Lead Backend Developer
CaliberlyDubai, United Arab Emirates
Posted January 6, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Caliberly is a talent acquisition and staffing firm that operates across the MENA region and beyond, connecting highly skilled professionals with top brands at all organizational levels. The company specializes in recruitment, temp staffing, and human resource solutions, leveraging a segmented market network to source and place talent efficiently. Caliberly distinguishes itself through its commitment to ethical practices, a rigorous talent‑sourcing methodology, and a focus on building lasting partnerships between job seekers and employers. By acting as a bridge within the recruitment ecosystem, Caliberly delivers tailored workforce solutions that align with both client needs and candidate aspirations.
Job Description
Our client is building a modern cross-border payments and financial infrastructure platform for banks and financial institutions, seeking a Senior Back-End Java Developer with 5+ years of experience to design and build core services.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in back-end development with Java
- Strong hands-on experience with Java 11+, Spring / Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs
- Solid background in distributed systems / microservices, including service discovery, resilience, and observability
- Excellent knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and familiarity with NoSQL stores
- Experience with message brokers/streaming (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)
- Strong focus on clean code, testing (unit/integration), and code reviews
- Comfortable with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Good understanding of security, performance, and scalability in financial or mission-critical systems
- Leadership: ability to supervise and track progress of the back-end team, perform regular code reviews, enforce coding standards and best practices, mentor junior and mid-level engineers, and collaborate on architectural decisions
- Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with product, QA, DevOps, and front-end teams