Software Engineer l - Backend

Talabat Holding; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Talabat Holding is seeking a product engineer to join our DMart tech initiative in Abu Dhabi. You will work with peers across product and data to understand customer needs and translate them into actionable software solutions.

You will write and release end-to-end features in small batches, focusing on scalable services and reliable delivery while growing your skills in distributed systems, testing, and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and collaboration with engineers and product teams.
• Foundational software engineering knowledge with end-to-end problem solving.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and databases.

Responsibilities

• Participate in discovering customer needs to drive outcomes.
• Design, write and release software in small batches per engineering standards.
• Understand scalability and complexity of services.
• Help improve team practices to become self-organized and continuously improving.
• Seek mentorship to become a product engineer capable of end-to-end problem solving.

Skills

Empathy

Communication skills

Growth mindset

Software engineering fundamentals

Experience with .NET / Golang / C#

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Testing automation

Distributed Systems

Relational/Non-relational databases

Cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)

RESTful services

Job description

Job description

About the opportunity

Role summary

• Alongside other engineers and members of your team (product, data), participate in continuous discovery of your customer/business needs/desires/problems to drive desired outcomes
• With guidance from other engineers, 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
• Participate in optimization of your team’s practices to develop it into a self-organized, continuously improving unit
• Seek mentorship to become a product engineer capable of solving a business problem, end-to-end

What you need to be successful

• Empathetic and able to easily build relationships with other engineers
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Humble, curious, and open-minded with a growth mindset, thriving on continuous feedback
• Good knowledge of foundational software engineering with some software development experience, preferably with .NET, Golang or C# programming languages
• Exposed to testing with focus on automated end to end quality
• Understands basics of Distributed Systems Architecture (Microservices, Event-Driven, and RESTful Services)
• Understands basics of relational and nonrelational databases as well as cloud platforms (e.g.AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
• Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or other related technical field

Who we are

Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat, the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries, has been offering convenience and reliability to its customers. talabat’s local roots run deep, offering a real understanding of the needs of the communities we serve in eight countries across the region. We harness innovative technology and knowledge to simplify everyday life for our customers, optimize operations for our restaurants and local shops, and provide our riders with reliable earning opportunities daily. Here at talabat, we are building a high performance culture through engaged workforce and growing talent density. We're all about keeping it real and making a difference. Our 6,000+ strong talabaty are on an awesome mission to spread positive vibes. We are proud to be a multi great place to work award winner.

About the team

talabat’s DMart network spans 860+ dark stores and 31 distribution centres across eight MENA markets. We are launching a new domain out of our Dubai Global Tech Hub to bring intelligence to how that network operates: predicting demand, optimising stock movement, and catching problems before they surface.

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