Who are we? Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat has become the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries. We offer convenience and reliability to our customers, with a deep understanding of the communities we serve across eight countries in the region. At talabat, we utilize innovative technology to simplify everyday life for our customers, optimize operations for our restaurant partners, and provide our riders with reliable earning opportunities daily. Our team of over 6,000 employees is dedicated to spreading positive vibes, and we are proud to be recognized as a great place to work.
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A Little Bit About Our Engineering Culture:
- Shorten Feedback Loops: We optimize for the flow of value in small batches to learn faster and minimize waste.
- Quality Enables Speed: We adhere to XP, Lean, and Continuous Delivery practices to deliver high-quality, secure solutions sustainably.
- Product-minded Engineers: We possess a solid understanding of our business and customer problems, allowing us to solve issues more effectively and quickly.
Role Summary:
As a Software Engineer II - Backend, you will work alongside a cross-functional team (engineering, product, data) to continuously identify customer and business needs that drive desired outcomes. Your responsibilities will include designing, writing, and releasing software that provides solutions to end-to-end problems in your domain, while delivering value in small batches. You will also support the optimization of your team’s practices to foster a self-organized, continuously improving unit.
Qualifications:
- Empathetic with the ability to build strong relationships.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Humble, curious, and open-minded with a growth mindset, thriving on continuous feedback.
- Understanding of lean/agile values and principles.
- 3+ years of software engineering experience, preferably within an Extreme Programming environment (TDD, Pair Programming, Simple Design, and Continuous Refactoring), with predominant languages being .NET, Golang, and C#.
- Experience in testing with a focus on automated end-to-end quality.
- Familiarity with distributed Systems Architecture (Microservices, Event-Driven, and 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 with Trunk Based Development and Continuous Delivery.
