Senior Software Engineer for Wapel Software in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Wapel Software is a Saudi company specialized in developing websites, web applications, mobile applications on iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.

The company aims to be one of the best technology companies in the Middle East by enhancing teamwork and following best practices in software development.

Job Description

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our growing Engineering team. The ideal candidate is a hands-on platform builder with significant experience in developing scalable data platforms. Were looking for someone with experience in business intelligence, analytics, data science and data products. They must have strong, firsthand technical expertise in a variety of configuration management and big data technologies and the proven ability to fashion robust scalable solutions that can manage large data sets. They must be at ease working in an agile environment with little supervision. This person should embody a passion for continuous improvement and test-driven development.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities for Software Engineer

• Analyze, design and develop tests and test-automation suites.
• Design and develop a processing platform using various configuration management technologies.
• Test software development methodology in an agile environment.
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, business users, project managers and other engineers to achieve elegant solutions.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.

Qualifications for Software Engineer

• Hands-on experience working with technologies like Hadoop, Hive, Pig, Oozie, Map Reduce, Spark, Sqoop, Kafka, Flume, etc.
• Proficient knowledge of AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud infrastructures.
• Strong DevOps focus and experience building and deploying infrastructure with cloud deployment technologies like Spacelift, Terraform, etc.
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks.
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
• Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Master Degree, MCA or MSc Computer Science.
• Were looking for someone familiar with the following software/tools:
• Experience with infrastructure automation technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Jenkins, etc.
• Experience with monitoring technologies like Nagios, Ganglia, etc.
• Experience with modern programming languages and frameworks like C#, .NET, Java, Python, etc.
• Experience with building APIs and services using REST, GraphQL, etc.
• Experience with scripting languages like Python, Ruby, etc.

Wapel Software culture:

• Wapel offers good salaries and annual bonuses to outstanding employees.
• Work location: Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.
• Working hours: 8 hours. From 8 am to 5 pm. Includes one hour lunch break.
• Health Insurance.
• Accommodation.
• Paying travel costs to and from work.
• Commute Time is almost 15 minutes.

Required Procedures:

• Providing a CV contains all the skills and experiences related to the job description.
• Portfolio of work with examples that showcase technical skill
• Job applicants will be tested by experts twice:

1. Remotely before coming to Saudi Arabia.

2. Locally at the company's headquarters after arriving in Saudi Arabia.

• Job applicants will be contacted by the Human Resources department via:
• Email or phone.
• Video calling by Zoom or Google Meet.

Wapel Software contact info:

Email: hr@wapelsoftware.com