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Software Engineer

CATEGORY
IT
TITLE
Software Engineer
LOCATION
Cairo, Egypt
EXPERIENCE
0 – New Graduate
TYPE
SALARY
Negotiable
PUBLISH DATE
07 Mar, 2018 (8 years ago)

An international company located in 5th Settlement is hiring a Software Engineer (Backend)

RESPONSIBILITIES

Job Description:

  • Attend sprint planning meetings to understand the purpose and requirements of the project.
  • Attend and contribute the technical planning meeting for guidance regarding the best design on how to write the code.
  • Decide on how the technical design will be implemented
  • Attend daily stand-up meetings to report work progress status and blockers.
  • Implement and enhancie code to meet the agreed acceptance criteria.
  • Optimize application performance by following the agreed upon coding conventions and best practices.
  • Conduct code reviews for teammates to make sure it is aligned with our standards (Ruby style guide).
  • Increase code coverage by writing test cases to ensure highest quality of code.
  • Fix reported support bugs.
  • Follow up on pushing the code for testing.
  • Estimate assigned technical tasks.

Qualifications:

  • Years of Experience: 1-3 years (fresh grades are accepted)
  • Age range:  20-30 years old
  • Knowledge:
    • Solid computer science foundation
    • Strong knowledge Ruby, JavaScript and Go languages
    • Strong knowledge about Rails
    • Strong knowledge about GIT
    • Understanding of SQL and relational databases
    • Understanding of in memory databases
    • Knowledge about elastic search

  • Skills:

    • Good verbal and written communication skills
    • Problem solving
    • Debugging skills

  • Behaviors:

    • Accountable
    • User-focused
    • People oriented
    • Organized
    • Sense of commitment
    • Attention to details

Benefits:

  • Quarterly team retreats
  • Biannual Hackathon
  • Attending worldwide events
  • Flexible hours
  • Medical Insurance
  • Transportation: Bus
  • 25% discount on Swvl rides and sharing 50% of the total cost