Company Description
Yassir is the leading super App in the Maghreb region set to changing the way daily services are provided. It currently operates in 26 cities across Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia with recent expansions into France, Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa. It is backed (+$43M in funding) by VCs from Silicon Valley, Europe and other parts of the world including Y Combinator. We offer on-demand services such as ride-hailing and last-mile delivery. Building on this infrastructure, we are now introducing financial services to help our users pay, save and borrow digitally. Helping usher the continent into a digital economy era. We’re not just about serving people - we’re about creating a marketplace to bring people what they need while infusing social values.
Job Description
ABOUT THE ROLE
As part of our expansion effort, we are looking for a an engineering manager to join our Europe tech hub. You will be based out of Berlin or Paris and you will lead a tech team supporting Yassir's product development and delivery. You will own and build large scale systems and micro-services. Together with your team, you will design, develop, and deliver powerful applications in a highly dynamic environment. To be successful in this role, you should have outstanding technical skills and you are not afraid to be hands-on, you are confident leading and serving tech teams, good at juggling multiple products, and you thrive in high-growth environments.
Qualifications
- Work with the product and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into pragmatic and effective technical solutions
- Contribute to hiring the engineering team for the product you are responsible for
- Work with the head of engineering to establish a culture of technical excellence and be responsible for the success and personal growth of your team
- Oversee engineering teams and their projects. Ensure they can deliver their best work by spotting and alleviating blockers and coaching teammates
- Build robust and scalable software in Node.js, Python or Go
- Help improve existing code quality through introducing quality assurance and performing code reviews
- Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms and product
- At least three years work experience as an engineering manager or tech lead at an engineering department
- Extensive experience with cloud technologies, microservices architecture, continuous delivery, and modern human-computer interfaces
- Good understanding of agile methodologies
- Excellent leadership and project management skills, ideally experience managing remote teams.
- Solid OOP and software design knowledge – you should know how to create software that is extensible, reusable and meets desired architectural objectives
- Must have technical skills:
- Language: Node.Js, Python or Go
- Database: Mongodb or other.
- Framework: Express.js or other.
- Web architecture: Rest and restful APIs, micro-services
- Nice to have technical skills (Strongly advised for senior profiles):
- Containers: Docker, kubernetes
- Caching, Redis server
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize, self-start, contribute under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Highly organized, creative and critical thinker
- Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment
- Experience in a rapidly growing company in the mobility or on-demand services space is a plus
- BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field
Additional Information
- 🚀 Perfect timing with renowned investors to build something great
- 🎯Outstanding mentors who will support you in your growth
- 💸 Attractive salary and you even get a stake in the company
- 📈 Extremely steep learning curve with own responsibility and intensive support
- 📣 Learn to be pragmatic and make quick and sustainable decisions
- ⏱️ Flexible working hours, because we care about your outcome and not output
- 🤙🏽 Very strong team cohesion with daily and weekly activities
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN YASSIR
- Join one of the fastest-growing tech companies in North Africa
- Have a lasting impact on our company's culture - you'll be one of the first employees in our Europe office.
- Make a real impact on the world by helping us bring affordable financial and on-demand services to millions of Africans
- Work on some really hard technical challenges from identity infrastructure for Africans, digital payment networks to complex mapping and routing systems across the continent.
- We are the first Algerian startup to go through Y Combinator program and we’re backed by top investors