Software Developer

Key Responsibilities:

• Frontend Development: Build responsive, modern, and engaging user interfaces using React.js, ensuring a seamless user experience across all devices.
• Backend Development: Design and implement RESTful APIs, manage databases, and handle business logic using Node.js and Express.js.
• Database Management: Build and manage MongoDB databases, including schema design, data modeling, and query optimization.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with UX/UI designers, product managers, and other developers to deliver high-quality, performant web portals.
• Performance Optimization: Implement best practices for performance tuning, scalability, and reliability across both frontend and backend.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, adhering to best practices, and conduct code reviews for your peers.
• Testing and Debugging: Write unit and integration tests, and debug issues to ensure stability, security, and quality in production.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience (3+ years) in full-stack web development using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js).
• Strong understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript (ES6+), along with modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries.
• Experience with state management in React (e.g., Redux, Context API).
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, asynchronous programming, and Node.js server-side development.
• Hands-on experience with MongoDB and integrating databases with Node.js.
• Familiarity with modern development tools and workflows such as Git, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker).
• Strong problem-solving abilities and an eye for detail.
• Ability to work in an agile development environment, with a focus on continuous delivery and iterative improvement.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with additional frontend technologies such as TypeScript, GraphQL, or Next.js.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and serverless architectures.
• Knowledge of performance optimization techniques and scalability best practices.
• Understanding of DevOps processes, containerization, and microservices architecture.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: Work on cutting-edge, high-impact projects that challenge your technical skills and creativity.
• Collaborative Culture: Join a team of talented professionals who are passionate about technology, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Career Growth: We offer opportunities for mentorship, skill development, and career advancement.
• Flexible Work Environment: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options for remote work, flexible hours, and more.

About Company

Obeikan Investment Group is a multi-national leader in packaging, education and health, with annual revenue of USD $1 billion. We're one of Saudi Arabia's 100 largest companies, with more than 3,000 employees and operations in 16 countries.

Job Location – Remote with an opportunity to move to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

KRAs:

• Liaise with business/departmental stakeholders, understanding requirements
• Making project plan and enhancement feature release roadmap
• Working hands-on for product enhancements
• Producing, testing and debugging code

Job brief:

We are looking for a Senior Solution Engineer to lead and implement solution enhancements. You will work with top management to define solution requirements and take the lead on technical aspect of the project.

In this role, you should be able to work independently with little supervision. You should have excellent organization and problem-solving skills. If you also have hands-on experience in technology development and agile methodologies, we’d like to meet you.

Your goal will be to enhance and develop high-quality technology solutions that is aligned with user needs and business goals.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality technology design and architecture
• Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life cycle
• Develop tools and applications by producing clean, efficient code
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
• Review and debug code, perform validation and verification testing
• Identify 3rd party integration opportunity and engage with 3rd party team on technology and business aspect and drive successful integration

• Develop technology solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle
• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions
• Demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• Protect operations by keeping information confidential
• Provide information by collecting, analysing, and summarizing development and service issues.

Skillset requirements:

• Knowledge of selected programming languages (e.g. Python, C++) and the Java/J2EE platform
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)
• Java/JEE, Spring, JSON, XML, NoSQL Database(MongoDB, Cassandra), Distributed System, RDBMS, ePub3, MVC frameworks, Design Patterns, Javascript, JQuery, JSON
• Ability to use version control software such as GIT and SVN
• Experience as an applications programmer on large-scale data base management systems
• Experience writing SQL queries for SQL Server or another Relational Database is required
• Experience in LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl) and/or server-side Java programming with Web 1.0 MVC frameworks and experience in JEE technologies like Servlets, JSPs, EJBs, Web Services, JMS, JAXB.
• Design, develop and implement unit and scenario testing for existing code base and for new functionality under development
• High scalability projects involving cloud-based infrastructure design and implementation
• Good understanding of Web Services protocols such as REST, SOAP and API design for extensibility and portability
• Experience debugging distributed systems with high data loads
• Deep understanding of distributed data model
• Solid understanding of the Software as a Service (SaaS) model in the online environment

Mindset requirements:

• Solution mindset
• Teamwork
• Analytical & Critical Thinking
• Attention to details

• Minimum 3+ years' experience as a software developer.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, Angular.js, HTML 5, CSS.
• Familiarity with Git.
• Linux and/or OS X experience.
• Experience consuming API endpoints.
• Good to have - Kafka/queuing system
• Should be well-versed in using multiple Databases - SQL/NO SQL,
• Should have experience using in- memory Data Bases-Redis
• Experience with Unit-Testing.
• Experience building web applications with responsive design.
• Experience with Node.js and/or other server-side JavaScript technologies and tools.
• Strong knowledge of design principles, user interfaces, web standards and usability.
• ES6, React JS/JSX, Redux, Web pack, Immutable.js.