Software Engineer II - Backend Q-Commerce Fulfilment

A Little Bit About Our Engineering Culture

• Shorten Feedback Loops: we optimize for flow of value in small batches so that we can learn faster and minimize waste. This applies to how we build systems, communicate with each other, etc.
• Quality enables Speed: we adhere to XP, Lean, and Continuous Delivery practices to deliver value with the highest quality/security in a sustainable way.
• Product-minded Engineers: we all have a good understanding of our business & customer problems to minimize costly hand-overs and ensure we solve problems more effectively, and faster.

Role Summary

• Alongside your cross-functional team (engineering, product, data), participate in continuous discovery of your customer/business needs/desires/problems to drive desired outcomes.
• 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 & complexity of your services and own & innovate the entire SDLC.
• Support optimization of your team’s practices to develop it into a self-organized, continuously improving unit.
• Critically question and simplify our tech org systems/processes and solutions.

Note:
On top of very good technical skills, this role requires someone willing to assume end-to-end ownership of a specific area/initiative and thrives on emphasizing with their user pains/desires/needs. You are keen to explore alternative ways of working that optimize for co-creation and continuous improvement.

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 Extreme Programming environment (TDD, Pair Programming, Simple Design, and Continuous Refactoring).
• Experience in testing with focus on automated end-to-end quality.
• Experience in Distributed Systems Architecture (Microservices, Event-Driven, and RESTful Services).
• Experience working with relational and nonrelational databases.
• Exposed to cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
• Experience building, maintaining and improving with Trunk Based Development and Continuous Delivery.

Benefits:
Working within talabat means access to perks and benefits that are adjusted to your circumstances - i.e. whether you like to work remotely or in the office.

• Dynamic & innovative environment where you’re not constrained by the boundaries of your role.
• Building the fastest growing, largest and most valuable network of online food ordering services in the world.
• Working with diverse, cross-cultural teams from over 50+ nationalities.
• Company events, hackathons, cultural and sports events.
• Comprehensive healthcare.
• Relocation package.
• Competitive remuneration.