Description:
As part of the Delivery Hero network, Talabat is the pioneer of the online food ordering industry in the Middle East. Our operations span across Kuwait, Egypt, KSA, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
Talabat was voted the UAE best food app in 2016/2017 by BBC Good Food with over 1,600+ employees, 3.8+ million users, 13,300+ of brands with more than 300,000 daily orders and we are just getting started!
What's On Your Plate?
Summary
As Engineering Manager, you will work on our next generation ordering platform to create a smooth and easy ordering experience for our customers.
If you're a creative problem solver who is hungry for a new adventure, an international workplace is waiting for you in the heart of Dubai.
Core Responsibilities
- Lead and inspire talented engineers in an agile development environment to innovate, implement, and deploy and own end-to-end complex software solutions in a commercial, mission-critical environment for millions of customers
- Develop and grow engineering talent through effective mentoring, coaching, and retention strategies in a fast-growing, highly competitive economic environment
- Design, write and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency and efficiency of Talabat’s services
- Manage planning and execution to successfully deliver value to our customers
- Partner with product and other stakeholders, to drive desired outcomes
The Following Experience Is Relevant To Us
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering
- 2+ years of hands-on technical leadership and people management experience
- Experience leading cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary engineers
- Aligns with other teams on project scope, domain and boundaries
- Analyzes and identifies possible project delays and reports to stakeholders
- Mentorship - ability to successfully transfer knowledge
- Able to decrypt unclear stakeholder requirements and drives for clarity to ensure right problem is addressed
- Solid experience building large-scale applications using modern programming languages (e.g. C#, Java, Go, etc.).
- Wide experience in different technology stacks, tools, and practices such as DevOps.
- Solid experience in designing, implementing, monitoring and scaling of web apps and APIs preferably in .NET/Core
- Experience building mobile apps in iOS or Android.
- Experience working within Agile practices and knowledge of Agile values & principles
- Proficient in unit-testing, TDD, BDD/ATDD
- Experience with cloud platforms preferably AWS
- Solid experience of building applications in distributed systems architecture (Microservices, Event-Driven, SOA and RESTful Services)
- Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDb).
- Experience with CI/CD tools and techniques
- Ensures quality, performance, monitoring, alerting and security using best practices
Benefits
Working within Talabat means access to world’s leading perks and benefits, including:
- Dynamic & innovative environment
- Building the fastest growing, largest and most valuable network of online food ordering services in the world
- Working with diverse, cross-cultural teams from over 45 nationalities
- Developer Exchange Programs with other DH entities
- Company events, hackathons, cultural and sports events
- Fresh fruit, cereal, beverages, tea and coffee
- Comprehensive healthcare as well as subsidized gym membership and parking
- Relocation package
- Competitive salary