Senior Backend Engineer

Bayzat, renowned as a leading SaaS platform for employee benefits and a key player in the Insurance sector, is revolutionizing HR, Payroll, and comprehensive Insurance solutions, making a world-class employee experience accessible to every company. As a rapidly growing startup in the MENA region, Bayzat stands out with over 300 team members from 35+ nationalities. Celebrated by Forbes as a promising UAE-based startup, we are supported by major VCs like Mubadala and Point72 Ventures, marking us as one of the region's best-funded HRTech scale-ups.

At our core, we are a principle-driven, merit-based company, where culture is paramount. Joining Bayzat means immersing yourself in an environment of high achievers, dedicated to solving complex challenges and relentlessly pursuing success. This atmosphere encourages you to be your best, continuously learn, and draw inspiration from talented peers.

Our journey to success and future growth is anchored in attracting top talent and nurturing a culture that celebrates authenticity and unpretentiousness. Being part of Bayzat offers the chance to engage with an innovative product, enhance your skills, and contribute to our ongoing success story.

About the role:

As Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will work with our software development team to produce high-quality software and products.

Our platform is the core of our offering, and you will be responsible to make it better every day. You will have the opportunity to work with the latest technologies and are expected to continuously get out of your comfort zone to learn new things and get your hands dirty. More importantly, we want you to take pride in the success of Bayzat, as it is under the ownership and responsibility of the entire team and that includes you!

Some high-impact responsibilities you will be entrusted with:

• Develop features and backend functionality using Java, Kotlin, Spring, and AWS cloud solutions like Lambda
• Maintain existing features, write integration and unit tests
• Cooperate closely with other team members to deliver high-quality code
• Deliver projects on time and at a high-quality level
• Contribute ideas to product development
• Monitor performance problems and optimize them
• Constantly think about improving the Bayzat customer experience
• Be part of our DevOps culture

What you will need to have:

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering
• Proficiency with Java or Kotlin
• Exposure to architectural patterns of RESTful web applications
• Good communication skills, verbal and written
• Self-starter, proactive in resolving issues and removing roadblocks
• Adherence to the software engineering best practices
• Willingness to learn and improve

What’s in it for you? Perks!

Bayzat is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative working environment where everyone's background and ideas count. Our culture encourages members to be the best versions of themselves while taking advantage of our perks:

• Growth: Fast-track growth opportunities for high-achieving members, with no rules around where, when, how, or how often.
• Flexibility: Remote and flexible/hybrid working setups.
• Inclusiveness: From bi-weekly company-wide town halls/all-hands meetings to regular huddles, OKR tribe meetings, celebratory dinner parties, and annual awards ceremonies held in the Metaverse, you'll be joining a truly inclusive and engaging workplace.
• Shared Ownership: We make them shareholders! We open up rounds of ESOP twice to three times a year. And guess what, those who continue to perform and achieve great things are topped up, almost every round!
• Kick-ass offices: We have offices in UAE, Saudi, Jordan and India. One of our two Dubai-based offices is in the DIFC FinTech Hive, which is the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region.