Senior Software Development Engineer

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global e-commerce company in Dubai is seeking a passionate Senior Software Development Engineer to lead a new team focused on innovative solutions for expanding grocery services in the region. The role requires significant software development experience, leadership skills, and expertise in designing scalable system software applications. The ideal candidate will drive technical excellence and mentor team members, contributing to the overall design and development of impactful consumer products. This position promises substantial growth opportunities within a vibrant work culture.

Qualifications

• 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Experience with at least one programming language for 5 years.
• 5 years of experience in designing or architecting reliable and scalable systems.
• Experience as a mentor or tech lead.
• 5 years of experience in the full software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Design and code solutions for broadly defined problems.
• Drive best practices and engineering excellence.
• Develop the architecture and design of new and current systems.
• Deliver high quality software in an agile environment.
• Mentor others and convert business goals into tech solutions.

Skills

Software development

Leadership

Coding best practices

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Want to change the way millions of people communicate shop and have fun Do you want to be the lead for a newly established team with an exciting charter

MENA Tech/Amazon Now team focuses on building innovative solutions for expanding Amazon Grocery in UAE Saudi Arabia and Egypt. We are looking for a passionate hard-working and talented Senior Software Development Engineer who can build innovative & mission critical system software applications and tools. You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design architecture and development of consumer products. You will be responsible for delivery and support of large-scale multi-tiered distributed software applications and tools.

We want a highly technical individual with strong leadership to help put Amazons products in the hands of customers all around the globe.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer.

Responsibilities

• Ability to design and code right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Drive best practices and engineering excellence.
• Work with other team members to develop the architecture and design of new and current systems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high quality software.
• As a senior engineer you will be expected to mentor others on the team and raise the bar on high level design. You will be expected to convert business goals into tech solutions.

Qualifications

• 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
• 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
• Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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