Senior Engineer - Dubai

Senior Full Stack Engineer - Dubai

About Us

• Sokin is a next-generation B2B financial services provider, enabling businesses to make and receive global payments with greater speed, lower cost, and total transparency.
• Our mission is simple: we’re simplifying global business - so businesses thrive wherever they choose to grow.
• We deliver services across:
• Global payments and receivables

• Foreign Exchange (FX)

• Treasury management
• Finance reconciliations
• We are rapidly expanding, with established presence in EMEA, APAC, and North America, backed by a strong global infrastructure and industry-leading partners, we are redefining how businesses move money worldwide.
• Our clients span industries from sports and entertainment to logistics and travel, and our community is growing rapidly.
• As we continue to expand, we’re building a team of exceptional people who share our ambition to transform the future of global payments.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of software engineering, from initial design and development through deployment, monitoring, and maintenance in production.
• Collaborate with PMs, designers, and cross-functional teams to shape and refine feature requirements, ensuring alignment with business and user needs.
• Lead architectural decisions, ensuring that solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with industry best practices.
• Drive the operational success of features by establishing monitoring, alerting, and support processes to ensure reliability and responsiveness.
• Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring that team members adhere to high standards for quality, security, and performance.
• Actively engage in troubleshooting and incident response to address production issues, continually learning from these experiences to improve future resilience.
• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications using Python, Flask, FastAPI, AWS, Angular, and SQL databases.
• Optimize application performance, troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, advocating for their application when they benefit the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven track record of end-to-end feature ownership and delivery in production environments.
• Familiarity with modern frameworks, cloud platforms, and CI/CD pipelines that support full lifecycle engineering.
• Strong ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions that are scalable and maintainable.
• Experience managing both the development and operational aspects of software, with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A proactive mindset for identifying potential improvements, optimizations, and innovations.
• Prior experience in a senior role with responsibilities for mentoring or guiding other team members.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• *Please note, candidates will need to have the right to work in the jurisdiction that they are looking to work in.*
• *Sokin is an equal opportunities employer and committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment.
• As a growing global startup with bases across multiple countries, we were established on and continue to promote an agile, flexible working culture.
• Please reach out to discuss any accommodations you may require during the recruitment process.*