Software Engineer l - Backend

Talabat Holding; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

talabat, a leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app, is seeking a software engineer to join our Dubai Tech Hub. You will work with product, data and other engineers to deliver end-to-end software solutions, focusing on reliability, scalability and quality.

You will contribute to distributed systems, RESTful services, and cloud-based architectures, using .NET or Golang, with a growth-minded team that values feedback, learning and fast iterations in a high-performance culture.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering foundation with experience in building scalable systems.
• Familiar with modern software engineering practices and testing.
• Understanding of distributed systems and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Participate in continuous discovery of customer/business needs to drive outcomes.
• Design, write and release software as end-to-end solutions delivering value in small batches.
• Understand scalability and complexity of services.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Growth mindset

Team collaboration

Software fundamentals

C#

Golang

RESTful services

Distributed systems

NET/.NET

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

Job description

Who are we?

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

Job Description

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

Qualifications

• 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