# Principal Backend Development Engineer(C++)

This is a remote position. We are hiring a Principal Backend Development Engineer in UAE & Saudi Arabia to design and lead the build of high-performance backend systems in C++. You will set technical direction, solve the hardest engineering problems, and raise the standard of the whole team. This is a hands-on senior role with wide influence. Key Responsibilities Design and build scalable, low-latency backend services in modern C++ (C++17 or later). Own the architecture of core backend systems and make clear, well-reasoned technical decisions. Lead design and code reviews, and set engineering standards for quality, testing and performance. Profile and optimise code for speed, memory use and concurrency. Build and improve distributed systems, APIs and data pipelines that are reliable in production. Mentor engineers and help grow the team's technical skills. Work with product, infrastructure and other engineering teams to turn requirements into working systems. Help keep production stable: investigate incidents, find root causes and prevent repeats. Requirements Required Qualifications 10+ years of professional software development, with at least 7 years building backend systems in C

- **Id**: 4180639
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mena-alliances-principal-backend-development-engineerc>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries**: AE, SA
- **Hiring countries total**: 2
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T17:23:21Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T17:23:21Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2324
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4423839
- **Name**: MENA Alliances
- **Domain**: menaalliances.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/menaalliances>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Zoho Recruit

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **STL** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **GCP** — Optional: yes
- **Go** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Rust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

### Languages

- Language: Arabic; Level: All levels; Optional: yes
- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Arab Emirates** — Iso: AE; Kind: country
- **Saudi Arabia** — Iso: SA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T17:23:21Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 52
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.516
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:1, agency, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T18:35:34Z

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