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 own complex software capabilities supporting talabat’s quick-commerce technology. Working with engineering, product and data colleagues, the role covers discovery, system design, implementation, release and the operation of services after launch. The position combines hands-on engineering with technical guidance, helping the team deliver scalable systems while improving engineering quality and delivery practices.
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
- Lead the technical design and delivery of backend solutions that address complete customer or business problems.
- Break complex requirements into small, valuable increments and maintain ownership through deployment and production support.
- Assess service scalability, reliability and complexity, and improve architecture as product and operational needs grow.
- Mentor engineers through design discussions, code reviews, pairing and practical guidance on engineering standards.
- Promote automated testing, trunk-based development and continuous delivery to maintain dependable release quality.
- Collaborate with product and data teams to discover problems, evaluate options and measure the value of delivered solutions.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Five or more years of software engineering experience, ideally using .NET, Golang or C#.
- Strong understanding of lean and agile practices and collaborative engineering methods such as TDD and pair programming.
- Proficiency in automated testing and end-to-end software quality.
- Experience with microservices, event-driven architecture, RESTful services and relational or non-relational databases.
- Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud or Azure, plus continuous delivery practices.
Skills
Backend architecture, technical leadership, .NET, Golang, C#, TDD, microservices, REST, databases, cloud, continuous delivery.
Employment Details
- Employer: talabat
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Function: Software Engineering
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