Staff Backend Engineer, Yassir

Node.js

Salary not provided

+ A stake in the company

React

JavaScript

Node.js

Git

Expert level

Barcelona

Dublin

Remote from Canada, Europe, UK, US

The leading super App in the Maghreb region offering on-demand and payment services

Open for applications

The leading super App in the Maghreb region offering on-demand and payment services

1001+ employees

B2BMarketplaceLogisticsTransportRidesharing

Open for applications

Salary not provided

+ A stake in the company

React

JavaScript

Node.js

Git

Expert level

Barcelona

Dublin

Remote from Canada, Europe, UK, US

1001+ employees

B2BMarketplaceLogisticsTransportRidesharing

Company mission

To serve Africans in the continent and its diaspora while creating economic opportunities for service providers and influencing social value.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

At least 10 years of experience in backend engineering with NodeJS
Strong foundation in programming fundamentals
Excellent communication skills
Enjoy solving problems and helping others meet their goals
Solid understanding of X
Substantial experience with Git in a team environment
Experience writing testable code and unit tests
Experience in a fast-growing startup in a the on-demand services space is a plus
Have a deep knowledge of React and NodeJS, and you have experience developing products with it
Experience using modern JavaScript and tooling in a full-stack setting
Extensive experience with A/B experiments and have a data-driven attitude toward product development

What the job involves

As a Backend Staff Engineer, you will drive the technical standards for the Backend across our consumer domain, working with multiple squads inside the domain
You will lead Backend engineers with tech roadmaps, architecture decisions, and feature development and release cycle
You will mentor junior developers
You will contribute to scaling up Backend engineers in multiple squads and bringing great talents on board by conducting technical interviews
Design, build and maintain features for the domain applications
Provide technical leadership and manage dependencies
Conduct design and code reviews
Help the domain team members with technical blockers supporting them and helping them grow
Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize efficiency
Participate in architecture and design discussions
Participate strongly in building the technical roadmap
Conduct technical interviews
Help Improving engineering standards, tooling, and processes
Owner of these projects
Perform feasibility studies to validate capability and functionality
Draft and submit intellectual property
Research and assess current technologies
Develop and execute complex, multi-tier distributed software search applications
Create technical and domain expertise and apply to products and problems
Assess and write code to improve or extend application
Manage and assist current software applications
Experience providing technical leadership, and mentoring others

Our take

Most people in French-speaking Africa are unbanked due to a lack of trust in incumbents and inefficient banking solutions. Yassir’s founder felt that providing on-demand services — which solves essential needs and, more importantly, builds trust to then provide payment services — was the catalyst to enable financial inclusion in the region.

The company started with ride-hailing services and progressed to offer last-mile delivery services, creating a multi-sided marketplace that brings drivers, couriers, merchants, suppliers, and wholesalers to individual users on one platform. With 3 out of 5 on-demand transactions in Algeria now made via Yassir, it's eyeing payment services next to truly build a super app.

The company’s Series B funding of $150 million in 2022 is supercharging its growth and development of new services in the existing markets. And now the company operates in 45 cities across Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia and recently expanded into France, Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The company is battling two major challenges: competition and bureaucracy. It's no secret that Uber is a dangerous competitor to go up against, though Yassir intends to improve on the failings of Uber subsidiary Careem in several intended marketplaces. Moreover, each of the countries Yassir serves has a unique regulatory environment that must be navigated. So far, Yassir hasn’t shown any signs that these issues are slowing it down.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

46% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.9)

Company

Company benefits

Competitive compensation, exceptional benefits, and a flexible work environment.
Highly collaborative workplace with colleagues from all around the world
Make a real impact on the world by helping us bring affordable financial and on-demand services to millions of Africans.

Leadership

Noureddine Tayebi

(Founder & CEO)

After earning a Ph.D. at Stanford, Noureddine spent most of his professional life in Silicon Valley working at various companies including Intel and InSense. They came back to Algeria in 2017 to found Yassir.

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