As a Software Engineer - Full Stack, you will be responsible for advancing our development stack and ensuring scale as we grow to millions of monthly active users across many countries. Your daily activities will include continuous integration, auto-scaled rolling releases, event-driven microservice architectures.
- Full stack Engineers build and maintain robust APIs - from the service that powers them right down to the line of code that perfects them.
- You will ensure all our services are healthy, monitored, automated, and designed to scale.
- You'll work closely with other teams from the early stages of design all the way through identifying and resolving production issues.
- You will support a wide range of products focusing on automation, availability and performance, and above all reliability as well as supporting mobile engineers and business intelligence leading up to, during and after each sprint.
- You will live true to our ambitions of building an industry-leading platform which is relentlessly focussed on innovation.
- Develop elegant solutions for complex problems;
- Write and maintain exemplary code following dubizzle’s programming practices;
- Gain a detailed understanding of the complete architecture of our product and the position of your product stream in it;
- Work in a mentoring capacity within a peer-programming environment and provide guidance on tasks, irrespective of complexity or scale;
- Handle the entire software development life cycle, end to end.
Requirements
- Bsc in Computer Science or a related field
- 3+ years of experience with any backend technologies, Python preferred
- 3+ years of experience with Javascript and client-side technologies
- Good understanding of any backend technology is a must; Python is preferred;
- Good understanding of HTML, CSS & JavaScript is a must;
- Good understanding of at least one MVC frameworks (Ember, Angular, Backbone or React) is a must;
- Experience with free and open-source web application frameworks is a plus, e.g. Django, Bottle or Flask;
- In-depth knowledge of database management technologies, preferably MySQL, PostgreSQL and understanding of NoSQL databases
- Understanding of Agile Methodologies such as Kanban, Scrum and XP;
- Experience working on high-traffic and large-scale web products;
- Experience with web infrastructure, distributed systems, performance analysis, search infrastructure;
- Experience with AWS technologies and application deployment using containers (e.g. Docker) is a plus;
- Must have experienced the whole development cycle from start to finish, with CI/CD;
- Experience with Mobile-first & Responsive web design methodologies;
- Experience with testing and developing across multiple browsers while maintaining a consistent experience;
- Some understanding of build tools like Gulp or Webpack and package management tools like bower & NPM;
- Essential understanding of JavaScript libraries, patterns & methodologies
- Understanding of client-side performance issues;
- Good eye for design and UX;
- JavaScript testing experience is a must;
- Experience with internationalisation and working on websites with multiple languages is a plus;
- Analytical thinking; Conceptual thinking; Detail-oriented;
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills. This is an absolute must. We have heated debates around complicated subjects and you will be expected to defend your points of view.
- Driven to gain insight into different new and old technologies.
- Detail oriented
- Analytical thinking; Conceptual thinking; Detail-oriented;
- Ability to prioritize tasks and quickly adjust in a rapidly changing environment;
Top Skills
What We Do
Dubizzle Group owns and operates bespoke classifieds portals in the emerging markets of online portals, primarily in the MENA, South Asia, and Southeast Asia regions. The group's flagship ventures are spread in 10 countries. We are leading providers of classified portals in several countries not only limited to horizontal and vertical platforms but also catering to multiple development projects in Pakistan. We provide digital platforms where businesses can work efficiently and be widely accessible to users from around the world. Dubizzle Labs is the tech arm of the group that is building scalable solutions and handles millions of users across the globe. We have a tech team of 300+ members in Pakistan and 150+ in sister companies across the globe. We have various departments providing diverse opportunities. There are some that will mentor you through training on the best tools and technologies while others will focus on quality engineering; some will give you the opportunity to work on Web Fronts and others on mobile. Dubizzle Labs takes pride in having a modern product culture where we use the best resources to polish your knowledge and skills
