As a Software Engineer II - Backend at talabat, you will collaborate with a cross-functional team comprising engineering, product, and data professionals. Your role will involve continuous discovery of customer and business needs to drive desired outcomes. You will design, write, and release software solutions to address end-to-end problems within your business domain, delivering value in small batches in line with our engineering standards.
Key responsibilities include:
- Understanding the scalability and complexity of services, taking ownership while innovating within the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Supporting the optimization of your team’s practices, contributing to a self-organizing and continuously improving unit.
- Critically evaluating our technology organization’s systems, processes, and solutions.
What You Need to Be Successful:
- Strong empathetic skills to build relationships effectively.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Humble, curious, and open-minded approach with a growth mindset, eager for continuous feedback.
- Understanding of lean/agile values and principles, along with associated practices.
- A minimum of 3 years of software engineering experience, ideally within an Extreme Programming environment (TDD, Pair Programming, Simple Design, Continuous Refactoring).
- Proficient in predominant programming languages such as .NET, Golang, and C#.
- Experience testing with a focus on automated end-to-end quality.
- Familiarity with distributed systems architecture (Microservices, Event-Driven, RESTful Services).
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
- Experience in building, maintaining, and improving systems with Trunk Based Development and Continuous Delivery.
Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat has become the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries, operated across eight countries in the region. We are dedicated to optimizing operations for restaurants and local businesses while providing reliable earning opportunities for our delivery riders. Committed to building a high-performance culture, we believe in keeping it real and making a positive difference in our communities.
Talabat is recognized as a multi-award winner for being a great place to work and is focused on cultivating an engaged workforce with high talent density.
Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (On-site)
Job Type: Full-time
Language Requirements: (not mentioned, please check for any specific language prerequisites)
