Principal Software Engineer - Backend

At Dubizzle Labs, we are looking to further expand our Pakistan engineering office of already 300+. We are most interested in bringing on board colleagues who love to learn, perform, and teach. We are building a high-quality engineering environment with a super focus on delivering value to customers. Your primary responsibility would be to build world-class suite products to support the hyper-growth of our businesses in 10 countries.

• Gather an up-to-date and in-depth understanding of the dubizzle code base technologies and industry trends;
• Provide and share a broad knowledge of technologies and architectures and function as a mentor within the scope of your product stream and with the rest of the Packs;
• Collaborate with other Leads and Seniors, and together ensure that we always deliver software of the highest standards;
• Promote companywide coding standards, guidelines and best practices;
• Demonstrate technical leadership and mentorship by setting challenging but realistic goals and guiding the team efforts towards successful project delivery;
• Impact on the direction and scope of dubizzle’s technical vision within your stream;
• Collaborating closely with Product, Infrastructure, Design, UX, CLM and Strategy to deliver the highest quality products;
• Hiring A-players to build High Performing Teams, constantly raising the bar of engineering talent;
• Owning our business KPIs as a conduit to our Product team and business functions;
• Be accountable for the technical direction whilst ensuring that decisions made daily are in line with our vision and direction;
• Coach individuals in the team to become the next wave of technical leaders;
  
  
  

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience;
• In-depth understanding of open source technologies like Python, PHP or Java etc;
• In-depth understanding of free and open-source web application frameworks, e.g. Django, Laravel, Spring Boot etc;
• Source code control, build process management, CI/CD, automated testing and other development process;
• Knowledge of creating and architecting systems that are highly scalable and available;
• Good understanding of leadership, coaching and mentoring principles;
• Experience working on high-traffic and large-scale web products is a plus;
• Experience with Agile Methodologies such as Kanban, Scrum and XP;
• Understanding of good product, design and UX principles;
• Experience in analysis, design, coding and implementation of next-generation web applications;
  
  
  

Benefits

• A fast paced, high performing team.
• Multicultural environment with over 50 different nationalities
• Comprehensive Health Insurance
• Rewards & Recognitions
• Learning & Development
  
  
  

Dubizzle Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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