Senior Backend Engineer - Idaratech

Qureos; Medina Province; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced backend developer to architect and develop scalable systems. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of backend development experience and strong knowledge of Python with Django frameworks. You will be responsible for end-to-end feature ownership and will work in a collaborative environment, focusing on clean code and performance improvements. This role offers the opportunity to drive technical excellence and participate in strategic development discussions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Proven experience architecting and scaling systems.
• Deep understanding of OOP and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop scalable backend systems and APIs.
• Own features end-to-end, from design to deployment.
• Drive improvements in system performance and reliability.

Skills

Backend development

Problem-solving

Debugging

API versioning

Test-driven development

Tools

Docker

RabbitMQ

SQS

Django

Django Rest Framework

Grafana

ELK

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop scalable backend systems and APIs
• Own features end-to-end, from design to deployment and monitoring
• Enforce best practices in clean code, testing, and secure development
• Drive improvements in system performance, observability, and reliability
• Collaborate with Product, Frontend, and DevOps teams
• Participate in sprint planning, estimations, and code reviews

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend development experience
• Proven experience architecting and scaling systems
• Deep understanding of OOP, SOLID principles, and design patterns
• Strong knowledge of relational databases, caching strategies, and optimization
• Experience with Docker and CI/CD pipelines
• Hands‑on experience writing unit tests and working in a test‑driven environment
• Excellent problem‑solving and debugging skills
• Experience with message queues (RabbitMQ, SQS)
• Strong knowledge of API versioning and backward compatibility strategies
• Familiarity with observability tools (Sentry, Grafana, ELK)
• Strong knowledge of security practices (encryption, rate limiting, secrets management)
• Experience with Python (Django, Django Rest Framework)

💎

Nice to Have

• Experience with distributed systems or microservice architecture
• Experience with Golang or Node.js
• Contributions to open‑source projects