Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent technical field.
At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production web applications.
Production proficiency in Python, FastAPI, and schema migrations with Alembic.
Experience with modern frontend frameworks; React is preferred, while Vue or Angular are acceptable.
Experience with frontend routing; React Router is preferred, while Next.js is acceptable.
Strong foundation in SQL relational databases, schema design, and query optimization.
Extensive experience designing and consuming production REST APIs.
Hands-on experience with Docker and deploying services on bare-metal servers.
Proficiency with Git, GitLab, and authoring GitLab CI pipelines.
Practice writing comprehensive automated test suites, such as Pytest, Jest or Vitest, and Cypress or Playwright.
Practical experience instrumenting and debugging applications using an observability stack, such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or ELK.
Experience working in an Agile environment, leading technical initiatives, and mentoring team members.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain high-performance web applications end to end.
Architect secure, scalable REST APIs and define clean integration boundaries.
Model relational schemas, optimize queries, and manage migrations using Alembic.
Maintain Dockerized application workflows and write automated build, test, and deployment pipelines using GitLab CI for bare-metal hosts.
Integrate unit, integration, and end-to-end testing suites and instrument production observability through metrics, logs, and traces.
Lead architectural discussions such as RFCs, enforce code quality standards through reviews, and mentor engineers across the team.
Desired Qualifications
Working knowledge of Redis, including caching strategies and session storage.
Experience with or understanding of event-driven architectures and asynchronous messaging or worker patterns.
Specialized expertise in PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and indexing strategies.
Working knowledge of Go or TypeScript (Node.js).
Experience with gRPC, GraphQL, or legacy integrations via SOAP.
Practical Linux systems administration and bare-metal networking fundamentals.
Senior Software Engineer
About Misr Technology Services (MTS)
Misr Technology Services (MTS) is the trade-technology arm driving the digital transformation of Egypt’s cross-border trade, customs, and logistics ecosystem. We design, build, and operate mission-critical national infrastructure aimed at modernizing international trade flows, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving economic growth.
Role Summary
We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Software Engineer to architect, build, and scale multiple web applications. In this role, you will lead end-to-end feature development across modern frontends and Python/FastAPI backends, drive automated delivery via GitLab CI onto bare-metal infrastructure, and mentor junior engineers within an agile team.
Key Responsibilities
Fullstack Architecture & Delivery: Design, implement, and maintain high-performance web applications end-to-end.
API & System Design: Architect secure, scalable REST APIs and define clean integration boundaries.
Database Management: Model relational schemas, optimize queries, and manage migrations using Alembic.
DevOps & CI/CD: Maintain Dockerized application workflows and write automated build/test/deployment pipelines using GitLab CI for bare-metal hosts.
Reliability & Observability: Integrate testing suites (unit, integration, E2E) and instrument production observability (metrics, logs, traces).
Technical Leadership: Lead architectural discussions (RFCs), enforce code quality standards through reviews, and mentor engineers across the team.
Qualifications
Must-Haves
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent technical field.
Experience: At least 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production web applications.
Backend: Strong production proficiency in Python, FastAPI, and schema migrations with Alembic.
Frontend: Solid experience with modern frontend frameworks (React preferred; Vue or Angular acceptable) and routing (React Router preferred; Next.js acceptable).
Databases: Strong foundation in SQL relational databases, schema design, and query optimization.
APIs: Extensive experience designing and consuming production REST APIs.
DevOps & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with Docker and deploying services on bare-metal servers.
CI/CD & Version Control: Proficiency with Git, GitLab, and authoring GitLab CI pipelines.
Automated Testing: Dedicated practice writing comprehensive test suites (e.g., Pytest, Jest/Vitest, Cypress/Playwright).
Observability: Practical experience instrumenting and debugging applications using an observability stack (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK).
Leadership & Process: Proven experience working in an Agile environment, leading technical initiatives, and mentoring team members.
Nice-to-Have
Caching & In-Memory Stores: Working knowledge of Redis (caching strategies, session storage).
Architecture: Experience with or understanding of event-driven architectures and asynchronous messaging/worker patterns.
Target Database: Specialized expertise in PostgreSQL (performance tuning, indexing strategies).
Alternative Backends: Working knowledge of Go or TypeScript (Node.js).
Alternative Protocols: Experience with gRPC, GraphQL, or legacy integrations via SOAP.
Systems Administration: Practical Linux systems administration and bare-metal networking fundamentals.