Senior Backend Developer

Nakhla; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 133,920 - 200,880; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Opportunity for equity

Autonomy in role

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Riyadh is seeking a skilled Senior Backend Developer to take ownership of core backend systems and drive architectural decisions. In this role, you'll design and maintain backend services, build reliable APIs, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to enhance product performance. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of backend development experience and strong skills in cloud infrastructure and database optimization. Competitive compensation and a collaborative work environment are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in backend languages such as Python, Go, Node.js, or similar.
• Experience building RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs.
• Architect scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and machine learning teams.

Skills

Backend development

API design

Cloud infrastructure

Database optimization

CI/CD practices

Distributed systems

Clean code

Tools

Python

Node.js

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Role Overview

Nakhla is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Developer to take ownership of core backend systems, drive architectural decisions, and help scale the platform as we grow. The ideal candidate is highly skilled in designing distributed systems, building reliable APIs, and creating maintainable, high-quality services that power intelligent automation products.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that support Nakhlas core applications and data pipelines.
• Architect scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems that can evolve with product needs.
• Collaborate closely with product, frontend, and machine learning teams to deliver end-to-end features.
• Optimize database schemas, queries, and data flows for high efficiency and robustness.
• Implement automated testing, monitoring, and deployment pipelines to ensure production stability.
• Review code, mentor engineers, and promote best practices in engineering, security, and documentation.
• Participate in technical planning, architecture discussions, and system design reviews.
• Diagnose issues across distributed services and ensure high-quality observability and debugging workflows.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in backend languages such as Python, Go, Node.js, or similar.
• Experience building RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs at scale.
• Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Deep knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, data modeling, and query optimization.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability tools.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, distributed systems, and event-driven patterns.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, well-documented code.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with microservices architectures and service-oriented design.
• Familiarity with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub).
• Exposure to ML-driven products or data-intensive systems.
• Experience in fast-paced startup environments.
• Security best-practices expertise (authentication, authorization, secrets management).

What We Offer

• Opportunity to help shape the technical foundations of Nakhlas next-generation platform.
• High-impact role with autonomy and room to innovate.
• Collaborative, fast-moving environment with a product-focused engineering culture.
• Competitive compensation and potential equity upside.