Principal Full Stack Engineer

ThinkMarkets is a global financial technology company, specializing in providing multi-asset trading solutions to thousands of clients around the world. With our flagship ThinkTrader platform, we make it available for our clients to trade the world 24-hours a day. Our mission is to bridge the gap between traders, investors, and platforms by allowing access to global markets and thousands of products thus providing our clients the ability to trade the world in the palm of their hand. We use the latest technologies to give traders seamless access to our proprietary trading platforms.

We are seeking a highly analytical and forward-thinking Principal Full Stack Engineer to join our growing technology team in Dubai. 

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on designing, building, and scaling applications across our trading ecosystem. The ideal candidate will combine strong full-stack development expertise with a modern AI-assisted development mindset, leveraging tools such as Claude and other AI technologies to improve development efficiency, code quality, and delivery velocity. 

You will play a key role in shaping technical solutions, proactively identifying risks and edge cases, and ensuring that security, scalability, and maintainability remain at the forefront of every project. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable front-end applications, back-end services, and database solutions supporting our global trading platforms. 
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools, including Claude and similar technologies, to accelerate development, improve code quality, and enhance productivity. 
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions while considering scalability, performance, security, and maintainability. 
• Proactively identify edge cases, logical flaws, and potential system vulnerabilities before deployment to production environments. 
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across multiple layers of the application stack. 
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions. 
• Clearly communicate technical concepts, architectural decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences. 
• Champion engineering best practices, coding standards, testing methodologies, and secure development principles. 
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes and technical architecture. 
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, AI-assisted development practices, and industry trends. 

Requirements 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 
• Proven experience developing and delivering full-stack web applications in a production environment. 
• Strong understanding of front-end technologies, back-end architectures, APIs, and relational/non-relational databases. 
• Strong proficiency in modern programming languages, with Node.js experience highly preferred. 
• Experience building scalable, high-performance applications and distributed systems. 
• Demonstrated experience utilizing AI-powered development tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar technologies. 
• Strong understanding of software security principles and common application vulnerabilities. 
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities with a keen attention to detail. 
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and effectively.