Senior Backend Engineer

We are looking for a highly talented Senior Backend Engineer to join our team in Riyadh. If you are looking for a place where you can gain hands-on experience and create a direct impact, then this may be the place for you! The ideal candidate will have a track record as a significant individual contributor as well as a strong team player, supporting a team, and working closely with management teams to drive strategic initiatives forward across the region.

You will be working on:

• Taking part in architectural decision-making on a platform that is used by millions of people.
• Actively participating in migrating our monolithic application into Microservices.
• Playing an active role in designing, improving, and securing the overall backend architecture to support massive growth in users and products without compromise.
• Dealing with Docker containers, Kubernetes manifests, all this on Google Cloud Platform.
• Coaching and mentoring other team members as a senior member of the team and member of our Backend Chapter.
• Embracing Design Driven Development, SOLID Principles, Event-driven Architecture, Algorithms, and automated tests (unit, integration, and functional).
• Understanding the development lifecycle and collaborating with cross-functional and agile teams.
• Participating in the continuous effort of test coverage, refactoring, and documentation.
• Demonstrating code review, debugging, and investigation skills regularly.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in backend development using GoLang, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Java, or Python.
• Strong database expertise with PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases.
• Solid understanding of normal forms, ACID principles, isolation levels, indexing, query optimization, and memory caching (e.g., Redis, Memcached).
• Proficiency in monitoring, alerting, and logging tools such as Grafana.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, including Domain-Driven Design (DDD), microservices, Kubernetes, and containerization.
• Experience with monolithic migration.
• Strong testing mindset with experience writing unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Adaptability & problem-solving skills – Ability to navigate ambiguity and make informed decisions in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.