Senior Backend Engineer (Python)

b_labs is the transformation and digitization arm of B.TECH, on a mission to change the industry as we know it. We spearhead tech innovation at B.TECH, an organization that has been a cornerstone of the Egyptian retail industry. We are the engine powering B.TECH in achieving its goal of becoming the leading omni-channel platform for consumer electronics and appliances in Egypt. By joining b labs, you will get to benefit from a collaborative startup environment, while also enjoying the stability of working within a company that has achieved strong growth year after year. You will be part of a visionary, customer-focused team with an ambitious mission--to become a trailblazer for digital retail within the Middle East.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the system build and functionality.
• Integrate the application with all required systems and services and provide clean and easy to use APIs and data streams for the frontend part of the system
• Full responsibility for the application functionality, performance and scalability.
• You know how to write clean modern APIs, integrate with legacy systems and work with databases
• As an integrative member of the b_labs team, you are actively contributing to the creation of a safe, collaborative, growth-focused, purposeful, values-driven, and diverse company culture across all organizational levels

Requirements

• You have 4+ years of professional experience as a software engineer and have expertise particularly in Python
• You have deep knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and software development principles
• You have significant experience writing and utilizing autonomous service-oriented RESTful API services and tuning largescale apps Excellent knowledge of relational/non-relational DB, including SQL and NoSQL (MongoDB, Couchbase, SQL/PostgreSQL and Redis etc.)
• You have experience with building microservice architecture
• You have the ability to write effective unit, integration, and API tests
• Potentially have knowledge of immutable infrastructure, infrastructure automation & provisioning tools
• Experience on cloud technologies (Azure, AWS) and scripting (Bash, Shell), Docker, Kubernetes is a big plus