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Senior Backend Engineer - Agentic SDLC / AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) Platform

Virtusa

DubaiOn-siteFull-Time1mo ago

Description

Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Date Posted: 09/06/2026

Job description

Core Backend Engineering

  • Design and build production-grade microservices using Java 17+ and Spring Boot 3.x adhering to clean

code and SOLID principles

  • Own services end-to-end spec design implement test deploy monitor iterate — with no

hand-offs

  • Author OpenAPI 3.x specifications and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) before writing code;

champion spec-driven development

  • Write comprehensive unit, integration, and contract tests using TDD discipline with 80% meaningful

coverage

  • Design and manage event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka for asynchronous workflows, domain

events, and data streaming

  • Architect and deploy services on AWS (ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, SQS/SNS, CloudWatch, IAM)

Core Backend (Non-Negotiable)

Java 17+ — records, sealed classes, virtual threads / Project Loom

  • Spring Boot 3.x — Spring Security, Spring Data JPA/JDBC, Spring WebFlux, Spring Cloud
  • Microservices architecture patterns API Gateway, Circuit Breaker (Resilience4j), Saga, CQRS, Outbox
  • RESTful API design with OpenAPI 3.x specifications as source of truth
  • 10+ years of professional hands-on backend software engineering experience in production environments mandatory
  • Demonstrated, verifiable enterprise-scale Agentic SDLC / AI-DLC implementation experience — mandatory
  • Experience in banking, fintech, or a similarly regulated, high-compliance domain — strongly preferred
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent

professional experience)

  • AWS Certified Developer / Solutions Architect — a plus
  • Proven track record of delivering complex distributed systems with high availability and measurable

performance outcomes

NICE TO HAVE

  • Experience with open banking APIs, PSD2, or CBDC-related workloads
  • Knowledge of AML, KYC, or fraud detection system design
  • Contributions to open-source LLM tooling, MCP servers, or Agentic SDLC / AI-DLC frameworks
  • Familiarity with CQRS + Event Sourcing patterns
  • Experience with Flowable BPM/CMMN workflow automation in Spring Boot
Key Job Details
Primary Location

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates###### Job Type

Experienced###### Required Experience

7###### Skill

DE-Spring Boot,MVC, REST API.###### Travel

No###### Date Posted

09/06/2026

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