Software Engineer II - Backend

WHO ARE WE?Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat, the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries, has been offering convenience and reliability to its customers. talabat’s local roots run deep, offering a real understanding of the needs of the communities we serve in eight countries across the region. We harness innovative technology and knowledge to simplify everyday life for our customers, optimize operations for our restaurants and local shops, and provide our riders with reliable earning opportunities daily. Here at talabat, we are building a high performance culture through engaged workforce and growing talent density. We're all about keeping it real and making a difference. Our 6,000+ strong talabaty are on an awesome mission to spread positive vibes. We are proud to be a multi great place to work award winner.Job DescriptionA little bit about our engineering cultureShorten Feedback Loops: we optimize for flow of value in small batches so that we can learnfaster and minimize waste. This applies to how we build systems, communicate with each other, etcQuality enables Speed: we adhere to XP, Lean, and Continuous Delivery practices to deliver value with the highest quality/security in a sustainable wayProduct-minded Engineers: we all have a good understanding of our business & customer problems to minimize costly hand-overs and ensure we solve problems more effectively, andfasterRole Summary Alongside your cross-functional team (engineering, product, data), participate in continuous discovery of your customer/business needs/desires/problems to drive desired outcomesDesign, write and release software as a solution to an end-to-end problem in your business domain and deliver value in small batches in accordance with our engineering standardsUnderstand scalability & complexity of your services and own & innovate the entire SDLCSupport optimization of your team’s practices to develop it into a self-organized, continuously improving unitCritically question and simplify our tech org systems/processes and solutionsNoteOn top of very good technical skills, this role requires someone willing to assume end-to-endownership of a specific area/initiative and thrives on emphasizing with their userpains/desires/needs. You are keen to explore alternative ways of working that optimize forco-creation and continuous improvement.QualificationsThe following experience is relevant to usEmpathetic and able to easily build relationshipsGood verbal and written communication skillsHumble, curious, and open-minded with a growth mindset, thriving on continuousfeedbackUnderstanding of lean/agile values & principles and associated practices3+ years of software engineering experience, preferably within Extreme Programming environment (TDD, Pair Programming, Simple Design, and Continuous Refactoring) with predominant languages being .NET, Golang, and C#Experience in testing with focus on automated end to end quality.Experience in Distributed Systems Architecture (Microservices, Event-Driven, and RESTful Services)Experience working with relational and nonrelational databasesExposed to cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)Experience building, maintaining and improving with Trunk Based Development and Continuous Delivery.