Senior Backend Engineer

Overview

Role: Senior Backend Engineer
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

About Presight
Presight is an ADX-listed public company with Abu Dhabi based G42 as its majority shareholder and is the region's leading big data analytics company powered by GenAI. It combines big data, analytics, and AI expertise to serve every sector, of every scale, to create business and positive societal impact. Presight excels at all-source data interpretation to support insight-driven decision-making that shapes policy and creates safer, healthier, happier, and more sustainable societies. Today, through its range of GenAI-driven products and solutions, Presight is bringing Applied AI to the private and public sector, enabling them to realize their AI strategy and ambitions faster.

The Opportunity
Presight is seeking an innovative, creative and experienced Senior Backend Engineer to build the structure of advanced software applications by writing flawless business logic, server scripts, and APIs. You get to play a key technical role in sustaining and optimizing the infrastructure that develops and delivers cutting edge, next-gen analytics solutions at Presight.

Responsibilities

Functional
Design, develop, and maintain the backend infrastructure to support next-gen analytics solutions using appropriate modelling techniques in line with agreed software design standards, patterns and methodology
Work closely with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical requirements and scalable systems
Continuously enhance the performance, security, and reliability of our backend systems
Address technical challenges with creativity, ensuring that the infrastructure remains robust under evolving requirements
Create and communicate multiple design views to identify and balance the concerns of all stakeholders of software design and allow for both functional & non-functional requirements.
Model or simulate the behavior of proposed software to enable approval by stakeholders and facilitate effective construction of the software
Design, code, verify, test, document, amend and re-factor complex programs/scripts and integration software services
Define and manage scoping, requirement definition and prioritization activities for small-scale changes and assist with more complex change initiatives
Follow agreed standards and apply appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements
Contribute to the appropriate selection of a software development approach—predictive (plan-driven) or adaptive (iterative/agile) Design test cases and test scripts mapping back to pre-determined criteria, clearly recording and reporting outcomes
Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of database and data warehouse concepts, design principles, architecture, software and facilities
Develop optimal solutions to enhance user experience, optimizing for maximum speed, scalability and technical feasibility
Participate in overall architecture discussion meetings to gain a detailed understanding of the complete architecture of a product and its functionalities
Build reusable code and libraries for future use
Comply with QHSE (Quality Health Safety and Environment), Business Continuity, Information Security, Privacy, Risk, Compliance Management and Governance of Organizations policies, procedures, plans and related risk assessments.

Requirements

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field
Minimum 4-5 years of experience in Backend engineering with strong computer science fundamentals
At least 4-5 years of experience in Agile development methodologies in an AI service organization or analytics industry
Hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Apache Spark and distributed storage systems (e.g., Hadoop ecosystem) Expertise in ClickHouse databases for managing analytical workloads at scale
Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Docker – a MUST

Nice-to-Have Skills
JavaScript
Kubernetes
Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)

Ideally, you'll also need
In-depth market and domain knowledge
A passion for constant improvement
An innovative and creative approach to problem-solving
Excellent communication skills

What We Look For
If you are a performance-driven, inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity, you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customer-centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the Presight community.

What Working At Presight Offers

Culture: An open, diverse and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on ground-breaking, industry-first innovations.
Career: Accelerate your career through high-impact projects and access to resources for continuous growth and learning opportunities.
Rewards: A competitive remuneration package with a host of perks including healthcare, leave benefits and more.