Location: Doha, Qatar (On-site / Hybrid)

Department: Technology

Reports to: CTO

About Rafeeq

Rafeeq is a leading technology-driven platform in Qatar, delivering millions of orders annually with high-performance and zero-downtime infrastructure. We operate large-scale distributed systems across AWS and GCP, powering real-time delivery, e-commerce, and booking services.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our core engineering team and help design, build, and scale high-performance systems serving hundreds of thousands of users.
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Key Responsibilities

— Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js

— Architect and manage highly scalable infrastructure on AWS

— Design and optimize SQL and NoSQL databases (RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, etc.)

— Build and maintain real-time systems (WebSockets, Pub/Sub, real-time notifications, live tracking)

— Develop and maintain real-time communication APIs

— Implement high-availability, fault-tolerant distributed systems

— Optimize system performance for high-traffic production environments

— Work on search engine integrations and optimization (ElasticSearch, OpenSearch, or similar)

— Design clean, secure RESTful and event-driven APIs

— Improve CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows

— Lead code reviews and mentor mid/junior engineers

— Collaborate with product, mobile, and frontend teams to deliver end-to-end features

Required Technical Skills

Backend & Architecture

— 5+ years of experience in backend development

— Strong expertise in Node.js (Express, NestJS, or similar frameworks)

— Deep understanding of microservices architecture

— Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, SQS, SNS, Pub/Sub)

Cloud & Infrastructure

— Strong experience with AWS:

— EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda

— RDS, DynamoDB

— S3, CloudFront

— CloudWatch, IAM

— Experience designing highly scalable infrastructure

— Knowledge of auto-scaling, load balancing, caching strategies

Databases

— Advanced experience with:

— SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL)

— NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB)

— Real-time databases (Redis, Firebase, etc.)

— Strong knowledge of indexing, query optimization, and database performance tuning

Real-Time Systems

— Experience building:

— Live tracking systems

— Real-time notifications

— WebSocket-based communication

— Experience in scalable messaging systems

Search & Performance

— Experience with ElasticSearch / OpenSearch

— Search optimization, indexing strategies

— Handling large datasets and query performance

Nice to Have

— Experience in delivery, ride-hailing, or high-volume transactional platforms

— Experience with Kubernetes

— Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)

— Knowledge of GCP

— Experience handling systems serving millions of requests daily

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Ideal Candidate

— Strong system design skills

— Problem solver with performance-first mindset

— Comfortable working in high-load production environments

— Takes ownership and drives technical decisions

— Mentors and elevates team members

— Startup mindset with enterprise-level discipline

What We Offer

— Work on systems processing millions of transactions annually

— Opportunity to design large-scale architecture

— Competitive salary

— Leadership growth opportunities

— Direct impact on product and infrastructure decisions