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    Yassir Gmbh

    On-demand Services

    Senior Back-End Engineer (Node j.s) "Financial Service"

    Cairo, EgyptHybridFull-time6+ yrs experiencePosted 2mo ago
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    Job description

    Yassir is the leading super App in the Maghreb region set to changing the way daily services are provided. It currently operates in 45 cities across Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia with recent expansions into France, Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa. It is backed (~$200M in funding) by VCs from Silicon Valley, Europe and other parts of the world.
    We offer on-demand services such as ride-hailing and last-mile delivery. Building on this infrastructure, we are now introducing financial services to help our users pay, save and borrow digitally.
    Helping usher the continent into a digital economy era. We’re not just about serving people - we’re about creating a marketplace to bring people what they need while infusing social values.

    About the role

      As a Backend Senior Engineer, you will drive the technical standards for the Backend across our consumer domain, working with multiple squads inside the domain. You will lead Backend engineers with tech roadmaps, architecture decisions, and feature development and release cycle. You will mentor junior developers. You will contribute to scaling up Backend engineers in multiple squads and bringing great talents on board by conducting technical interviews.

    About your role as “Senior Back-end Engineer”

    • Design, build and maintain features for the domain applications

    • Provide technical leadership and manage dependencies

    • Conduct design and code reviews

    • Help the domain team members with technical blockers, supporting them and helping them grow

    • Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize efficiency

    • Participate in architecture and design discussions

    • Participate strongly in building the technical roadmap

    • Conduct technical interviews

    • Help improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes

    • Perform feasibility studies to validate capability and functionality

    • Draft and submit intellectual property

    • Research and assess current technologies

    • Develop and execute complex, multi-tier, distributed software search applications

    • Create technical and domain expertise and apply it to products and problems

    • Assess and write code to improve or extend the application

    • Manage and assist current software applications

    • Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring others

    About your experience

    • BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field.
    • Minimum 6 years of experience in a similar role
    • Demonstrated ability to prioritize, self-start, contribute under pressure and meet tight deadlines
    • Highly organized, creative and critical thinker
    • Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment
    • Solid OOP and software design knowledge – you should know how to create software that is extensible, reusable and meets desired architectural objectives
    • Must have technical skills:
    • Language: Node.Js.
    • Database: Mongodb or other.
    • Framework: Express.js & Nest j.s.
    • Web architecture: Rest and restful APIs, micro-services
    • Master source version control: GIT
    • Containers: Docker, kubernetes
    • Caching, Redis server
    • Experience in a rapidly growing company in the mobility, on-demand or fintech space is a plus
    • Web load balancing
    • Scaling
    • OS administration
    • Encryption : https//, digital signing

    Why you should join Yassir

    • 😎 You will be part of one of the first Algerian startups to go through the Y Combinator program and one of the fastest-growing tech companies in North Africa. We are current in +60 cities (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and Senegal)
    • 💸 Attractive salary and you even get a stake in the company
    • 🚉 Subsidized public transit pass
    • 🤙🏽Have a lasting impact on our company's culture
    • 🚀 Perfect timing with renowned investors to build something great
    • 📈 Extremely steep learning curve with own responsibility and intensive guidance
    • 💯 Make a real impact on the world by helping us bring affordable financial and on-demand services to millions of Africans
    At Yassir, we believe in the power of diversity and the importance of an inclusive culture. So, if you're ready to bring your unique perspective and experiences to the table, then we're excited to listen.
    Don't just apply for a job, come and be a part of our journey. Let's create a better tomorrow together.
    We look forward to receiving your application!
    Best of luck,
    Your Yassir TA Team

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    About the company

    Yassir Gmbh

    Yassir is the leading super App for on demand, ride-hailing, last-mile delivery, payment services and more, set to change the way daily services are provided. It currently operates in 45 cities across multiple countries. It has raised $150 million in Series B funding, five times what it raised in its previous priced round last November with world class investors such as BOND and Y Combinator, which is the precursor of the likes of Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, Doordash, among others. We’re not just about serving people - we’re about creating a marketplace to bring people what they need while infusing social values.

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