Senior Software Engineer - Backend

About the role

Talabat's Dubai Global Tech Hub is launching a new domain covering its DMart network of 860+ dark stores and 31 distribution centres across eight MENA markets, focused on predicting demand, optimising stock movement and catching problems early. As a Senior Backend Software Engineer you will join a cross-functional team (engineering, product, data) and own the systems end-to-end, from discovery and design through delivery and beyond.

Key responsibilities

• Work with the cross-functional team to discover customer and business needs and drive desired outcomes
• Design, write and release software in small batches according to engineering standards
• Own the scalability and complexity of your services and innovate across the entire SDLC
• Mentor other engineers and help turn the team into a self-organising, continuously improving unit
• Question and simplify tech org systems, processes and solutions

Required profile

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in an XP environment (TDD, pair programming, simple design, continuous refactoring)
• Understanding of lean/agile values and practices
• Ability to mentor other engineers
• Good verbal and written communication, empathetic and able to build relationships
• Open-minded, curious, with a growth mindset and comfort with continuous feedback

Required skills

• Predominant use of .NET, Golang and C#
• Proficiency in testing, with a focus on automated end-to-end quality
• Distributed systems architecture (microservices, event-driven and RESTful services)
• Relational and non-relational databases
• Cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud or Azure
• Trunk-based development and continuous delivery