Staff Engineer

Backend, Nodejs

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

501-1,000 employees

Website

Smartphone-based ride-hailing service in Algeria

Company Overview

Yassir, a transport service company, stands out for its extensive reach, operating in over 50 cities across Algeria, Canada, France, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, and South Africa, demonstrating its global industry leadership. The company's mission to make life easier for its users, coupled with its commitment to social values, fosters a positive and impactful work culture. Its competitive advantage lies in its user-friendly smartphone application, which allows users to book a driver and travel safely at any time, ensuring a seamless and secure transportation experience.

Consumer Software

Social Impact

Fintech

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$217.7M

Founded

2016

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 18%

1 year growth

↑ 56%

2 year growth

↑ 90%

Locations

Remote

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

JavaScript

Git

React.js

Software Testing

CategoriesNew

Software Engineering

Requirements

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
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
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

Responsibilities

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

Desired Qualifications

Experience in a fast-growing startup in a the on-demand services space is a plus

About Yassir

Yassir is the leading super App for on demand, ride-hailing, last-mile delivery, payment services and more, set to change the way daily services are provided. It currently operates in 45 cities across multiple countries. It has raised $150 million in Series B funding, five times what it raised in its previous priced round last November with world class investors such as BOND and Y Combinator, which is the precursor of the likes of Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, Doordash, among others.

We’re not just about serving people - we’re about creating a marketplace to bring people what they need while infusing social values.

About the role

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.

About your role as Staff Engineer, Backend (Nodejs)

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

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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

About your experience

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

😎 You will be part of one of the first Algerian startups to go through the Y Combinator program and one of the fastest-growing tech companies in North Africa. We are current in +30 cities (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, France and Germany)

💸 Attractive salary and you even get a stake in the company

🚉 Subsidized public transit pass

🤙🏽Have a lasting impact on our company’s culture

🚀 Perfect timing with renowned investors to build something great

📈 Extremely steep learning curve with own responsibility and intensive guidance

💯 Make a real impact on the world by helping us bring affordable financial and on-demand services to millions of Africans

Do you want to become part of our first-class team? You should definitely send us your application. 🚀