Bayut | dubizzle Looking for Lead Software Engineer (Backend) in United Arab Emirates Full Time

Job Description

Bayut & dubizzle have the unique distinction of being iconic, homegrown brands with a strong presence across the seven emirates in the UAE. Connecting millions of users across the country, we are committed to delivering the best online search experience.As part of EMPG, we are alongside some of the strongest classifieds brands in the market. With a collective strength of 10 brands, we have more than 200 million monthly users that trust in our dedication to providing them with the best platform for their needs.At dubizzle youd be part of high performing cross-functional Squads set with a mission to provide win-win exchanges for our beloved users.As a Lead Software Engineer (Backend) you will liaise with the other backend and frontend engineers within your product stream. As a senior member of the team, you will architect, design, and develop cloud software applications and be responsible for advancing our development stack and ensuring scale as we grow to millions of monthly active users.In this role, you will

• Hit the ground running – Gather up-to-date and in-depth understanding of the dubizzle code base and technologies stack within weeks;
• Lead planning sessions around new product features, deliver detailed roll-out/roll-back strategies for releases.
• Create unit tests in accordance with our established standards to cover assigned work;
• Write and maintain exemplary code following dubizzle?s programming practices;
• Actively contribute in post-release maintenance issues;
• Pioneer reliability and efficiency of our current code base, platforms and/or core systems;
• Impact on the direction and scope of dubizzle?s technical vision within your stream;
• Work in a mentoring capacity within a peer-programming environment and provide guidance on tasks, irrespective of complexity or scale;
• Code review all major pull requests, defining programming standards and providing constructive feedback.
• Design and delivery of multiple REST based APIs and previous exposure to Service Oriented Architecture;
• Handle the entire software development life cycle, end to end;
• Lead product planning meetings and architect solutions within your stream;
• Liaises with the other back end engineers within your product stream, the QA team, design team and your Tech Team Lead;
• Liaise with other tech teams to share innovations from your stream.

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