About the job
Title: Senior Mendix Developer (with Technical Team Lead skills)
Location: On-site – Dubai, UAE
Type: Full-time
Experience Level: Senior (6+ years)
Key Requirement: Hands-on Mendix expertise combined with proven technical team lead skills
About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Mendix Developer with strong technical team lead skills to design and deliver enterprise-grade applications on the Mendix low-code platform. This is a hands-on role for someone who can build complex solutions themselves while leading, mentoring and guiding a team of developers.
You'll own application architecture and delivery quality, set technical standards for the team, and be the go-to technical authority on Mendix for our developers, product owners and business stakeholders.
What You'll Do
- Design, build and deploy scalable enterprise web and mobile applications on Mendix
- Own application architecture, including domain models, microflows, security and performance optimization
- Integrate Mendix applications with ERP, CRM and other enterprise systems using REST, SOAP and OData APIs
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions in partnership with stakeholders and product owners
- Provide technical leadership to the development team, including task allocation, technical guidance and unblocking issues
- Mentor and coach junior and mid-level Mendix developers
- Conduct code and model reviews, and enforce Mendix best practices and coding standards
- Estimate effort and plan technical work within Agile/Scrum sprints
- Manage the application lifecycle, including version control, CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments
What You Bring
- 6+ years of software development experience, including 4+ years of hands-on Mendix development
- Strong command of domain modeling, microflows, nanoflows, page design and Mendix security
- Solid experience with REST, SOAP and OData integrations
- Strong background in Java, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS/SCSS for custom widgets and Java actions
- Good knowledge of SQL databases such as PostgreSQL or MS SQL Server
- Experience with Git, Jira and Agile/Scrum delivery
- Proven technical team lead skills, including:
- Leading and mentoring developers
- Running code reviews and setting technical standards
- Task breakdown, estimation and sprint planning
- Making technical decisions and owning delivery quality
- Communicating clearly with stakeholders and management
- Excellent English communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics to non-technical audiences
- Mendix Advanced Developer Certification strongly preferred (Expert Developer Certification is a strong plus)
- Ability to work on-site full-time in Dubai
Nice to Have
- Experience with Mendix Native Mobile, Workflows, Data Hub or Pluggable Widgets
- Experience deploying Mendix applications on Mendix Cloud, AWS, Azure, Docker or Kubernetes
- Domain experience in government, banking, logistics or manufacturing in the GCC region
To apply, candidates who meet the above requirements are requested to share:
- Updated CV
- Notice period
- Monthly salary expectations
