Full-Stack Engineer (Internal Tools)

Role Overview

Full-Stack Engineer (Internal Tools) at Ziina. The role is based in or open to relocation to the UAE.

Role Purpose

Build and extend internal tools and back-office platforms that power Ziina's operations. You will improve existing third-party solutions, gradually bring the back-office platform in-house, and create intuitive workflows that enable teams to operate safely and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

Collaboration & Discovery

• Collaborate with operations, compliance, risk, customer support, product, and engineering teams to understand workflows and identify opportunities for better tooling and automation.

Platform Development & Integration

• Improve and extend the workflows supported by existing third-party back-office solutions, including building the integrations and supporting services required.
• Help define and incrementally build Ziina's in-house back-office platform, taking features from discovery and design through implementation, rollout, and iteration.

User Experience & Security

• Turn complex operational processes into intuitive and reliable experiences with appropriate permissions, safeguards, and auditability.
• Establish consistent patterns for internal interfaces and service integrations, while ensuring critical workflows are tested, monitored, and resilient to failure.

Qualifications & Experience

• 4+ years of full-stack development experience.
• Comfortable working across web applications, APIs, backend services, and relational databases.
• Experience building internal tools, administrative platforms, operational dashboards, or workflow-management systems.
• Experience designing permissions, approval workflows, audit logs, and other controls for sensitive operations.

Skills & Competencies

• Deep proficiency with React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Strong experience building backend services using Node.js and Nest.js.
• Experience with GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and event-driven or asynchronous workflows.
• Ability to understand operational workflows and solve problems for internal users.
• Capacity to bring clarity and structure to ambiguous requirements and independently drive work forward.
• Balance delivery speed with security, reliability, and maintainability.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical collaborators.
• High integrity and team-first mindset.
• AI-forward mindset, with experience using AI-assisted development tools and applying AI to simplify or automate operational workflows.

Additional Information

Technology Stack

• Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript, Node.js, Nest.js, Next.js, React.
• APIs & Data: GraphQL Federation, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch.
• Infrastructure & DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions for CI/CD.

Location

Based in or open to relocating to the UAE.