Software Development Engineer 2 (Back-End)

About noonWe’re building an ecosystem of digital products and services that power everyday life across the Middle East—fast, scalable, and deeply customer-centric. Our mission is to deliver to every door every day. We want to redefine what technology can do in this region, and we’re looking for a Backend Engineer level 2 (SDE2) who can help us move even faster.noon’s mission: Every door, every day.What you'll do:Team noon has some of the fastest, smartest, and hardest-working people we have encountered. With a young, aggressive, and talented team, we are driving major missions forward.We are looking for a Backend Engineer level 2 (SDE2) to join our Noon Food engineering team, working on systems that operate under high throughput, real-time constraints, and intensive workloads. You will build and scale backend services that power critical decision-making, handle large volumes of data and events, and maintain low latency and high reliability in production environments.Develop clean and effective engineering solutions to our business problemsDesign fault-tolerant, highly available distributed systemsBe able to translate requirements into bug-free working codeMentor and lead more junior members of the engineering teamDevelop APIs and services that handle real-time decisioning and high concurrencyWork with event-driven and asynchronous systemsIntegrate with external partners/APIs.What you’ll need:Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related fieldExperience with our core stack (Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, MySQL)Familiarity with GCP-native data solutions such as Bigtable, Spanner, and BigQueryStrong SQL skills with confidence in writing and optimizing queries5 years of relevant backend engineering experienceAbility to effectively leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, including knowing when to automate vs. handle tasks manuallyHands-on experience building and working with distributed systemsWho will excel?We’re looking for people with high standards, who understand that hard work matters.You need to be relentlessly resourceful and operate with a deep bias for action.We need people with the courage to be fiercely original.noon is not for everyone; readiness to adapt, pivot, and learn is essential.