We are looking for a highly talented Senior Backend Engineer to join the Fintech team in Riyadh. If you are seeking 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 and a strong team player, supporting a team and working closely with management to drive strategic initiatives forward across the region.
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Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Job Type
Temporary
Job Category
Software Engineering
Remote Working
On-Site
You will be working on:
- Taking part in architectural decision-making on a platform used by millions.
- Actively participating in migrating our monolithic application into Microservices.
- Designing, improving, and securing the overall backend architecture to support massive growth in users and products.
- Managing Docker containers, Kubernetes manifests on Google Cloud Platform.
- Coaching and mentoring other team members as a senior member of the team and our Backend Chapter.
- Embracing Design Driven Development, SOLID Principles, Event-driven Architecture, Algorithms, and automated tests (unit, integration, functional).
- Understanding the development lifecycle and collaborating with cross-functional and agile teams.
- Participating in the common effort of test coverage, refactoring, and documentation.
- Showcasing code review, debugging, and investigation skills on a regular basis.
Requirements
To be successful, you should have:
- 5+ years of experience in backend development using GoLang, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Java, or Python.
- Strong database expertise with PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases, a 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.
- Experience in Payment processing or Fintech domain is desirable.
- Strong testing mindset with experience writing unit and integration tests.
- Adaptability and problem-solving skills to navigate ambiguity and work in a dynamic environment.
What's in it for you
We offer:
- Relocation support globally for our permanent employees.
- Opportunity to exchange ideas and meet 2000+ colleagues from different teams within Delivery Hero in our active guilds and through our global tech and product community.
- Development of skills with a personal educational budget for conferences and external training.
- Access to our e-learning platform LinkedIn and participation in various in-house training programs.
- And much more...
