Lead Software Engineer

Most of our traffic is mobile, so the iOS and Android apps get as much attention as the website. Two million people a month visit our recipe and meal planning site, which earns money from ads and a paid membership.

Position summary:

The Lead Software Engineer will build and maintain services, APIs and internal tools, working closely with product and design. This role is fully remote within Egypt. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Your responsibilities:

• Maintain REST and gRPC APIs used by internal teams and outside partners.
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review.
• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it.
• Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags.
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback.
• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed.

You'll need:

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Some exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests.
• Comfortable working in Linux and on the command line.

Benefits:

• Medical cover.
• Pension contribution.
• Annual leave.
• Stock options.
• 13th month salary.
• Data and airtime allowance.

Please include your notice period and salary expectations.

Candidates must be eligible to work in Egypt.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Pharaoh Digital.