Backend Engineer
Job Description
<strong>About Invygo</strong><p><br></p>Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Dubai, invygo aims at simplifying the process of getting a car. With the success of our expansion to Saudi Arabia in 2021, we have continued to grow our operations.<p><br></p>Being the first car subscription app of its kind in the region, we have a proven track record and an in-depth understanding of our customers’ mobility needs.<p><br></p>Our app enables customers to own or subscribe to a car on a monthly basis without any hassle. Customers can commit for a minimum of 1 month with our monthly plans or 36 months with our Subscribe to Own service.<p><br></p>invygo’s car subscription service is different from renting or buying a car. We offer the best of both worlds. Unlike renting, we don’t require our customers to make a large deposit upfront. They can also choose the exact car model and features they want through our app, a benefit that rental companies don’t offer. Buying a car comes with high up-front and maintenance costs, long-term commitment, registration and insurance charges. With invygo’s Subscribe to Own plans, our customers pay an all-inclusive fee monthly without the additional paperwork and cost.<p><br></p>At invygo, we empower our customers to access a car with no deposit or down payment, no long-term commitment, and the option to cancel their monthly subscription plans at any time through our seamless digital platform.<p><br></p><strong>About The Role</strong><p><br></p>Our dream engineer has a knack for writing the most performance optimized code along with it being modular and scalable. Mentally, you must have the persistence to continuously challenge the status quo and embrace change. Culturally, you need to believe that no challenge is too big to solve, and love thinking about products and get excited to ideate and build all by yourself. Eventually, assume the leadership of a team of engineers in addition to being a senior individual contributor.<p><br></p><strong>What You Will Be Doing</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>You design, develop and deploy backend services that scale, are highly available, easy to extend and covered by automation testing</li><li>You build and operate infrastructure, user tooling, and deployment pipelines</li><li>Look after core services that critical to the business and ensure its high availability and functionality</li><li>You take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, including taking part in an on-call rotation</li><li>We want you to bring your whole self to work and strive to foster an environment that supports your individual growth</li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Requirements</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>4 years experience working with backend technologies</li><li>A valued team player in a dynamic, autonomous, cross-functional agile team that inspires others</li><li>You’re familiar with designing and building distributed and scalable systems</li><li>Experienced in designing, analyzing, optimizing code, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems</li><li>You are interested in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise</li><li>You have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms, and understand how to apply them to design solutions</li><li>You care about quality and want to improve processes, both internally and across the company</li><li>Based in Dubai, or open to relocating to Dubai in line with the start date</li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Preferred Experience</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>Our engineers mostly work with NodeJS. Any experience will be preferred, however we are open to engineers from all background</li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Interview Process</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>30 minute call with a member of the talent team </li><li>Take-home assignment</li><li>60 minute interview with Director of Engineering</li><li>30 minute culture interview with 2 senior business stakeholders</li></ul>
