Software Engineer II - Backend

Location: Dubai, UAE

Company

hirify.global is an on-demand food and Q-commerce delivery platform serving customers, restaurants, local shops, and riders across eight MENA countries.

What you will do

• Own backend systems and a business domain end to end, from discovery and design through delivery and post-release improvement.
• Work with engineering, product, and data colleagues to understand customer and business needs and drive outcomes.
• Design, write, test, and release software in small batches according to engineering standards.
• Understand and improve service scalability, complexity, and the full software development lifecycle.
• Optimize team practices and simplify technical organization systems, processes, and solutions.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of software engineering experience, preferably in an Extreme Programming environment using TDD, pair programming, simple design, and continuous refactoring.
• Predominant experience with .NET, Golang, and C#.
• Experience with automated end-to-end testing and distributed systems architecture, including microservices, event-driven systems, and RESTful services.
• Experience with relational and nonrelational databases.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Experience building, maintaining, and improving trunk-based development and continuous delivery.
• Understanding of lean and agile values, principles, and practices.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills; empathy, curiosity, humility, open-mindedness, and a growth mindset.

Culture & Benefits

• Product-minded engineering culture focused on understanding customer and business problems.
• Engineering practices emphasize short feedback loops, small-batch delivery, XP, lean principles, continuous delivery, quality, security, and sustainable development.
• The role is part of the Dubai Global Tech Hub and supports a new domain for hirify.global’s DMart network of dark stores and distribution centres.
• Total compensation may include benefits, equity, and variable bonuses for predefined roles.