Senior Software Engineer - GenAI & Node.js

Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Workplace: on_site

Description

Description

One of the UAE's most recognised banks is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who sits at the intersection of backend engineering and Generative AI. This is real AI work, not a buzzword job title. You will be building products used by millions of everyday banking customers across the UAE.

About the Role

You will design and build scalable, highly available RESTful APIs in Node.js and TypeScript, engineer and fine-tune prompts for LLM-based solutions via Azure OpenAI, and work across Azure AI services including Speech, Language, and PII Detection in a fully regulated banking environment.

Technical Skills & Requirements

• Expertise in developing scalable, highly available RESTful APIs using Node.js
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, and the latest ECMAScript standards
• Familiarity with asynchronous programming patterns including Promises, async/await, and event-driven architectures
• Hands-on experience designing, fine-tuning, and engineering prompts for LLM-based solutions via APIs and SDKs
• Working knowledge of Azure AI services including Speech, Language, OpenAI, and PII Detection
• Experience with ORMs and ODMs including Sequelize, TypeORM, or Mongoose
• Knowledge of implementing real-time communication using WebSockets
• Proficiency in CI/CD principles and active involvement in troubleshooting distributed services
• Experience with containerisation using Docker and Kubernetes
• Understanding of firewall and network security concepts and best practices for securing APIs in regulated environments
• Ability to write non-blocking code and apply advanced techniques such as multi-threading when needed
• Experience documenting code inline using JSDoc or similar conventions
• Ability to create automation test scripts is a plus
• Arabic language proficiency — written and spoken — is mandatory

Why This Role

Technically strong team, household name client, strong compensation package, and long term stability in one of the most active tech markets in the region.

Skills

Node.js, TypeScript, Azure OpenAI, Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, WebSockets, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, REST APIs, Microservices