Shape the Future of Development Banking: Backend Developer
Join EDB (Emirates Development Bank)'s innovative IT team as a Backend Developer and play a pivotal role in delivering cutting-edge applications. Working in agile squads, you'll contribute to short-cycle, high-impact IT products that drive our strategic technology goals.
Job Description
As a Backend Developer, you are the backbone of our applications. You'll architect and implement the "behind-the-scenes" magic, integrating systems, building clean and efficient APIs for our front-end, and taking full ownership of application functionality, performance, and scalability. If you're passionate about writing clean code, integrating with diverse systems (from modern to legacy), and mastering database technologies, this is for you.
What You'll Do:
- Be an integral part of an agile team, contributing your technical expertise to sprint planning, refinements, retrospectives, and demos.
- Engineer robust backend solutions, translating requirements into high-quality, testable code.
- Design, build, and automate comprehensive testing (functional, performance, resilience, security).
- Oversee the entire application lifecycle, from deployment and monitoring to incident resolution and continuous improvement.
- Champion CI/CD best practices and contribute to evolving our development ecosystem.
What You Bring:
- Significant backend development experience using frameworks like Java Spring Boot, NodeJS (Scala experience is a bonus).
- Deep knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming, SOLID principles, and building scalable RESTful APIs.
- Proficiency with database systems (SQL and NoSQL, e.g., MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Couchbase).
- A strong ability to write effective unit, integration, and API tests.
- A solid understanding and ideally, experience working within Agile, cross-functional teams.
- (Desirable) Experience with JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular JS) and knowledge of immutable infrastructure/automation tools.
- Exceptional communication skills to articulate complex technical ideas clearly.
- A curious, problem-solving mindset, a collaborative spirit, and a passion for emerging technologies.
- An entrepreneurial drive, thriving in an environment of transparency, trust, and continuous learning with a minimum of 10 years of experience.
Why Join Gravity
Perks & Benefits:
- Competitive salary + Incentives/Commissions
- Performance bonuses
- Training & career development opportunities
- Dynamic and supportive work environment
Gravity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and remain committed to establishing an inclusive environment for all employees.