Senior Backend Engineer
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| Company Name | etera |
| Company Type | Private |
| Job Type | Full-Time |
| Salary Range | Market Competitive |
| Location | Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Qualifications | None / No Formal Education |
| Experience | 5 Year+ |
Job Overview
Etera is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build the world’s first AI Concierge platform. You will be responsible for building and evolving complex backend workflows that understand user behavior, power AI-driven personalization, and integrate multiple external services reliably at scale. This is a high-ownership role for an engineer who has built real systems in production and thrives in startup environments.
Company Overview
Etera is building the world’s first AI Concierge, a platform that helps users discover and book restaurants, hotels, experiences, and flights through intelligent, personalized interactions. They are a high-velocity startup based in Dubai, operating with strong principles of ownership, speed, and technical rigor.
Quick Details
- Salary Range: Market Competitive
- Job Type: Full-time
- Qualifications: None
- Experience: 5 Year+
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and own backend services using TypeScript, Bun, and Elysia.
- Develop and maintain supporting systems in Python for data processing, AI workflows, and pipelines.
- Architect and implement microservice-based systems and inter-service communication.
- Integrate and maintain external APIs (partners, vendors, AI providers, data sources).
- Build complex pipelines and workflows that analyze user behavior and drive personalized responses.
- Ensure backend systems are scalable, observable, and reliable.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
- Strong expertise in TypeScript for backend systems.
- Production experience with Bun and Elysia (or the ability to ramp up extremely quickly).
- Advanced Python experience for backend services, pipelines, or AI-related workflows.
- Strong experience building and maintaining microservice architectures.
- Proven experience integrating external APIs and third-party systems.
Benefits
- Own and shape the backend of a category-defining AI product.
- Work on complex, real-world systems that blend data, AI, and product logic.
- High autonomy and trust — you build it, you own it.
- Collaborate with a strong product and frontend team in a fast-moving environment.
- Work from a modern Dubai office.
- Be part of building something ambitious, technically deep, and globally impactful.