About Smart Bricks

Smart Bricks is a Dubai-based proptech company building data-driven real estate intelligence products. We work at the intersection of real estate, analytics, and scalable software , helping users make smarter property decisions through powerful search and valuation systems.

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer who enjoys building fast, scalable APIs and loves solving real-world performance + debugging challenges.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs using Python + FastAPI
• Develop scalable systems that power Search, Data pipelines, integrating with ML models, and analytics workflows
• Write efficient queries and manage relational data using PostgreSQL
• Implement caching, async processing, and optimized API patterns for low latency
• Improve API reliability, scalability, and maintainability through best practices and clean architecture
• Debug production issues quickly and confidently (logs, tracing, profiling, root cause analysis)
• Collaborate closely with product + data teams to ship features end-to-end
• Build tooling and developer-friendly systems (internal APIs, admin panels, automation utilities)
• Work closely with Product on feature estimation, planning
• Write robust unit test cases

Required Skills & Experience

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Knowledge of Docker, CI/CD, cloud deployment (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (Sentry, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
• Experience in proptech, fintech, or data-heavy platforms
• Understanding of ranking/scoring systems, relevance tuning, or search optimization
• Exposure to LLM-powered tooling and workflows

Engineering Culture Fit (Important)

We love engineers who:

• are obsessed with clean, readable, scalable code
• treat debugging like a superpower
• think in terms of latency + throughput
• enjoy using tools like Cursor / Copilot / AI-assisted dev workflows