HungerStation is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, with a mission to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide and are headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.
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We are looking for a highly talented Staff Software Engineer to join our team in Riyadh. If you are seeking a place where you can show hands-on experience creating direct impact and drive engineering excellence enhancements, then this may be the role for you! An ideal candidate will have a track record as a significant individual contributor and a strong team player, able to drive complex tech initiatives end-to-end across multiple teams.
Your Responsibilities Include:
- Own technical agenda and drive complex technical initiatives within your domain.
- Serve as a go-to person for your engineering community with deep tech expertise.
- Set standards of engineering excellence and lead engineers by example.
- Coach and mentor other engineers as a senior member of our Backend chapter.
- Play a major role in architectural decision-making on a platform used by millions.
- Design, improve, and secure the overall backend architecture to support growth.
- Support teams in infrastructure management in a cloud environment.
- 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.
- Participate in efforts of test coverage, refactoring, and documentation.
- Regularly demonstrate code review, debugging, and investigation skills.
Qualifications:
- More than 8 years of experience in programming languages such as GoLang, RoR, Java, Python, NodeJs, or .NET Core.
- Strong experience with observability tools like Grafana, Datadog, or New Relic.
- Proven track record in building complex, high-quality applications with knowledge of Domain Driven Design and microservice architecture.
- Expertise in selecting from best practice Design Patterns and Principles.
- Strong knowledge of databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and NoSQL, along with their trade-offs.
- Flexible and open-minded personality, comfortable working with multiple teams.
- Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, and Terraform.
Additional Information:
- High impact on multiple teams within your domain and beyond.
- Opportunities to solve complex technical challenges and prove both hands-on and leadership skills.
- Direct impact on a market-leading company with a chance to collaborate with top talents worldwide as part of the Delivery Hero group.
- Visa & relocation support offered globally to permanent employees.
- Access to a personal educational budget for conferences and external training.
- E-learning platform MyAcademy with various in-house training, including German learning options.
This position is an incredible opportunity to elevate engineering excellence leveraging your valuable experience and deep understanding of technology.
