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DESCRIPTION:
About PayFort, an Amazon Company: We serve the needs of online shoppers in all Arabic speaking and surrounding countries through our trusted, secure payment network that gives everyone the opportunity to shop online safely and easily. We build trust between buyers and online sellers by enabling consumers to transact online using the payment options they prefer with complete security and peace of mind while supporting the most popular payment methods available globally. PayFort is part of Souq Group, established in 2013. PayFort is regional expert in payment processing technology and solutions across major markets in the GCC & Levant countries, operating in UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan and Qatar.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
We are looking for a seasoned senior developer to design/build massive scale, distributed computing solutions. You will be responsible for driving the team’s technical direction, strategizing and shaping our long-term vision and architecture. You will own major deliverables end-to-end, drive roadmaps, and provide technical leadership to the engineering team. If you're excited by cloud computing, designing highly scalable, fault tolerant systems, and want to be challenged by the toughest computer science problems, then join us to build the next generation distributed systems solving big data problems.
You should be someone who wants to conceive and design highly scalable, robust software, and wants to see their software thrive in the face of traffic from huge cloud computing services. The ideal candidate will have strong distributed systems and web services design and implementation experience, as well as experience working on high availability production systems.
• Responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects with significant bottom line impact
• Work with product managers in developing a strategy and road map to provide compelling capabilities for our customers.
• Work closely with senior engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
• Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules.
• Project management - prioritization , planning of projects and features, Stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments
• Operational Excellence - monitoring & operation of production services
Requirements
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 1-5 years of commercial software development experience
• Experience in a senior software development or tech lead role
• Design and architecture experience, as well as sound knowledge of object-oriented design patterns
• Experience building and operating mission critical cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance, and reliability
• Ability to communicate complex, technical details to non-technical stakeholders verbally and in writing
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with fluctuating priorities and deadlines
• Interest and desire to learn new skills and do things never done before
• Ability to solve difficult and highly ambiguous software problems
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Graduate (Ms or PHD) in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with data mining, machine learning or predictive modeling systems
• Experience with payment processing, risk, and anti-fraud systems
• Experience with Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark or other big data processing systems
• Knowledge of XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, and modern web technologies
• Demonstrated capability to provide depth and breadth technical leadership to agile teams
• A deep understanding of cross-functional multiple-team based software development
• A strong business and technical vision with the ability to translate these in business and technical approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutions
About the Company
Amazon.ae, formerly Souq.com, is an English-Arabic language e-commerce platform, owned by Amazon, Inc. It is the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. confirmed it would be acquiring Souq.com for $580 million. On May 1, 2019, Souq.com became known as Amazon.ae.