Companies hiring software engineering in United Arab Emirates
As of 5 November 2026, 203 companies are hiring software engineering in United Arab Emirates, with 640 open roles; 342 opened in the last 30 days and Dubai has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Top city
- Dubai · 331 roles
- Largest role family
- backend development · 17%
- Leadership roles (director+)
- 7 · 7 companies
- Remote share, last 30 days
- 56%
- Postings with a salary
- 1% · 6 companies
- Most-named tool
- JavaScript · 70 companies
Most new software engineering roles, last 30 days
Companies with the most new postings in the last 30 days; job boards and directories left out. Headquartered in United Arab Emirates. Open software engineering roles and all open roles per company.
| Company | Size | new, 30 d | open software engineering | all open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ADSB (Abu Dhabi Ship Building)Shipbuilding & ship repair | 501-1000 employees | 21 | 17 | 194 |
techcarrotIT services & consulting | 201-500 employees | 2 | 16 | 60 |
Crescent GroupOther holding & investment companies | 1001-5000 employees | 1 | 1 | 9 |
DeeplightApplied AI ML development | 51-200 employees | 1 | 3 | 16 |
duMobile network operators | 1001-5000 employees | 1 | 1 | 14 |
EI-Technologies MENACRM implementation partners | 51-200 employees | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Emirates Islamic BankRetail & commercial banks | 1001-5000 employees | 1 | 1 | 54 |
GSS GroupFintech infrastructure APIs | 11-50 employees | 1 | 18 | 44 |
Lean TechnologiesFintech infrastructure APIs | 51-200 employees | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Melodica Music AcademyMusic schools | 501-1000 employees | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Mira DevelopmentsResidential property developers | 2-10 employees | 1 | 3 | 146 |
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By city, seniority and role family
Postings, then companies. Cities as the posting states them.
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Dubai | 331 · 109 |
| Abu Dhabi | 179 · 50 |
| Sharjah | 11 · 5 |
| Cairo | 9 · 2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 · 1 |
| Dubai, UAE | 6 · 3 |
| Remote | 3 · 3 |
| Al Ain | 2 · 2 |
| Bengaluru | 2 · 2 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 2 · 1 |
| London | 2 · 1 |
| Tiranë | 2 · 1 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Trainee, apprentice | 7 · 5 |
| Entry | 28 · 24 |
| Mid | 164 · 70 |
| Senior | 277 · 104 |
| Manager | 12 · 8 |
| Director | 4 · 4 |
| C-level | 3 · 3 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| backend development | 110 · 52 |
| full stack development | 82 · 50 |
| software testing and qa | 76 · 46 |
| enterprise platform and integration development | 70 · 32 |
| general software development | 65 · 45 |
| devops sre and platform | 50 · 35 |
| embedded and firmware | 37 · 8 |
| mobile development | 35 · 24 |
| frontend development | 30 · 19 |
| forward deployed engineering | 26 · 20 |
Tools software engineering postings in United Arab Emirates ask for
Office software left out. Click through to every company on a tool.
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Remote | 29 · 16 |
| Onsite | 16 · 14 |
| Hybrid | 7 · 6 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Posted in the last 7 days | 40 · 25 |
| Posted in the last 30 days | 342 · 102 |
| All open | 640 · 203 |
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203 companies have 640 open software engineering roles in United Arab Emirates; 102 of them posted 342 in the last 30 days. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/hiring/software_engineering/united-arab-emirates)
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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →
- Job postingsRead hourly from the applicant tracking systems behind company career sites, with portals filling the gaps. Reposts collapse into one record; a role closes when the company closes it.
- Function and familyRole tree v2: every title classified into a function and a family, in every language.
- LocationThe posting's stated location, normalised to city and country. This page counts roles located in United Arab Emirates.
- ExclusionsJob boards, directories and aggregators are kept out of company lists; staffing firms stay in only for their own hiring.
Software engineering hiring in United Arab Emirates: questions
What counts as a software engineering role?
A posting classified into the software engineering function by our role tree (v2), whatever the title says. "Account Executive", "Vertriebsmitarbeiter" and "SDR" all land in the same function, then in a family such as backend development.
Why is United Arab Emirates the posting's country, not the company's?
This page counts roles located in United Arab Emirates. A US company hiring in Berlin counts; a Emirati company hiring in Paris does not. Company pages show the reverse view.
How fresh is it?
Career systems are checked hourly, so a role usually shows up the same day it opens and disappears the day it closes. Reposts collapse into one record.
Can I get the hiring manager?
Yes. For each company, the person the new hires report to, with a verified e-mail. The first 15 companies are on this page; the rest, and a weekly feed of new software engineering hiring in United Arab Emirates, is in the product.
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