Software Development Engineer 1 - UAE National

Job title: Software Development Engineer 1 Location: Dubai, UAE About noon We’re building an ecosystem of digital products and services that power everyday life across the Middle East—fast, scalable, and deeply customer-centric. Our mission is to deliver to every door every day. We want to redefine what technology can do in this region, and we’re looking for a (add title) who can help us move even faster. noon’s mission: Every door, every day. What you'll do: Team noon has some of the fastest, smartest, and hardest-working people we've encountered. As a Software Development Engineer I, Ads you will be responsible for designing and implementing systems across one of our engineering teams. This is an open-ended role given our teams are in constant need of experienced engineers, so the final team will only be known at the time of clearing the interview process. In this position, you will be working on specific, narrow segments of noon.com’s advertising stack and drive their development. You will closely collaborate with stakeholders directly impacted by those segments as well as contribute to the overall quality of our core tech stack. This role will allow you to deeply understand specific domains within our stack (eg.ranking) and develop concrete solutions to overcome problems in those areas. We are looking for a candidate who is able to understand and balance both the requirements of our business as well as the impact / added complexity onto our software stack. The ideal candidate will be able to deliver quality, durable solutions and set our stack up for growth, while keeping an eye on the slowly-growing complexity of our system. • Own narrow segments of our ads stack, being able to both understand stakeholders’ requirements as well as well as the impact that those will have into software • Develop clean and effective engineering solutions to our business problems • Design fault-tolerant, highly available distributed systems • Be able to translate requirements into bug-free working code What you'll need: • Strong familiarity with our core technology stack, including Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, Golang, and MySQL. • Experience working with GCP-native databases, particularly Bigtable and Spanner. • Strong proficiency in SQL, with confidence in writing and optimising queries. • Experience with distributed systems is preferred. • Self-directed and proactive, with the ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively within a team. • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, technically complex environment. Show more Show less

Strong familiarity with our core technology stack, including Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, Golang, and MySQL. Experience working with GCP-native databases, particularly Bigtable and Spanner. Strong proficiency in SQL, with confidence in writing and optimising queries. Experience with distributed systems is preferred. Self-directed and proactive, with the ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively within a team. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, technically complex environment.

Own narrow segments of our ads stack, being able to both understand stakeholders’ requirements as well as the impact that those will have into software; Develop clean and effective engineering solutions to our business problems; Design fault-tolerant, highly available distributed systems; Be able to translate requirements into bug-free working code.