Senior Software Engineer- Backend
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Date posted
November 13, 2026
Hiring location
Dubai
Career level
Senior
Experience
5+ Years
Gender
Any
Description
Job Overview
The Senior Backend Software Engineer will design and maintain services supporting talabat’s online delivery platform. Working in a product-minded engineering team, the role covers technical discovery, system architecture, software development, testing and production ownership. The successful engineer will also help raise the team’s engineering standards by mentoring colleagues and simplifying systems and processes.
The engineering team values product awareness, small releases, automated quality checks and continuous learning. Team members are expected to take responsibility for the services they change and to work constructively with colleagues who understand the customer and operational context.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the design and delivery of backend capabilities from problem discovery through production operation.
- Build scalable services and release value in small, well-tested increments.
- Assess technical complexity and improve distributed service architecture as business requirements evolve.
- Support teammates through mentoring, technical feedback and collaborative problem-solving.
- Promote test-driven development, automated quality checks and continuous delivery.
- Work with product and data partners to prioritise customer and business outcomes.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Five or more years of software engineering experience is relevant to this senior role.
- Strong knowledge of backend programming, distributed systems and RESTful services.
- Experience with microservices, event-driven systems, relational and non-relational databases.
- Exposure to AWS, Google Cloud or Azure and modern continuous-delivery methods.
- Ability to mentor engineers and communicate technical decisions clearly.
Skills
Backend software, .NET, Golang, C#, microservices, event-driven architecture, REST APIs, TDD, cloud, mentoring.
Employment Details
- Employer: talabat
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Function: Software Engineering
Working Approach
Good delivery also depends on clear technical communication, careful testing and attention to how changes behave in production. Reusable solutions, documented decisions and a willingness to simplify systems help the team adapt as requirements evolve.
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