About the Opportunity
A little bit about our engineering culture:
- Shorten Feedback Loops: We optimize for the flow of value in small batches so that we can learn faster and minimize waste. This applies to how we build systems and communicate with each other.
- Quality Enables Speed: We adhere to XP, Lean, and Continuous Delivery practices to deliver value with the highest quality and security in a sustainable way.
- Product-minded Engineers: We have a good understanding of our business and customer problems to minimize costly hand-overs and ensure we solve problems more effectively and faster.
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Role Summary
- Participate in continuous discovery of customer/business needs/desires/problems to drive desired outcomes alongside your cross-functional team (engineering, product, data).
- Design, write, and release software as a solution to an end-to-end problem in your business domain and deliver value in small batches in accordance with our engineering standards.
- Understand scalability and complexity of services, owning and innovating the entire software development lifecycle (SDL).
- Support optimization of your team’s practices to develop into a self-organized, continuously improving unit.
- Critically question and simplify our tech org systems/processes and solutions.
What You Need to Be Successful
The following experience is relevant to us:
- Empathetic and able to easily build 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 & principles and associated practices.
- 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.
- Experience in Distributed Systems Architecture (Microservices, Event-Driven, and RESTful Services).
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases.
- Exposed to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
- Experience building, maintaining and improving with Trunk Based Development and Continuous Delivery.
Who We Are
Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat, the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries, has been offering convenience and reliability to its customers. talabat’s local roots run deep, providing a real understanding of the needs of the communities we serve in eight countries across the region. We harness innovative technology and knowledge to simplify everyday life for our customers, optimize operations for our restaurants and local shops, and provide our riders with reliable earning opportunities daily.
Here at talabat, we are building a high-performance culture through an engaged workforce and growing talent density. We're all about keeping it real and making a difference. Our 6,000+ strong team members are on an awesome mission to spread positive vibes. We are proud to be a multi-great place to work award winner.
Location
Dubai, UAE
Job Type
Full-time
Job Title
Software Engineer II - Backend
