Platform Engineer

Job description

Ziina is hiring a Platform Engineer focused on developer enablement in Dubai. The role builds internal tools, service templates and shared libraries that define the golden paths for backend engineering, and improves local development, debugging and testing workflows.

The engineer treats colleagues as users of an internal product, measures success by their productivity, and works with strong backend skills, ideally in TypeScript and Node.js, across a microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Build internal tools, service templates, and shared libraries that define the golden paths for how backend services are built at Ziina
• Improve backend developer workflows — local development, debugging, and testing — so engineers can iterate quickly and confidently
• Design and maintain testing frameworks and CI-integrated quality systems that give engineers fast, trustworthy signals on their changes
• Develop self-service capabilities for common engineering workflows so teams can move independently without platform bottlenecks
• Improve visibility into system quality and release confidence across the engineering organization
• Partner directly with engineering teams to identify friction in their day-to-day and solve it through better tooling

Requirements

• Bring 3+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Backend Engineering, or Developer Experience roles
• Have strong backend engineering skills, ideally in Typescript/Node.js, and a deep understanding of microservices and service-to-service communication patterns
• Have hands-on experience building internal tooling, shared libraries, or service templates that other engineers actively use
• Are experienced with testing frameworks, CI integration, and building quality signals that engineers trust
• Have a product mindset when it comes to internal tools — you think about your colleagues as users and measure success by their productivity
• Use the latest AI tools and technologies to boost your productivity
• Are based in, or open to relocating to, the UAE

Skills

• CI/CD
• Developer Experience
• Microservices
• Node.js
• Testing Frameworks
• TypeScript