Senior Product Engineer (employment contract or B2B)

About the role:

As a Senior Product Engineer, you will be joining the product engineering team and will work alongside them to build high-impact products used by hundreds of thousands of users across multiple countries.

You will have the opportunity to tackle complex problems and use the latest tools and technologies.

This role requires a strong technical background in backend development, hands-on experience with various technologies, and excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

This position requires someone with a passion for backend development and experience guiding team members. As a Senior Product Engineer, you will be a key technical leader responsible for designing, architecting, and implementing complex systems and features. You will act as a mentor, coach, and problem solver, collaborating closely with other team members to drive innovation and technical excellence.

Responsibilities:

● Design and own the development of new features while maintaining scalable and high-performance backend systems.

● Have advanced domain knowledge and be able to challenge business requirements in order to shape the best technical solution.

● Drive and uphold high engineering standards, perform code reviews, and ensure delivered code is compliant with the set standards.

● Participate in business requirements reviews and provide a technical assessment of complexity, risks, and impact on existing systems.

● Provide mentoring and coaching to junior engineers in the team, evaluate their technical progress, and help set development plans.

● Explore new technical solutions and tools with the target to enhance engineers’ productivity and facilitate their work.

● Participate in team meetings, stand-ups, and architecture/design discussions.

● Identify areas of improvement in existing frameworks, tools, and processes, and strive to make them better.

● Participate in the roadmap definition for the team. Strong team player with excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Key Qualifications:

● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

● 5+ years of experience in software development with preferably 3+ years of experience in Laravel backend development.

● Strong proficiency in one or more programming language such as PHP (with Laravel framework), Java or Python.

● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

● Strong software design skills, with a track record of delivering on-time, highly scalable, secure, and performant products.

● Hands-on coder with strong knowledge of software development principles such as OOP, design patterns, and SOLID principles.

● Strong data modeling skills and ability to translate real word concepts into database designs.

● Advanced experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, designing schemas, and complex SQL queries.

● Advanced experience in caching and queuing systems such as Redis.

● Expert using versioning and code management tools such as Git and Bitbucket, and in-depth knowledge of branching strategies.

● Experience with cloud services such as AWS and ability to design and build serverless and containerised architectures.

● Knowledge and experience working in teams using agile methodologies.

● Proficiency in using Jira for issue tracking ,project management and agile development lifecycle.

● Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

● Experience with mentoring Engineers.

Nice to have:

● Experience collaborating with product, legal, and operations teams to ensure compliance with KYC/B, Identity & Privacy regulations.

● Fluent in English and Arabic. French is a plus.

● Previous experience with food delivery applications.

● Excellent technical documentation skills.

● Strong partnership and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Benefits:

● 25 days of annual paid leave

● Additional health insurance via UNIQA

● MultiSport card

● Employee Referral Program

● Opportunities for professional growth and career development

● Dynamic and collaborative work environment

● Flexible work schedule and fully remote work

About Skillwork:

Skillwork is a UK founded software studio, bringing together a diverse group of techies, entrepreneurs, and business specialists with years of experience in delivering innovation to clients, from startups to corporates. With prominent clients such as GSK, Haleon, HSBC, and a number of startups and scale-ups some of which have had successful exits, we pride ourselves with our unique approach when it comes to building solutions.

At Skillwork, we firmly believe that genuine innovation thrives in a culture that fosters happiness and is brimming with talented individuals. Our team is composed of a diverse group of tech enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, and business specialists who collectively possess extensive experience in delivering groundbreaking solutions to clients ranging from startups to corporate enterprises.

As a technology company, we prioritise pragmatism and functionality over unnecessary complexity. We firmly believe in comprehending the challenges at hand, conducting thorough testing and learning processes, and ultimately constructing tailored solutions that maximise opportunities and value.

Over time, we have honed and perfected this approach, empowering our customers to transform their ideas into tangible products.

Our Mission

It is our mission to empower digital evolution and drive innovation, by bringing the right people together and creating a culture of business orientated techies.