About The Opportunity
We are looking for a highly talented Senior Backend Engineer to join our team in Riyadh. If you are seeking a place where you can gain hands-on experience and create a direct impact, this may be the opportunity 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 to drive strategic initiatives across the region.
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Key Responsibilities
- Participate in architectural decision-making on a platform used by millions of people.
- Actively engage in migrating our monolithic application to Microservices.
- Design, improve, and secure the overall backend architecture to support massive growth in users and products.
- Work with Docker containers, Kubernetes manifests, all on Google Cloud Platform.
- Coach and mentor team members as a senior member and member of our Backend Chapter.
- Embrace Design Driven Development, SOLID Principles, Event-driven Architecture, Algorithms, and automated tests (unit, integration, and functional).
- Collaborate with cross-functional and agile teams throughout the development lifecycle.
- Contribute to test coverage, refactoring, and documentation efforts.
- Regularly demonstrate code review, debugging, and investigation skills.
Qualifications
- More than 5 years of experience in programming languages such as GoLang, RoR, Java, or Python.
- Strong experience with monitoring/alerting/logging tools like Prometheus, New Relic, Datadog, ELK stack, and distributed tracing.
- Proven experience building complex, high-quality applications with strong knowledge of Domain Driven Design and microservice architecture.
- Proficiency in selecting from best practice Design Patterns and Design Principles for Software Architectures and Algorithms.
- Good knowledge of databases (PostgreSQL and NoSQL), including an understanding of normal forms, ACID, isolation levels, and index anatomy.
- A flexible and open-minded personality, comfortable working in a multicultural environment and proficient in English.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Terraform, and caching.
- Experience using a Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach during development.
About Us
HungerStation is the first Saudi Food delivery app in the region, established in 2012. Today, HungerStation enables users to browse the largest selection of restaurants and supermarkets in KSA, offering over 35,000 options. We stand for customer satisfaction, partner loyalty, rider well-being, and an expansion vision aimed at delivering exceptional service.
As part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s leading local delivery platform operating in 70+ countries, we are committed to innovation within the food delivery industry.
What's in it for You
- Visa and relocation support globally for permanent employees.
- Opportunities to exchange ideas and connect with over 2,000 colleagues from various teams.
- A personal educational budget for conferences and external training to develop your skills.
- Access to our e-learning platform and various in-house training programs.
Join us to be part of a team that is making a significant impact in food delivery across the region!
