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, then this may be the opportunity for you! The ideal candidate will have a track record as a significant individual contributor and a strong team player, supporting their peers and collaborating closely with management to drive strategic initiatives across the region.
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Responsibilities
- Take part in architectural decision-making on a platform that is used by millions of people.
- Actively participate in migrating our monolithic application into Microservices.
- Play an active role in designing, improving, and securing the overall backend architecture to support massive growth in users and products without compromise.
- Work with Docker containers, Kubernetes manifests, all this on Google Cloud Platform.
- Coach and mentor other team members as a senior member of the team and part of our Backend Chapter.
- Embrace Design Driven Development, SOLID Principles, Event-driven Architecture, Algorithms, and automated tests (unit, integration, and functional).
- Understand the development lifecycle and collaborate with cross-functional and agile teams.
- Participate in continuous efforts for test coverage, refactoring, and documentation.
- Showcase your code review, debugging, and investigation skills on a regular basis.
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, including 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.
- Strong testing mindset with experience writing unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
- Adaptability and problem-solving skills – ability to navigate ambiguity, work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, and make informed decisions.
