Junior Software Engineer

webook.com; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Riyadh is looking for a Junior Software Engineer to join their dynamic team. The role involves contributing to various engineering disciplines including backend, mobile, and frontend development. Candidates should have up to 2 years of experience, a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields, and excellent communication skills in English and Arabic. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact within a top event ticketing platform in Saudi Arabia.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of experience in software development.
• Excellent English and Arabic communication skills.
• Experience through internships or personal projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to backend engineering for scalable applications.
• Participate in QA engineering to enhance user experience.
• Engage in frontend engineering using React, Typescript, and Redux.

Skills

Software development

Communication skills

Technical problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Overview

Do you want to love what you do at work? Do you want to make a difference, an impact, and transform peoples lives? Do you want to work with a team that believes in disrupting the normal, boring, and average? If yes, then this is the job you are looking for. webook.com is Saudi's #1 event ticketing and experience booking platform in terms of technology, features, agility, revenue serving some of the largest mega events in the Kingdom surpassing over 2 billion in sales.

Role Overview

We're looking for someone to start immediately so apply today and if you fit what we're looking for we'll be in touch straight away. As a Junior Software Engineer, there are multiple types of roles and teams you may be a good fit for at webook.com.

Responsibilities

• Here are some examples of roles and teams that you can have an impact on:
• Business Analysts - Ability to understand and gather complex business needs, map out technical solutions, and help develop and manage in defined timelines
• QA Engineering - Create and execute test cases to identify problems in mobile and web applications and recommend improvements in software to enhance the user experience
• Backend Engineering - Design, build and maintain the server-side of web applications that lets us scale Hala Yalla to millions of users around the world
• Mobile Engineering - Craft the Hala Yalla client experience on mobile devices by learning and applying the ins and outs of iOS and Android SDK using React Native
• Front End Engineering - Help keep our websites up and running by building fast, scalable, and responsive Hala Yalla experiences for the modern web, using technologies like Typescript, React, and Redux

Requirements

• 0-2 years of full time experience in software development
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
• Experience writing software as part of full-time work, college/bootcamp coursework, personal projects, internships, coding competitions or research
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written (English & Arabic)