Lead Golang Backend Engineer - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - CAFU

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    Description
    CAFU has a vision to create a better world through connected mobility, serving both consumers and businesses. We started as an on-demand fuel delivery app and have now extended our services to car wash, tyre change, battery change and this is only the beginning.

    We have global plans to become a super app, offering products & services which are agnostic of fuel and mobility. Cafu is a technology business passionate about sustainability and positively impacting the communities we operate in. We've already won awards for best AI platform and voted LinkedIn's Number 1 Top Start-ups 2021

    If you want to make a real impact to our communities and you are forever curious about how things work and why and want to join a company that moves with purpose and collaborates, then we want to hear from you

    Job Requirements

    • Play an active role in designing, improving, and securing the overall backend architecture to support massive growth in users and products
    • Develop backend services, APIs, and integrations in a secure, well-tested, and performant way
    • Write code that meets our standards for style, maintainability, and best practices.
    • Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review
    • Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders within Engineering to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment

    Skills Required

    • Minimum of 8 years of experience building complex, distributed backend systems, including concepts such as microservices, event-driven architectures, cloud computing, RESTful APIs etc.
    • Experience with Golang (5 years minimum) and any combination of the following: NodeJs Python, Java, C++ or PHP (3+ years)
    • Experience with using and modeling SQL and NoSQL Databases
    • Experience working in a highly agile, iterative software development process
    • Have a track record of writing tests and working with CI/CD
    • Knowledge of different software design patterns
    • Experience with application performance monitoring and profiling
    • Strong business acumen and passion for business building enabled by technology deployment

    Benefits

    • A collaborative environment where diversity is celebrated
    • A flexible workforce
    • A competitive market salary with housing and transport allowances
    • A fast-moving supportive company where everybody takes ownership over their work
    • The opportunity to share in the success of the business with stock options for qualifying employees
    • The opportunity to work on a product with growing global appeal
    • The opportunity to work with some of the most talented people in the industry from well-known digital brands