Product-Minded Software Engineer

Elkaso; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Elkaso is building a scalable software platform to transform procurement for independent restaurants. You will own backend depth and multi-service orchestration, enabling AI-powered, self-serve workflows that scale while preserving pricing accuracy and order integrity.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership, hands-on development in TypeScript/Node.js and Python, and frontend touchpoints with React/Flutter. Join a startup/scale-up environment focused on AI-driven automation.

Qualifications

• Backend depth: built and scaled production systems.
• Stack fluency: deep hands-on TS/Node.js and Python, plus React/Flutter on frontend.
• Data modeling: modeled messy real-world data into trustworthy systems at scale.
• Think in AI automation: track record of automating operations-heavy processes with AI.
• Product judgment: led E2E architecture through launch with speed and impact.

Responsibilities

• Architect and orchestrate multi-service applications in production.
• Contribute to the technical platform: architecture, order workflows, pricing logic, data foundations, and automation layers.
• Turn procurement workflows into reliable product workflows.
• Drive scalability without compromising pricing accuracy, order integrity, or operational trust.

Skills

Backend depth

TypeScript/Node.js

Python

Frontend React/Flutter

Data modeling

AI automation

Product judgment

Job description

Your mission

You’ll contribute to the technical backbone that turns a traditionally ops-heavy GPO business into a scalable software platform. The goal is to make it possible for independent restaurants to buy with the power of a chain, while reducing reliance on manual operations.

• The problem you\'ll own:Replace manual, people-dependent procurement workflows with trustworthy software that is accurate, scalable, and self-serve

• The systems you\'ll build:Contribute to the technical platform, including tech architecture, order workflows, matching and pricing logic, data foundations, and automation layers that support operations and user experience

• The change you\'ll drive:Turn messy food procurement processes into reliable product workflows

• What success looks like:The business scales without losing pricing accuracy, order integrity, or operational trust, and the team can serve more restaurants with less manual work

Your profile

Must have

• Backend depth- built and scaled production systems, with proven ability to architect and orchestrate multi-service applications

• Stack fluency- deep hands-on expertise in TypeScript/Node.js and Python, plus React, Flutter or similar on the frontend

• Data modeling- modeled messy real-world data into trustworthy systems at scale

• Think in AI automation- track record of automating operations-heavy processes with AI, avid use of state-of-the-art AI development tools as Claude Code

• Product judgment- led E2E architecture through launch with a bias for speed and impact; made pragmatic tradeoffs to solve user problems

Nice to have

• Domain-built B2B platforms such as procurement, marketplaces, or supply chain, ideally in a startup or scale-up environment

• Money movement-worked on billing, invoicing, payments, or reconciliation systems

• Team leadership- scaled and led technical teams through architecture, code review, and engineering standards

Why us?

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity

• Real AI work in production, not prototypes

• A business past product-market fit and into scaling

• Low-ego, high-ownership team culture

• Direct access to founder and leadership team