About Us
Ready to change the world? We’re reinventing freight and logistics at Trella. Backed by a number of leading VC companies (YC, Maersk Growth, Algebra Ventures and Raed Ventures) and we're looking for the best talent out there to help us build and scale our product offering. We aspire to create a step-change in the industry and we want you to be a part of the journey!
We are innovative problem-solvers on this adventure together. Working at Trella means that you’ll be surrounded by colleagues who are constantly pushing boundaries, thinking ahead, and meeting the high standards we set for ourselves. When we build, we do so in a product-led way: we value our customer experience and scalability, and we prioritize how we build our product accordingly.
Our Purpose
At Trella our Vision is to Empower our Communities to move Economies Forward, and we're doing this by building a digital experience that provides our Shippers, Carriers and Teams with the right technology and platform that reduces the costs of moving goods —> Simply, we're trying to disrupt and reinvent trucking, and empower our economies. We have launched from Egypt to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and UAE, and are looking to build and expand our footprint across the MENA-P region.
What You'll Do:
- Certain responsibilities may differ between levels:
- Design components by translating product requirements, break down project / story into tasks and provide accurate estimates.
- Actively extend or develop low level design, define modules, components using software design patterns.
- Write high quality, performant, readable, extendible and reusable code while working on defined product & engineering initiatives independently.
- Contribute relevant, clean, concise quality documentation to Trella’s knowledge base to support increased organizational information sharing.
- Participate in on-call rotations and active involvement in resolving incidents, writing production incident reports.
- Actively participate in team agile engineering practices and contribute to their continuous improvement.
- Seniors: Hire, mentor and coach junior team members.
What You'll Need:
- Senior Backend Expertise (Must be in a Senior role for 2+ years)
- BS/MS in Computer Science, IT or related technical field with 6+ years of Industry experience.
- 2+ years of experience contributing to design and architecture of new and existing services.
- 4+ years of experience with systems software concepts, including distributed systems, networking, file systems and OS internals.
- Extensive experience ideally in least one programming language such as C, C++, Java, C#, GoLang. (Open to other languages as we are flexible on these)
- Strong technical aptitude, problem solving, communication skills.
- Large-scale distributed systems experience, preferably in the form of building those systems and not simply using off-the-shelf frameworks.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in a cloud environment is a plus.
- Experience with Golang, C# and AWS is a plus.
Our Candidate-Focused Selection Procedure:
Apply via the link provided.Upon reviewing our applications, we will selectively reach out to have an introductory chat to provide you with more info on Trella, the role and get to know you better. This will be done via phone, Google Meets, Zoom, or FaceTime!
We aim to provide our feedback within 2-4 weeks of our last discussions with you. However, sometimes this may be longer depending on the level of the role.Please feel free to reach out on status updates to your relevant Recruiter, or else, we will at least send an email update to manage your expectations of the role as soon as we can.
What We Offer:
- Hybrid work model with flexible working hours.
- The experience of working in one of Forbes Middle East's top 50 most funded start-ups in MENA
- Annual performance review
- Flexible leave policy that supports your work-life balance and personal needs.
- Development opportunities in a rapidly growing multinational company.
- Early payday option, allowing you to access your earnings sooner helping you manage expenses and financial planning with greater ease.
- Supporting our colleagues to build and grow themselves through Learning & Development initiatives.
- Department
- Engineering
- Role
- Senior Software Engineer- Backend
- Locations
- Cairo- Trella Head Office
- Employment type
- Full-time
Trella is a platform that connects shippers to carriers via a digital interface. Using technology, Trella matches specific carriers capabilities with shippers requirements to provide market-leading reliability and availability at a fraction of the price.
Trella even allows shippers to track shipments in real-time and report key insights on transportation trends and performance.
Trella’s goals are simple - seamless, efficient and fast freight.
Let’s recruit together and find your next colleague.
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