Lead Back End Architect

Lead Back End Architect Full-timeCompany DescriptionWe believe the power of risk-driven investing can help anyone achieve a better life. And we’re here to make this potential a reality for an emerging global generation. We provide individuals in the world’s fast-developing economies with guidance, tools, and easy market access so they can trade and invest with confidence. We aim to make our clients their own wealth manager: empowered to create investment strategies and make investment decisions effortlessly, in their own time, on their own terms, in their own way. Our story goes back to the first days of online Forex trading - a pioneer of the Metatrader platform, Alpari, expanded rapidly in the world’s emerging markets and was joined in 2011 by our sister brand, FXTM. Now, we are adding further brands to our portfolio. Together, both brands have built a leading global presence in online trading serving over two million clients in 150 countries from regulated centres across four continents. Exinity is an energetic and diverse company with offices across Europe, Asia and Africa, and we’re always looking for talented individuals to join us. ‘Freedom to Succeed’ is not just a promise we make to our clients and partners, but to our people too. We’ll help you develop a range of skills, take on early responsibility, and enjoy a rewarding and fulfilling career with a fast-growing, dynamic company.Job DescriptionWe are looking for an amazing individual to join our dynamic team as Lead Back End Architecture to drive the development of cutting-edge solutions and shape the future of our products. You will lead and mentor the Back-End team, serving as both a strategic and technical leader to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Back-End architectures and technologies, strong technical skills, and proven leadership experience. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including designers, product managers, and developers to deliver a seamless and engaging app experience. This role reports to the SVP, Platform and is based in Dubai. Mentor and guide back-end developers, fostering a collaborative and innovative team environment. Lead the development and maintenance of our consumer app back-end including hands-on coding, code reviews, and troubleshooting to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality software solutions. Design and develop scalable, robust, and highly efficient software systems that meet the strategic objectives of the business. Advocate for and implement best practices in software engineering, including agile development, automated testing, continuous integration, and SRE (monitoring, observability, logging). Focus on optimizing software performance through innovative coding practices and solutions, ensuring high efficiency and responsiveness of the systems. Identify performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations to enhance the responsiveness and efficiency of the platform. Conduct code reviews to maintain code quality and consistency. Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in backend development and architecture designs. Troubleshoot and debug issues, providing timely resolutions. Participate in the entire app lifecycle, from concept and design to testing and release. Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including specifications, and development guidelines.QualificationsEssential: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field; Master's degree preferred. Proven experience (5 years minimum) working as a Lead Back End Architecture or similar role, preferably in the development of mission critical systems or financial applications. Strong architectural and system design skills in technologies such as microservices, distributed systems, cloud computing, event driven systems and REST API design. Strong expertise with datastores of any kind (RDBMS, NoSQL, Key-Value, Queue Management) Strong hands-on expertise in back end development, especially technologies such as Go or Kafka Experience with Cloud technologies, orchestration (K8s, Docker), CI/CD, automated testing and other DevOps tools and methodologies Experience working with datastores of any kind (RDBMS, NoSQL, Key-Value, Queue Management, …) Proven track record of delivering successfully large-scale critical software projects. Strong proficiency in writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code. Ability to look at the bigger picture and create a scalable back-end architecture. Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, or Kanban. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions. Strong focus on security and application performance. Data driven with a solid experience measuring performance of the applications (observability) Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.Desirable: Experience working on a B2C application is a strong plus Familiarity with trading or financial applications and their specific requirementsAdditional InformationBenefits & Perks: We believe in fairly compensating all our people by providing them with a world-class health insurance plan and a range of both core benefits and flex benefits for individual preferences. You will receive: Hybrid Working Policy Discretionary performance related bonus Personalized Flex-Benefits A focus on your wellbeing, including talks and access to self-development tools. Medical insurance for employee and dependentsWHAT YOU WILL LOVE ABOUT THIS ROLE“Freedom to succeed” is our core belief. It’s not just a promise we make to our clients and partners, but to our people too. We want our people to LEAP and so in this role you will… [Learn] (e.g., from each other/from new projects). [Exchange] (e.g., information and best practices in an open-minded environment). [Advance] (e.g., by developing skills and accepting greater responsibilities/ your career progression and diversification). [Prosper] (e.g., by acquiring skills/ by nurturing a team of x people).Exinity is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.Lead Back End Architect Dubai, United Arab Emirates * Full-time