Lead Backend Engineer

Mark Williams is recruiting for a Lead Backend Engineer for a leading tier-1 regional bank in Dubai. Responsibilities: - Oversee and prioritize technical tasks, guide the team on technical challenges, and continuously improve coding standards. - Create and maintain technical knowledge bases, write tutorials, and provide training. - Use backend engineering skills to enhance code reusability, optimization, testability, readability, and performance. - Work with Product Owners, Team Leads, and Principal Engineers to ensure best practices and fulfill functional and non-functional requirements. - Design, build, test, and automate IT products, focusing on Continuous Delivery, Test-Driven Development, and test automation. - Set up IT environments, deploy products, and implement necessary changes while monitoring usage. - Engage in agile processes, grooming, planning, and ensure acceptance criteria are met, while maintaining traceability of testing activities. Requirements: - Excellent in Java (Kotlin is a plus), and building RESTful APIs. - Strong communication and presentation abilities. - Proficient in SQL and one common database technology (e.g., Postgres, My SQL, MSSQL); No SQL knowledge is a plus. - Expertise in Java (8), Spring Framework, Microservices, and testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Mockito). - Experience with pair programming, continuous integration, test-driven development, and Agile methodologies. - Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Dev Ops, Docker, and infrastructure as code. - Passion for development, continual learning, and openness to new ideas. - Full stack engineering with React, domain-driven design principles, code refactoring, design patterns, and community contributions. #J-18808-Ljbffr