261 Platform Engineer jobs in the United Arab Emirates

Ziina is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our team. This role is an exciting opportunity for you to shape the future of Fintech in the region by enabling engineering excellence and scalability at Ziina. We’re at a major inflection point in our growth, and we’re looking for the right person to drive technical and organizational excellence, helping us create an engineering culture that attracts top talent from around the world.

As part of a small, agile team, our ideal candidate is a creative problem-solver with the vision to build from the ground up and the skill to own features end-to-end. You’ll thrive in our fast-paced environment by making sound tradeoffs and focusing on high-impact solutions. We’re looking for someone who is as ambitious as we are to deliver high-quality products to our users. In short, we want owners who are ready to build big things with us.

• Work closely with engineering teams to identify pain points and build tools that streamline their workflows and enhance their productivity
• Build, operate, and maintain a reliable, scalable platform infrastructure that supports high-performance applications.
• Implement infrastructure as code and automate workflows to ensure consistency across environments
• Develop self-service tools that empower engineering teams to deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot with minimal assistance
• Establish security best practices across our infrastructure and application stack
• Collaborate with engineering teams to identify pain points and build productivity-enhancing tools

• Bring 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE
• Have strong expertise with cloud services and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi
• Are proficient with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and understand microservices architecture
• Have hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and monitoring systems like Prometheus, Grafana, or DataDog
• Are familiar with on-call responsibilities and incident response practices
• Use the latest AI tools and technologies to boost your productivity
• Are based in, or open to relocating to, the UAE

• Proven experience building fintech platforms that drive impact
• A strong track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering teams
• History of creating platforms that significantly boost developer productivity
• Successful leadership in major platform evolution, including architectural transitions or migrations
• Active engagement in the tech community through open source contributions, conference speaking, or technical writing

We’ve built a modular architecture with the principles of reliability, scalability, and maintainability in mind. Our current stack is:

• Typescript, Node.js and Next.js for our main application’s backend.
• Swift/SwiftUI for our iOS app, Kotlin for our Android app.
• Next.js, React and Typescript for our web applications.
• GraphQL Federation for our client-facing APIs and Kafka for our inter-service communication.
• PostgresSQL for consistent and durable storage, Redis for quick fetching, Elasticsearch for quick searching.
• AWS for hosting our cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes for orchestrating our workloads.
• Terraform for IaC
• Github Actions for CI/CD.

Ziina’s mission is to bring financial freedom to every person in the Middle East. We are building MENA’s consumer and SMB financial platform, starting with a peer-to-peer and merchant wallet. Our team have backgrounds from Apple, Uber, Stripe, Klarna, Revolut, Yandex, and Nubank. Ziina’s payments volumes have grown by 10x YoY for the last two years. The team have built a product that is beloved by the UAE and is the recipient of 8 international design awards, including the Red Dot Award and the UX Design Award. Our last round was a $22 million Series A from top-tier investors globally including Altos Ventures, Fintech Collective, Activant, Long Journey Ventures and Y Combinator. Our angel investors include early employees and executives at Revolut, Stripe, Venmo, Brex, Checkout.com, Notion, and Deel.

Join us in shaping the future of financial freedom. Every role here is an opportunity to make a real impact. Let’s build something that matters—together.

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Dicetek LLC is seeking a Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer to join our dynamic IT team in Dubai. This role is critical in managing and enhancing the OpenShift container platform and supporting cloud-native applications. As a key team member, you’ll drive platform stability, scalability, and security while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize DevOps practices.

Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise-grade OpenShift container platforms.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines.
Monitor platform health and troubleshoot performance issues.
Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to ensure platform resilience and compliance.
Manage Kubernetes clusters, networking, and storage integrations.
Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and documentation to ensure platform best practices.
Stay updated with industry trends, tools, and technologies to recommend platform improvements.

5+ years of experience managing OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters in enterprise environments.
Expertise in managing multi-tenant OpenShift and ROSA environments.
Hands-on experience with Operators, workload segregation, and scaling strategies.
Proficiency with automation tools (Ansible) and monitoring solutions (Grafana, Prometheus).
In-depth knowledge of access and authorization management using LDAP and Role-based Access Control (RBAC).
Experience with container registry management, including GitHub and Quay.
Strong knowledge of performance monitoring, capacity management, and audit logging.
Familiarity with IBM CloudPak for Integration/Application is a plus.
Experience with CI/CD tools and best practices.
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Dicetek LLC is a global IT solutions provider headquartered in Dubai, UAE, delivering cutting-edge technology and consulting services to businesses across industries. With a strong presence across the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, Dicetek partners with clients to drive innovation, enhance operational efficiency, and achieve digital transformation.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced OCI Cloud Engineer to join our team in Dubai, UAE. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based solutions using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud technologies and a passion for leveraging cloud services to drive innovation and efficiency.

1. At least 3+ years of experience working with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), including core services like Compute, Storage, Networking, and IAM.
2. Strong understanding of OCI networking components, including VCNs, Security Lists, NSGs, Load Balancers, and Gateways.
3. Advanced knowledge of Terraform, including writing complex reusable modules, managing state files, and troubleshooting IaC deployments.
4. Experience integrating Terraform with CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
5. Hands-on experience creating and managing Ansible playbooks, roles, and inventories.
6. Proficiency in using Ansible for configuration management, patching, and software deployment in cloud environments.
7. Deep understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, VPNs, and hybrid connectivity solutions such as FastConnect.
8. Knowledge of cloud security best practices, including IAM policies, encryption, and vulnerability management.
9. Experience in scripting with Python, Bash, or PowerShell for custom automation tasks.

1. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
2. Minimum of 3 years of experience working with cloud technologies, preferably OCI.
3. Strong understanding of cloud architecture, security, and best practices.
4. Proficiency in scripting and automation tools.
5. Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
6. Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
7. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Are you looking to kick-start your career in technology with a structured development path and fast-track growth opportunities? Our IBM Tech Sales Accelerator Program is designed for ambitious graduates, offering hands‑on training, mentorship, and real‑world experience within IBM Client Engineering. Over 12-24 months, you will work in Client Engineering, gaining critical skills before transitioning into your next career step in IBM.

Your role and responsibilities

As Platform Engineer in Client Engineering, developing trusted relationships, you’ll work with clients and colleagues to shape the future of their technology landscape, creating (4-6 week) pilots for clients, and contributing to IBM’s story of growth and technology innovation. As we help you combine your technical education with consultative sales best practices, you will accelerate enterprises’ success by providing award‑winning solutions across Data & AI, Cloud, Sustainability, Automation, and many more.

Your responsibilities include:

• Pilot Development: Develop pilots to validate and highlight the feasibility and effectiveness of proposed AI solutions. Collaborate with development teams to implement and iterate on pilots, ensuring alignment with customer requirements and expectations. This follows IBM Client Engineering’s Pilot Engineering Method, a human‑and design‑led approach that solves complex business problems with transformative technology. Using our proven co‑creation methodology, we align our experts with key client stakeholders to identify challenges and build Proof of Experiences (PoXs) that ‘de‑risk’ these challenges using IBM hybrid cloud and AI technology.
• Collaboration and Project Management: Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including AI engineers, platform engineers, and project managers, to ensure smooth execution and successful delivery of AI and Automation solutions. Effectively communicate project progress, risks, and dependencies to stakeholders.
• Customer Engagement and Support: Act as a technical point of contact for customers, addressing their questions, concerns, and feedback. Provide technical support during the pilot deployment phase and offer guidance on best practices for scaling pilots into production.
• Industry Trends and Innovation: Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements. Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks to assess their potential impact on solution design and implementation.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Technical Education: Completed technical degree such as Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Communication and Language Skills: Possess excellent communication and presentation skills that are engaging, compelling and influential. English & Local Language proficiency requested.
• Analytical Skills: with a focus on using data for decision‑making and achieving positive business outcomes.
• Team player: with a collaborative spirit, able to work across multiple functions and levels within IBM and partners.

Preferred technical and professional experience

First experience with Sales and/or IT.

IBM is seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic, and results‑oriented individual with a profound passion for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data. This role requires a blend of hunting for new business opportunities and nurturing existing client relationships, specializing in IBM’s solutions portfolio.

IBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad‑based geographic distribution of revenue. The company’s Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM’s global footprint, working closely with dedicated country‑based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients’ growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad‑based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on‑going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can‑do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Job Title

Job ID

65926

City / Township / Village

DUBAI

State / Province

Dubai

Country

United Arab Emirates

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Employment type

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Position type

Entry Level

Up to 40% or 2 days a week (home on weekends- based on project requirements)

Company

(0143) IBM Middle East FZ-LLC

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

VSOL is a digital enabler with a mission to help public and private organizations evolve their businesses through data and technology. We provide an end-to-end service from consulting to execution that drives the growth and innovation of our clients. As VSOL is in a phase of rapid expansion, we offer a dynamic, creative environment that accelerates your personal and professional development. We are looking for talented individuals eager to develop in international markets while contributing to the company’s future in a constructive and supportive manner

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain secure, scalable GCP infrastructure, including Landing Zone and Hub-and-Spoke network architectures.
• Implement and manage secure identity and access controls, including SSO, MFA, and IAM best practices.
• Configure and manage networking: VPCs, subnets, Cloud VPN, Load Balancers, and Palo Alto VM-Series firewalls.
• Deploy and manage GCP services such as Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud SQL, Elasticsearch, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, and Service Mesh (Istio).
• Implement and manage API Gateway solutions with Apigee and apply security measures using Cloud Armor and Security Command Center.
• Use KMS and Secret Manager for secure key and secret management.
• Apply DevSecOps practices to ensure compliance with security frameworks and data protection regulations.
• Automate deployment and manage continuous delivery pipelines using Argo CD and Terraform.
• Monitor infrastructure using Google Cloud Monitoring, Logging, and Policy Intelligence for performance, security, and cost optimization.
• Develop and maintain robust backup and disaster recovery strategies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues across GCP services.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless integration of applications with GCP services.
• Participate in on-call support rotations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in cloud engineering, primarily on Google Cloud Platform.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes (GKE), Elasticsearch, Cloud SQL, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, and Istio.
• Skilled in Terraform/Terragrunt, Argo CD, and scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Strong understanding of GCP networking, security (KMS, Secret Manager, Cloud Armor, Security Command Center), and API management (Apigee).
• Experienced in DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and GCP monitoring and logging.
• GCP certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect, Associate Cloud Engineer) and a solid understanding of security compliance requirements are strong advantages.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively in English to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Why you’ll love working here:

• Working in start-up environment, English-speaking, with opportunity to be part of innovation team and global projects
• Onsite opportunities in UAE (United Arab Emirates) and KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
• 13th-month salary bonus
• Premium Health insurance for employees and family members (depending on level), Annual Health Check, Government Insurance in probation
• 14+ days of Annual leave and 5 days of Outing leave
• Lunch allowance and free parking
• Taxi & phone allowance (depending on level)

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Location: Dubai, UAE or Sofia, Bulgaria or Remote

Position: Software Engineer 

Platform: SOClass

As a Software Engineer, you will play an integral role in the complete development lifecycle of the platform, from specification and development to testing and customer support. You will work directly with the core developers of the platform and take advantage of their strong know-how and experience in developing and deploying government systems. Additionally, you will communicate with end-clients from around the world.

• Participate in the complete development lifecycle of the SOClass platform.
• Work on specification, development, testing, and customer support.
• Collaborate with core developers and leverage their expertise.
• Communicate with end-clients from various global locations.

• Proficiency in software development and a strong understanding of the SOClass platform.
• Experience with full development lifecycle processes.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Opportunity to work on impactful projects deployed to government production systems.
• Flexible work locations: Dubai, UAE or Sofia, Bulgaria or Remote.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.

We are looking for a highly motivated Cloud DevSecOps Engineer to join our growing team in Dubai. This is an exciting opportunity for fresh graduates with a passion for cloud technologies and cybersecurity to kickstart their careers in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment. You’ll be part of a dynamic team responsible for securing, automating, and optimizing cloud-based infrastructure and applications.

• Design, implement, and manage cloud security solutions.
• Automate deployment, monitoring, and management of cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor and respond to security incidents and vulnerabilities.
• Ensure compliance with security standards and best practices.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP preferred).
• Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices.
• Awareness of cybersecurity principles and secure coding practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn new technologies.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, CompTIA Security+) are advantageous but not mandatory.

Dicetek LLC is a global IT solutions and services company headquartered in Dubai, UAE, with a strong presence across the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. At Dicetek, we empower businesses through innovative technology, helping them transform digitally and achieve sustainable growth. Our mission is to deliver cutting-edge IT solutions with integrity, excellence, and customer focus. With a client-centric approach and commitment to quality, Dicetek has become a trusted partner for organizations looking to modernize their operations.

AED 10,000 with top of market commission structure.

Full Time

Dubai, UAE