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Backend Engineer

Overview:

As a Backend Engineer at Inception, you will be responsible for designing and developing the backend systems of our AI products. Your role is crucial in creating intuitive, responsive, and engaging user experiences that meet the needs of our customers. You will work closely with product designers, frontend engineers and AI engineers to deliver high-quality AI products that are both scalable and functionally robust.

 

The opportunity

Inception is the UAE’s national-scale enabler in AI Research and Development. Partnering with Microsoft's AI SaaS, we offer domain-specific Agentic AI Orchestrator platforms utilizing reasoning agents for precise and cost-effective services. Our focus includes AI incubation, IP creation, applied AI R&D, and AI investment products. By creating models tailored to specific domains and languages, we ensure superior accuracy and efficiency. Collaborating with top universities and industry giants to drive significant advancements in AI technology within the region.

Responsibilities:

You will design business specific software components and modules using appropriate modelling techniques in line with agreed software design standards, patterns and methodology.

 

Functional

  • Create and communicate multiple design views to identify and balance the concerns of all stakeholders of software design and allow for both functional & non-functional requirements.
  • Model or simulate the behavior of proposed software to enable approval by stakeholders and facilitate effective construction of the software.
  • Design, code, verify, test, document, amend and re-factor complex programs/scripts and integration software services.
  • Define and manage scoping, requirement definition and prioritization activities for small-scale changes and assist with more complex change initiatives.
  • Follow agreed standards and apply appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements.
  • Contribute to the appropriate selection of a software development approach—predictive (plan-driven) or adaptive (iterative/agile).
  • Design test cases and test scripts mapping back to pre-determined criteria, clearly recording and reporting outcomes.
  • Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of database and data warehouse concepts, design principles, architecture, software and facilities.
  • Develop optimal solutions to enhance user experience, optimizing for maximum speed, scalability and technical feasibility.
  • Participate in overall architecture discussion meetings to gain a detailed understanding of the complete architecture of a product and its functionalities.
  • Build reusable code and libraries for future use.

Skills and attributes for success

The yardsticks of your performance would include cost savings achieved, reduction in productivity loss, number of processes optimized, number of defect free tasks, adherence to policies, procedures & quality standards, and customer NPS.

Qualifications:

To qualify, you must have

  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering with strong computer science fundamentals
  • At least 3 years of experience in Java Spring Boot and microservices development
  • Familiar with Maven
  • Extensive UNIX/LINUX experience and Shell scripting experience
  • Proficiency in understanding data, entity relationships, structured & unstructured data, SQL and NoSQL databases, better to be familiar with Elasticsearch
  • Experience in RESTful API development
  • Practices in multithreading programming and concurrency programming
  • Use git proficiently

Ideally, you’ll also need

  • Experience in nginx server
  • Experience in using AWS or Azure cloud services
  • A passion for constant improvement
  • An innovative and creative approach to problem-solving
  • Excellent communication skills

 

What we look for:

If you are a performance-driven, inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity, you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customer-centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the G42 community.

 

What working at G42 offers:

Culture: An open, diverse and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on ground-breaking, industry-first innovations.

Career: Outstanding learning, development & growth opportunities via structured training programs and innovative, high-tech projects.

Rewards: A competitive remuneration package with a host of perks including healthcare, education support, leave benefits and more.

 

About G42

G42 is a global leader in creating visionary artificial intelligence for a better tomorrow. Born in Abu Dhabi and operating across the world, G42 champions AI as a powerful force for good. Its people are constantly reimagining what technology can do, applying advanced thinking and innovation to accelerate progress and tackle society’s most pressing problems.

 

G42 is driving change in the region and beyond, joining forces with nations, corporations and individuals to create the infrastructure for tomorrow’s world. From molecular medicine to space travel and everything in between, G42 realizes exponential possibilities, today.

 

To confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us.

 

G42 is the force that gets you further. Join us.

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