[Hiring] Backend Engineer @First Orion

Role Description

We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to help design, build, deploy, and own core microservices. This hands-on role emphasizes backend architecture and cloud deployment for services supporting call treatment orchestration, brand data, analytics, and billing.

You’ll work in a cloud-agnostic, multi-tenant environment using hexagonal and event-driven architecture. You’ll collaborate with distributed engineering teams to deliver secure, observable, carrier-grade services that can run consistently across public clouds and on-premises environments. This is an individual contributor role with no direct people management responsibilities.

What you'll do:

• Design, build, enhance, and own Java 21 and Spring Boot 3.x microservices
• Develop REST APIs and services supporting call treatment orchestration, brand data, analytics, and billing
• Apply hexagonal architecture to isolate business logic from infrastructure through ports and adapters
• Build event-driven services using Apache Kafka for event streaming and asynchronous processing
• Work with PostgreSQL, Redis, and MinIO or other S3-compatible object storage
• Design cloud-agnostic, multi-tenant services for deployment across public cloud and on-premises environments
• Containerize and deploy services using Docker and Kubernetes
• Implement secure integrations using modern identity, access management, secrets management, and transport-security practices
• Build observable services using modern monitoring, structured logging, dashboards, and distributed tracing tools
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, technical design decisions, testing, troubleshooting, and production support
• Collaborate with distributed engineering teams to deliver reliable, maintainable, carrier-grade solutions

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional Java development experience using Java 11 or later; Java 17 or 21 preferred
• Hands-on experience with Spring Boot 3.x, including Web, Data JPA, and Security
• Experience designing and implementing REST APIs
• Experience with PostgreSQL and/or Redis
• Experience using Git; Bitbucket experience preferred
• Foundational experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Understanding of microservice architecture and modern backend design principles
• Experience designing, building, testing, deploying, and supporting production services
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, distributed environment

Requirements

• Experience with Gradle using Kotlin DSL
• Experience with OIDC or comparable identity and access management standards
• Telecommunications or carrier-integration exposure
• Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms
• Experience with hexagonal, ports-and-adapters, or clean architecture
• Experience creating or maintaining Helm charts
• Experience with modern monitoring, dashboards, distributed tracing, or structured application logging
• Knowledge of cloud-agnostic design patterns and deployment across public cloud or on-premises environments
• Experience with S3-compatible object storage
• Experience using secrets-management tools
• Familiarity with GDPR, data residency, or regional data-protection requirements
• Experience building high-throughput or low-latency systems

Benefits

• Competitive salary package
• Comprehensive medical insurance
• Generous paid time off and public holidays in accordance with local employment requirements
• Retirement or pension benefits where applicable
• Annual home-country flight allowance for eligible UAE-based employees and dependents
• Flexible working arrangements and a collaborative team environment
• Opportunities for professional growth and development within a global organization