Sr. FullStack Engineer - (Node.js, React.js & MongoDB)

We are seeking a highly skilled and analytical Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to join a premier software engineering team in Dubai. Operating within the Software Engineering Chapter, this role focuses on the end-to-end design, development, and optimization of high-performance Digital Products & Data Analytics platforms.

The ideal candidate will combine expert-level frontend development in React.js with robust backend engineering in Node.js and MongoDB (NoSQL) . You will be responsible for building highly responsive, secure, and distributed applications, optimizing performance across the entire web stack, and driving technical excellence within an Agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Frontend Engineering & UI Optimization
• Develop and implement highly responsive, modular, and reusable user interface components using React.js , TypeScript , and modern hooks/lifecycle principles.
• Build seamless, high-performance Responsive Web Applications utilizing advanced CSS techniques, including CSS-Pre-processors and CSS-in-JS (Styled Components, Tailwind CSS, Material UI).
• Manage complex state management workflows using Redux, Flux, or Context API .
• Benchmark, monitor, and continuously optimize front-end rendering, core web vitals, and build pipelines using modern task runners and bundlers (npm, yarn, webpack).
• Backend, API & Database Engineering
• Design, architect, and deploy highly available, scalable, and non-blocking RESTful APIs using Node.js and TypeScript, applying multi-threading and advanced asynchronous patterns when necessary.
• Model, query, and optimize data structures within MongoDB and other NoSQL database environments.
• Integrate API gateways (e.g., 3Scale ), handle real-time communication protocols, and evaluate GraphQL implementations where applicable.
• Implement secure, token-based authentication protocols, including JWT, OAuth, and REST security best practices.
• Distributed Architecture & DevOps
• Architect and configure message/task queues across distributed environments using Kafka, AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Pushpin .
• Own and troubleshoot deployment pipelines within containerized environments utilizing Docker and Kubernetes .
• Actively engage in modern CI/CD principles , troubleshooting performance, proxy, caching, and infrastructure issues across distributed services ecosystems.
• Code Quality, Testing & Governance
• Write clean, idiomatic, and thoroughly documented code, utilizing JSDoc or equivalent inline documentation standards.
• Enforce rigorous linting and formatting standards across codebases using TSLint, Prettier , etc.
• Drive robust test coverage by writing unit tests via frameworks like Jest, Enzyme, or Jasmine .
• Research and benchmark internal systems against best-in-class global technologies to maintain high application architecture standards.

Required Technical Specifications & Skills

Core Technical Stack (Essential)

• Frontend Ecosystem: React.js, TypeScript, Redux/Context API, JavaScript (DOM manipulation & Object Model), HTML5, CSS-in-JS (Tailwind, Styled Components, Material UI).
• Backend & Database: Node.js, TypeScript, ECMAScript (latest versions), MongoDB / NoSQL databases .
• Queues & Streaming: Expert knowledge of messaging queues ( Kafka , AWS, Azure, or Pushpin).
• DevOps & Security: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD tools, Git, 3Scale API Gateway , JWT/OAuth.
• Testing & Quality: Jest, Enzyme, or Jasmine; TSLint/Prettier; JSDoc.

Desirable Domain Knowledge

• Prior engineering experience within the Banking, Financial Services, or Retail domains is highly advantageous.

Qualifications & Experience

Experience Requirements

• Total Coding Experience: Robust technical background with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on coding experience specifically focused on React.js (TypeScript) for enterprise applications.
• Backend Experience: Minimum of 5 years of hands-on development experience in Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, and NoSQL databases .
• Proven experience working within fast-paced Agile / Scrum engineering teams.

Education & Soft Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s or Postgraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent industry experience).
• Leadership & Collaboration: A self-starter capable of owning products without direct supervision. Ability to influence multiple teams on technical considerations to boost cross-organizational productivity.
• Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills to confidently present technical roadmaps, ideas, and architecture designs to Senior and Executive management.