Lead Engineer

About Us:

Foodhub is a highly successful tech business providing EPOS and APOS systems to the

restaurant and takeaway industry. Our Online portal, Foodhub is a consumer focused online

food ordering platform enabling customers to order their favorite dishes at the click of a

button. With a 0% commission model and using the latest technology, dedicated customer

service and international advertising campaigns, our restaurant and takeaway partners

couldnt be in better hands.

We are in hyper-growth mode right now and working very hard to support restaurant.

partners who need orders without giving away all their profits. Our products speak for

themselves and with 20,000 restaurant partners across three continents already, our aim for

2024 is to double that to 40,000. The time for our sector is now, and we therefore are looking

to join our team.

Role & responsibilities

• Hands-On Technical Leadership: Actively engage in hands-on development while leading back-end engineering efforts. Serve as a key contributor in coding, debugging, and optimizing code.
• Advanced System Development: Design and implement complex back-end systems such as job managers, schedulers, and other critical infrastructure components, ensuring robustness and scalability.
• Project Ownership and Execution: Oversee project timelines and deliverables, demonstrating strong project management skills along with technical expertise.
• High-Quality Code Development: Develop well-designed, testable, and efficient code, setting the standard for code quality and engineering excellence within the team.
• Performance Optimization: Build high-volume, low-latency systems for mission-critical applications, optimizing for performance and reliability.
• Team Collaboration and Mentorship: Lead and mentor a team of back-end developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and collaborative problem-solving.
• Strategic Technical Decisions: Make informed decisions on back-end architecture, technology stack, and tooling, aligning with the overall product strategy and company goals.

Preferred candidate profile

• Experience: Minimum of 8 years in software/product development, with substantial hands-on experience in back-end development
• Core Back end Technologies: Expertise in languages and frameworks such as Java-script, Typescript, NodeJS, ExpressJS.
• Complex System Development: Proven track record of developing and managing complex backend modules like job managers, schedulers, and other distributed systems components.
• Experience in Using GraphQL, including schema design and optimization.​
• API Development: Deep experience in building scalable, low latency RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge in integrating identity servers, Authentication with OAUTH or JWT.​
• Database Expertise: Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, including MySQL, dynamodb with skills in design and optimization.
• Solid Computer Science Fundamentals: Mastery in data structures, algorithms, and OOP concepts.
• Cloud and DevOps Proficiency: Extensive experience with AWS services like AWS Lambda (Serverless), API Gateway, CDK, DynamoDB.
• Experience with message brokers (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, and AWS SNS/SQS), task queues (Celery), and an understanding of frontend technologies is advantageous.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication abilities, effective in team collaboration and in explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.