Company Overview: Bosta is a rapidly growing tech startup aiming to revolutionize the logistics and financing landscape for e-commerce in the Middle East and Africa regions. The company specializes in catering to individuals who leverage social media platforms to sell their products. Bosta's mission is to empower e-commerce entrepreneurs to succeed by providing end-to-end solutions that streamline digital trade, logistics and facilitate financing. Our Engineering For our customers, we care deeply about delivering amazing user experiences. Delivery can be a messy business, but our customers love our intuitive and easy-to-use software. For the internal teams, we write software to run every part of our business: Operations, CS, accounting, and Sales. As we scale, automation, data, and AI will enable our team to move faster and smarter. About the Role: As a Backend Lead Developer, you will lead a team of developers in designing, building, and maintaining robust and scalable backend systems. You will play a key role in the architecture and implementation of our applications, ensuring high performance, security, and reliability.
Here's what you'll be doing at Bosta.
Leadership and Team Management:
Lead, mentor, and manage a team of backend engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
Conduct regular code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to best practices.
Architecture and Development:
Design, develop, and implement high-quality backend services and APIs using Node.js.
Collaborate with front-end developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of user-facing elements with server-side logic.
Lead the design and architecture of new features and system improvements, ensuring scalability and performance.
Project Management:
Plan and prioritize development tasks, manage timelines, and deliver high-quality products on schedule.
Identify and address potential bottlenecks and performance issues in the development process.
Technical Expertise:
Optimize and refactor existing codebases for performance, maintainability, and scalability.
Find the right balance between progress (i.e. shipping quickly) and perfection (i.e. measuring twice). Mentor and empower other engineers around you.
Develop and maintain high-performance and scalable backend systems that can handle high traffic volumes, while ensuring data integrity, security, and reliability.
Continuously monitor and optimize the performance of backend systems, and implement appropriate measures to ensure optimal system uptime and availability.
Security and Compliance:
Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
Conduct security audits and code reviews to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
Who you are!
5-8 years of experience as a Backend Software Engineer.
A bachelor’s degree in computer science or related fields is preferred.
Excellent programming skills in JavaScript, Node.js, Express framework, and related technologies.
Experience managing NoSQL databases/search engines such as Redis, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, etc.
Demonstrated expertise in managing a broad system with multiple integrated components.
Ability to jump into legacy code and understand it quickly.
Excellent leadership skills.
Excellent Communication skills.
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically.
