Tech Lead

Product, engineering and support teams work out of offices in Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi and two nearshore delivery centres. HSW Labs employs 240 people across engineering hubs in Abu Dhabi and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

Role overview

HSW Labs is looking for a Tech Lead to join a small, steady team. This is a hands-on coding role on software used by a few hundred thousand people. Expect code review, design discussions and a fair amount of debugging. Nobody expects you to know every framework. We want someone who writes clear code, tests it and asks good questions. The company is based in Abu Dhabi, the UAE. Our team works from several countries. We hire in India through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. You will work Dubai business hours, Monday to Friday.

In this role you will

• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic
• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana
• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it
• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green

Minimum qualifications

• 8-10 years of professional software development experience
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Willing to join the on-call rotation once ramped up
• Comfortable working in Linux and on the command line
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing efficient SQL

Nice to have

• Contributions to open source projects
• Event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ

Salary: ₹42-56 LPA

What we offer

• Flexible hours
• Paid sick days
• Wellness allowance
• Performance bonus
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner

Candidates must be eligible to work in India.

Start: Immediately.

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