Software Engineer I - 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

• Collaborate with engineers, product, and data team members to discover customer and business needs.
• Design, write, and release software solutions for end-to-end business problems under engineering guidance.
• Deliver value in small batches according to engineering standards.
• Understand service scalability and complexity.
• Help optimize team practices and develop a self-organized, continuously improving unit.
• Develop toward becoming a product-minded engineer who solves business problems end to end.

Requirements

• Some software development experience and good knowledge of foundational software engineering.
• Preferably experience with .NET, Golang, or C#.
• Exposure to testing, with a focus on automated end-to-end quality.
• Basic understanding of distributed systems architecture, including microservices, event-driven systems, and RESTful services.
• Basic understanding of relational and nonrelational databases and cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Good verbal and written communication skills and the ability to build relationships with other engineers.
• Empathy, humility, curiosity, openness, and a growth mindset with a willingness to receive continuous feedback.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or another related technical field.

Culture & Benefits

• Engineering culture emphasizes short feedback loops, small-batch delivery, and minimizing waste.
• XP, Lean, and Continuous Delivery practices are used to support quality, security, and sustainable delivery.
• Engineers are expected to understand business and customer problems and minimize costly handovers.
• The role is part of a Dubai Global Tech Hub domain focused on predicting demand, optimizing stock movement, and identifying operational problems across hirify.global’s DMart network.
• Total compensation may include benefits, equity, and variable bonuses for predefined roles.