Senior Backend Engineer - Microservices & Cloud Platform

ApplyMint

Riyadh

On-site

SAR 300,000 - 420,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

ApplyMint is seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our Riyadh office. You will have hands-on responsibility and direct impact on a platform used by millions, collaborating with management and the team to drive regional initiatives.

The role emphasizes architectural decision-making, migrating to microservices, and building scalable backend systems with GoLang, RoR, Java, or Python. You will mentor peers, follow SOLID and DDD principles, and improve test coverage while

Qualifications

  • 5+ years backend development experience with listed languages.
  • Strong DB expertise in PostgreSQL and NoSQL; understand ACID and indexing.
  • Experience with monolithic migration.
  • Excellent testing mindset with unit and integration tests.

Responsibilities

  • Take part in architectural decision‑making for the platform.
  • Actively participate in migrating the monolithic application into microservices.
  • Design, improve, and secure the overall backend architecture to support massive user and product growth.
  • Work with Docker containers and Kubernetes manifests on Google Cloud Platform.
  • Coach and mentor team members as a senior member of the Backend Chapter.
  • Embrace Design‑Driven Development, SOLID principles, event‑driven architecture, algorithms, and automated tests.
  • Continuously improve test coverage, refactor code, and maintain documentation.
  • Perform code reviews, debugging, and investigation activities.

Skills

GoLang
Ruby on Rails
Java
Python
PostgreSQL
NoSQL databases
Redis/Memcached
Grafana
DDD
Microservices
Kubernetes
Containerization
Testing (unit/integration)
Code reviews

Tools

Docker
Kubernetes
Google Cloud Platform

Job description

ApplyMint is seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our Riyadh office. You will have hands-on responsibility and direct impact on a platform used by millions, collaborating with management and the team to drive regional initiatives.

The role emphasizes architectural decision-making, migrating to microservices, and building scalable backend systems with GoLang, RoR, Java, or Python. You will mentor peers, follow SOLID and DDD principles, and improve test coverage while

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