Job Overview
Job Title: Senior Lead Backend Engineer
Company: Fuse Energy
Location: Dubai, UAE
Job Type: Full-time, Hybrid
Posted: Recently
Apply: View on LinkedIn
About Fuse Energy
Fuse Energy is a technology-driven energy company on a mission to make clean energy more accessible and affordable. Operating across the UK and Middle East, Fuse is disrupting traditional utility models with a customer-first digital platform. Their engineering team is lean, talented, and building for massive scale.
Role Description
As Senior Lead Backend Engineer, you will be a key technical force in Fuse Energy’s engineering team in Dubai. You will architect and build the backend systems powering Fuse’s energy platform, lead technical decision-making, and help grow a high-performing engineering culture as the company scales.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable, high-availability backend systems and APIs
- Lead technical architecture discussions and drive engineering best practices
- Mentor senior and mid-level engineers within the backend team
- Own delivery of complex technical projects end-to-end
- Collaborate with product, data, and infrastructure teams
- Contribute to hiring and growing the Dubai engineering team
Requirements
- 7+ years of backend engineering experience
- Expertise in one or more of: Python, Go, Node.js, or Java
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and distributed systems
- Experience designing microservices, event-driven architectures, and APIs at scale
- Prior lead or principal engineering experience preferred
- Energy sector or regulated industry experience is a plus
What’s On Offer
- Competitive salary + equity in a fast-scaling startup
- Hybrid work arrangement in Dubai
- Work on meaningful clean energy technology
- High ownership, lean team, and rapid growth trajectory
How to Apply
Apply through LinkedIn. Highlight your architectural and leadership contributions in prior roles.
How to Increase Your Chances
- Architecture ownership: Show systems you’ve designed from scratch, not just features you’ve built.
- Scale evidence: Include data on the traffic/load/throughput your systems have handled.
- Lead experience: Evidence of technical leadership (code reviews, design reviews, team mentoring) is essential.
- Energy/utilities background: Fuse values domain knowledge — if you have it, make it prominent.
- Startup mindset: Show comfort working in ambiguity, iterating fast, and wearing multiple hats.