Full Stack Engineer

About BurjX

BurjX is an ADGM-regulated digital asset brokerage and custodian headquartered in Abu Dhabi. Our mission is to build the most trusted and user-friendly digital asset platform in the region.

We are looking for a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to help build and scale our platform across web, mobile, backend services, integrations, and internal operational systems.

This is a hands-on role for an experienced engineer who can take ownership of features end-to-end, contribute to technical architecture, and help maintain high engineering standards in a fast-moving, regulated fintech environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain product features across frontend, backend, APIs, databases, and third-party integrations.
• Own features from technical design through deployment and ongoing production support.
• Develop secure, scalable systems supporting trading, onboarding, KYC/KYB, payments, wallets, custody, and internal operations.
• Build and maintain integrations with banking partners, payment providers, custody providers, blockchain services, compliance tools, and market data providers.
• Design and maintain clean APIs, data models, and reusable platform components.
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical decision-making.
• Conduct code reviews and help maintain engineering quality, security, and best practices.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Compliance, Operations, Customer Support, and other engineering team members.
• Identify and proactively address technical debt, operational risks, and system bottlenecks.
• Contribute to release management, testing, documentation, and engineering processes.

Qualifications & Experience

• 5+ years of experience as a Full-Stack Engineer, Software Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong experience with modern backend technologies such as Node.js and TypeScript.
• Strong experience with React, Next.js, React Native, or similar frontend frameworks.
• Experience designing and building REST APIs and secure application architectures.
• Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB.
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, access control, and application security.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and distributed systems.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and integrations.
• Experience building production systems that manage sensitive customer data or financial transactions.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Experience

• Fintech, banking, payments, trading, or cryptocurrency experience.
• Experience working with crypto exchanges, brokerages, custody platforms, or digital asset infrastructure.
• Familiarity with KYC, AML, sanctions screening, fraud prevention, and compliance workflows.
• Experience integrating payment rails, banking APIs, or fiat deposit and withdrawal systems.
• Experience with AWS and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with event-driven systems, microservices, queues, and serverless technologies.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, incident response, and operational tooling.
• Understanding of blockchain infrastructure, wallets, custody systems, and transaction lifecycles.

What Success Looks Like

• Product features are delivered with high quality, reliability, and security.
• Technical solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Production issues are identified, resolved, and prevented from recurring.
• Engineering standards and code quality continue to improve.
• Internal teams can rely on robust tools and systems to operate efficiently.
• BurjX's platform continues to scale while maintaining a strong user experience and