourage departments to look at ways to conserve water & energy, minimise the generation of waste, and encourage recycling.
• Every one within Thales has the right to stop work if they believe that their activities may affect their health and safety or that of others. In this circumstance, such conditions must be reported immediately to their line manager and the HSE department.
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