Senior Software Engineer - Backend

About the Position

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Hungerstation, part of the Delivery Hero Group, is the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, dedicated to delivering an amazing experience-fast, easy, and to your door. With operations in around 65 countries worldwide and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.

We are looking for a highly talented Senior Backend Engineer to join our Riyadh office. 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Play 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.
• Coach and mentor other team members as a senior member of the team and member of our Backend Chapter.
• Embrace Design Driven Development, SOLID Principles, Event-driven Architecture, Algorithms, and automated tests (unit, integration, and functional).
• Understand the development lifecycle and collaborate with cross-functional and agile teams.
• Participate in the continuous and common effort of test coverage, refactoring, and documentation.
• Showcase your code review, debugging, and investigation skills on a regular basis.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

We Offer

• Relocation support globally to our permanent employees.
• Exchange ideas and meet 2000+ colleagues from different teams within Delivery Hero in our active guilds and through our global tech and product community.
• Develop your skills with your personal educational budget for conferences and external training.
• Access our e-learning platform LinkedIn and participate in our various in-house training programs.
• And much more…

About the Company

Hungerstation, part of the Delivery Hero Group, is the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, dedicated to delivering an amazing experience-fast, easy, and to your door. With operations in around 65 countries worldwide and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.