Backend Jobs in United Arab Emirates
There are 270 open Backend jobs in United Arab Emirates on freehire right now. 108 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and microservices.
Most requested skills
- api 61%
- cloud 44%
- microservices 40%
- ci-cd 38%
- rest 36%
- docker 35%
- java 33%
- aws 30%
How the work is done
- Remote 19 · 7%
- Onsite 8 · 3%
- Hybrid 6 · 2%
Visa sponsorship offered in 100% of the 16 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 125
- Lead 12
- Junior 6
- Middle 3
- Intern 2
- Principal 2
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 3
- 11-50 employees 1
- 51-200 employees 1
Senior .NET Backend Engineer | Microservices & CQRS
Flip retail in Sharjah is seeking a Senior .NET Backend Developer with 5+ years of experience to join the team. You will design, implement and maintain scalable backend services using .NET Framework and .NET Core,…
Senior Python Backend Engineer — FastAPI & AI SaaS
Designs and maintains scalable backend systems for an AI-driven SaaS platform in Abu Dhabi, building secure APIs and optimizing databases while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Core stack is Python with FastAPI/Flask, REST/GraphQL, and distributed systems.
Senior Backend Engineer
Contract Senior Backend Engineer (20 hrs/week, fully remote within the UAE) building reinforcement-learning environments that test AI models on cloud infrastructure skills like distributed systems, networking, IAM, queues, storage, deployments and disaster recovery. Pays $50-100/hr, output-based per completed task.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer for AI RL Environments
Fully remote, part-time (20 hrs/week) contractor role for a Senior Backend Engineer based in the UAE. Day to day: designing cloud infrastructure environments used to evaluate AI model proficiency, focusing on scalable, secure systems, observability, and disaster recovery, with deterministic tests and reproducible scenarios.
Backend (.NET) Developer
Backend .NET developer in Dubai building web services and APIs consumed by front-end and mobile teams, plus server-side application logic and front-end integration. Core stack: C#, .NET/.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC and Web APIs, EF/Dapper, and SQL Server or Oracle databases.
Java Backend Developer
Java Backend Developer at Hantec, a global trading broker, based in Dubai. Day to day you design, build and maintain REST APIs and microservices using Java 21, Spring Boot and Vert.x, develop MySQL databases on Amazon RDS, containerize with Docker, and deploy/monitor across AWS and GCP via CI/CD pipelines.
Backend Engineer - Multi-Merchant Checkout & Payments
Owns the multi-merchant checkout backend at 808Labs: connecting commerce providers, handling payments and refunds, and keeping order state reliable under real traffic. Writes production-grade Python/FastAPI code and works with the CTO on Getti/Ignite integrations across the GCC.
Java Backend Engineer – Cloud, Microservices & APIs
Build and maintain REST APIs and microservices for Hantec's trading business in Dubai using Java 21, Spring Boot and Vert.x. Day to day you design scalable backends, optimise MySQL databases on Amazon RDS, containerise with Docker, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and deploy across AWS and GCP.
Senior PHP Backend Developer - Laravel/CodeIgniter
A PHP backend developer in Ajman, UAE, who builds and optimizes backend systems using PHP frameworks (Laravel/CodeIgniter), writes clean and scalable code, tunes MySQL queries, and develops/integrates APIs with third-party services while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Python Backend Engineer
Senior Python backend engineer building and maintaining scalable backend services for an AI-driven SaaS platform, onsite in Abu Dhabi. Day-to-day work centers on FastAPI/Flask, secure REST/GraphQL APIs, microservices, third-party integrations, and optimizing databases like PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB.
Backend Engineer
We are seeking a talented and curious backend Engineer to join our team as a backend developer. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in cloud and services, with a focus on large cloud, edge compute, and data…
Senior Python Engineer (Backend and Data)
About the Role We are hiring a Senior Python Engineer to design, build and run scalable backend systems that power data driven applications. You will develop secure, high performance APIs and microservices, build…
Junior Backend Engineer
Junior Backend Engineer developing and maintaining scalable backend systems for a diversified investment company's shared-services arm, working with RESTful APIs, microservices, and SQL databases.
Backend Engineer (Microservices / API) | KBC Technologies | Dubai, UAE
Position Summary KBC Technologies is seeking an experienced, highly technical, and accomplished Backend Engineer (Microservices / API) with 5+ years of software engineering experience to join our core backend team on a…
Backend Engineer Intern — Crypto & On-Chain Finance
Asula seeks highly capable backend engineers to advance on-chain finance products and a mobile interface, Dawn, with bitcoin and stablecoins. You will design features, implement scalable services and deploy end-to-end,…
Dubai Backend Engineer - Microservices & API Expert
KBC Technologies in Dubai, UAE is hiring an experienced Backend Engineer (Microservices / API) with 5+ years of software engineering to design, build and scale high‑throughput microservices using Laravel‑PHP, Redis,…
Back-End Java Developer
Ability to collaborate with business analysts to translate business into technical requirements Proficiency in Java (1.8 or later), JUnit, Spring Boot, REST, JSON Strong knowledge of object-oriented analysis and…
Early-Stage PHP Backend Engineer (Dubai)
Ocean Consulting Services is hiring one of the first PHP backend engineers for its new Dubai office to build and maintain backend APIs, MySQL databases, and internal product systems, using AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot as part of daily development.
Backend Security Engineer
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