Senior Backend Engineer · Dubai, UAE
I'm Mohammad Imran, a backend engineer creating resilient Java, microservices, and cloud platforms for banking, fintech, and digital assets.
Banking-grade engineering,
built for real-world scale.
Selected impact
From digital assets to identity and core banking, I work where reliability is a product feature.
Led backend delivery for RAKBANK's digital-asset brokerage, integrating Bitpanda to support secure, compliant crypto trading in AED.
Backend services supporting secure authentication experiences for critical banking journeys.
Read public case studyCard, lending, and core-banking delivery across Wells Fargo, Citi, Oracle FLEXCUBE, and enterprise platforms.
Read public case studyTechnical practice
Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices designed for clarity, resilience, and change.
Event-driven architecture, Kafka, observability, and API design for dependable financial journeys.
AWS-hosted services, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and quality gates that support confident releases.
AI coding agents used across discovery, planning, implementation, testing, review, and documentation—with human validation at every stage.
Career journey
Progressive backend ownership across financial institutions, product teams, and technology partners in India and the UAE.
Jul 2024 — Present
RAKBANK · Dubai, UAE
Backend delivery for high-trust banking and digital-asset platforms, with a focus on scalable Java microservices, secure integrations, and reliable releases.
May 2023 — Jul 2024
Dicetek LLC · Client: RAKBANK
Delivered secure banking microservices and REST APIs, with end-to-end deployment and observability across AWS EKS environments.
Jun 2021 — May 2023
HCL Technologies · Client: Wells Fargo
Engineered backend services for card journeys and customer onboarding, using Kafka and MongoDB for distributed, high-volume workflows.
Mar 2020 — Jun 2021
Oracle Financial Services · Client: Citi
Built lending and middleware integrations around Oracle FLEXCUBE, REST services, PL/SQL, and event-driven messaging.
2017 — 2020
Thoughtclan Technologies · Decimal Technologies
Developed B2B commerce, fintech, banking, and insurance APIs while improving middleware performance and delivery automation.
About me
Nearly a decade building across banking, digital assets, cards, lending, fintech, and B2B e-commerce.
I care about maintainable code, meaningful tests, useful observability, and calm releases. I collaborate closely, mentor teammates, and stay curious about distributed systems and solution architecture.
Quick answers
Mohammad Imran is a Senior Backend Engineer at RAKBANK in Dubai with nearly 10 years of experience across banking, digital assets, cards, lending, fintech, and B2B platforms.
His core stack includes Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, Kafka, AWS EKS, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Oracle PL/SQL, CI/CD, testing, and observability.
His experience includes RAKBANK digital-asset and authentication platforms, Wells Fargo card journeys, Citi and Oracle FLEXCUBE lending integrations, and fintech lead-management systems.
He is open to senior backend, technical lead, and solution architecture opportunities in Dubai and across the UAE.
He uses AI coding agents across codebase discovery, planning, implementation, test generation, review, documentation, and release preparation, with human validation and secure engineering guardrails throughout the lifecycle.
Open to what's next
Interested in senior backend, technical lead, and solution architecture opportunities across Dubai and the UAE.