Principal Software Engineer - Backend

Bayut & Dubizzle

Lahore

On-site

PKR 2,000,000 - 4,000,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Dubizzle Labs in Lahore is looking for an experienced backend software engineer to support the hyper-growth of our platforms across 10 countries. You will build world-class suite products, mentor teammates, and drive reliability and performance across the codebase.

We value leaders who can plan features, review pull requests, design REST APIs, and balance technical ambition with business goals. AWS, Kubernetes, Docker and Python experience are highly desirable.

Qualifications

8+ years of professional backend software engineering experience; Python preferred.
Experience with Cloud hosted infrastructure; AWS preferred.
Prior experience with Kubernetes & Docker.
Experience with high-traffic and large-scale web products.
Experience with web infrastructure, SOA, distributed systems, performance analysis, search infrastructure.
Mastery of testing methodologies (unit tests, integration tests, etc.).

Responsibilities

Hit the ground running - Gather up-to-date understanding of the code base and technologies stack.
Lead planning sessions around new product features and roll-out/roll-back strategies.
Research and apply industry trends as part of daily work.
Create unit tests in accordance with established standards.
Write and maintain exemplary code following programming practices.
Contribute in post-release maintenance issues.
Develop elegant solutions for complex problems.
Pioneer reliability and efficiency of code bases and platforms.
Mentor peers and provide guidance on tasks of varying complexity.
Review major pull requests and define programming standards.

Skills

Mentoring

Leadership

Code review

Architecting solutions

Problem solving

Tools

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

REST APIs

Job description

Job Description:

At Dubizzle Labs, we are looking to further expand our Pakistan office of already 400+. We are most interested in bringing on board colleagues who love to learn, perform, and teach. We are building a high-quality engineering environment with a super focus on delivering value to customers. Your primary responsibility would be to build world-class suite products to support the hyper-growth of our businesses in 10 countries.

Are you a people person and genuinely enjoy helping others grow? Are you a thought leader? Can you solve any task thrown at you, irrespective of complexity or scale? Do you mentor and lead those in your team and push the boundaries of perfection? Do you know which corners can and cant be cut? Can you balance technical ambitions with business objectives?

Hit the ground running - Gather up-to-date and in-depth understanding of the dubizzle code base and technologies stack within weeks;
Lead planning sessions around new product features, deliver detailed roll-out/roll-back strategies for releases.
Research and apply industry trends as part of your daily work;
Create unit tests in accordance with our established standards to cover assigned work;
Write and maintain exemplary code following dubizzle’s programming practices;
Actively contribute in post-release maintenance issues;
Develop elegant solutions for complex problems;
Pioneer reliability and efficiency of our current code base, platforms and/or core systems;
Impact on the direction and scope of dubizzle’s technical vision within your stream;
Work in a mentoring capacity within a peer-programming environment and provide guidance on tasks, irrespective of complexity or scale;
Code review all major pull requests, defining programming standards and providing constructive feedback.
Design and delivery of multiple REST based APIs and previous exposure to Service Oriented Architecture;
Capacity to push back requirements when incomplete;
Handle the entire software development life cycle, end to end
Lead product planning meetings and architect solutions within your stream;

8+ years of professional back-end software engineering experience; Python preferred;
Experience with Cloud hosted infrastructure and Technologies; AWS preferred;
Prior experience with Kubernetes & Docker will earn you brownie points;
Experience working on high-traffic and large-scale web products is preferred;
Experience with web infrastructure, SOA, distributed systems, performance analysis, search infrastructure;
Been on at least one “death march” and know exactly why some things are to be avoided;
Strong understanding of design patterns including asynchronous programming, queuing, logging, security and persistence;
Mastery of different caching layers and strategies including memcached;
Good understanding of build process management and continuous integration;
Mastery of testing methodologies (unit tests, component tests, integration tests, etc.);