Staff Engineer

Lucidya | ?; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Staff Engineer with expertise in Ruby on Rails or Python. This hands-on leadership role involves overseeing design reviews, ensuring alignment with architecture standards, and mentoring engineering teams. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in backend software engineering, particularly in SaaS environments, and a strong understanding of distributed systems and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend software engineering experience in a SaaS environment.
• Proficiency in Ruby on Rails or Python for production-grade applications.
• Experience in technical leadership and architecture reviews.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of final design reviews and ensure technical implementations align with architecture standards.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-quality software systems.
• Drive architectural integrity and mentor engineering teams.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Python

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Redis

Elasticsearch

Job description

At Lucidya, we harness the power of Machine Learning and Big Data to empower businesses with actionable insights through social listening, customer experience, and data analytics platforms. Our engineering culture promotes innovation, autonomy, and impact. We build products that shape how brands understand and serve their customers.

We are seeking a Staff Engineer with deep backend expertise in Ruby on Rails or Python to take ownership of final design reviews and ensure technical implementations align with Lucidya's architecture standards and product vision. You'll act as a technical authority, collaborating across teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-quality software systems.

This is a hands-on leadership role suited for someone passionate about driving architectural integrity and mentoring engineering teams.

Requirements

1. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
2. 7+ years of backend software engineering experience, ideally in a SaaS environment.
3. Proficiency in Ruby on Rails or Python for production-grade applications.
4. Proven experience in technical leadership, architecture reviews, and mentoring.
5. Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
6. Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
7. Familiarity with relational (e.g., PostgreSQL) and non-relational (e.g., Redis, Elasticsearch) data stores.
8. Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Bonus

1. Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling.
2. Contributions to open-source projects or public technical writing.