Senior Backend Engineer

HungerStation

Posted 30+ days ago

Experience

5 - 10 Years

Job Location

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

Education

Bachelor of Technology/Engineering

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Job Description

We are looking for a highly talented Senior Backend Engineer to join the Fintech team in Riyadh. If you are looking for a place where you can gain hands-on experience and create a direct impact, then this may be the place for you! The ideal candidate will have a track record as a significant individual contributor as well as a strong team player, supporting a team, and working closely with the management teams to drive strategic initiatives forward across the region.

You will be working on:

  • Take part in architectural decision-making on a platform that is used by millions of people.

  • Actively participate in migrating our monolithic application into Microservices.

  • Playing an active role in designing, improving and most importantly securing the overall backend architecture to support massive growth in users and products without compromise.

  • Deal with Docker containers, Kubernetes manifests, all this on Google Cloud Platform.

  • Coaching and mentoring other team members as a senior member of the team and member of our Backend Chapter.

  • We embrace Design Driven Development, SOLID Principles, Event-driven Architecture, Algorithms and automated tests (unit, integration and functional).

  • Understanding development lifecycle and collaborating with cross-functional and agile teams.

  • Participate in the continuous and common effort of test coverage, refactoring and documentation.

  • Showing off your code review, debugging and investigation skills on a regular basis.

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in backend development using GoLang, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Java, or Python.

  • Strong database expertise with PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases. You should have a solid understanding of normal forms, ACID principles, isolation levels, indexing, query optimization, and memory caching (e.g., Redis, Memcached).

  • Proficiency in monitoring, alerting, and logging tools such as Grafana.

  • Deep understanding of software architecture, including Domain-Driven Design (DDD), microservices, Kubernetes, and containerization.

  • Experience with monolithic migration.

  • Experience in Payment processing or Fintech domain is desirable.

  • Strong testing mindset with experience writing unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability.

  • Adaptability & problem-solving skills Ability to navigate ambiguity, work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, and make informed decisions.

Company Industry

Department / Functional Area

Keywords

  • Senior Backend Engineer

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