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Java Software Engineer
Job summary
A leading IT solutions provider in Dubai is seeking a skilled Java Software Engineer to develop low-latency, high-performance gaming products. You will contribute to core architecture while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure performance and reliability. This role offers a competitive, tax-free salary and relocation support to Dubai, alongside long-term career growth and the chance to work on high-scale, real-time systems.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Strong commercial experience with Java (Java 8+) required.
- Hands-on experience with asynchronous/event-driven architectures.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills essential.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain Java applications for gaming platforms.
- Build and optimise real-time data processing pipelines.
- Collaborate with product, DevOps, and QA teams for reliable solutions.
Skills
Job description
A well-established IT solutions provider based in the UAE is expanding its engineering team and is seeking a skilled Java Software Engineer. Over the past five years, the company has built a strong reputation for delivering specialised, high-performance technology solutions that optimise and streamline operations for clients worldwide.
The organisation is recognised as a leading technology firm in the region, with a strong focus on building low-latency, real-time platforms, including iGaming and casino products used at scale.
You will join a highly technical engineering team responsible for the development of real-time gaming products. The role focuses on building and maintaining low-latency, high-throughput backend systems using Java and modern event-driven architectures.
You’ll work on performance-critical systems where speed, reliability, and scalability are essential, contributing directly to core platform architecture and production systems.
- Design, develop, and maintain low-latency Java applications for casino and gaming platforms
- Build and optimise real-time data processing pipelines and caching mechanisms to maximise system performance
- Develop and maintain high-throughput, event-driven systems supporting live gaming environments
- Contribute to backend and platform architecture for scalable, real-time systems
- Collaborate with product, DevOps, and QA teams to deliver reliable, production-ready solutions
- Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and performance across backend services
- Identify performance bottlenecks and implement optimisations
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
- Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions
- Support and enhance live production gaming systems
- Strong commercial experience with Java (Java 8+) / Core Java
- Experience developing low-latency, high-performance systems
- Hands‑on experience with Netty, WebSockets, and asynchronous/event‑driven architectures
- Experience with LMAX Disruptor or similar high-performance concurrency frameworks
- Experience with Apache Kafka and/or RabbitMQ
- Strong understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and performance optimisation
- Experience developing RESTful APIs
- Experience with MongoDB and/or MySQL
- Familiarity with distributed caching technologies such as Hazelcast
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Experience working in Linux-based environments
- Strong problem‑solving and debugging skills
- Competitive, tax‑free salary
- Relocation support to Dubai
- High‑impact role with real technical ownership
- Collaborative, engineering‑led culture
- Long‑term career growth and development
- Opportunity to work on high‑scale, real‑time gaming products
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.