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Staff Back-End Engineer "Node j.s"

Yassir

Job Location:

Cairo - Egypt

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 17 June 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 15 September 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Yassir is the leading super App in the Maghreb region set to changing the way daily services are provided. It currently operates in 45 cities across Algeria Morocco and Tunisia with recent expansions into France Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa. It is backed ($200M in funding) by VCs from Silicon Valley Europe and other parts of the world.

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. Were not just about serving people - were about creating a marketplace to bring people what they need while infusing social values.

About the role

As a Backend Staff Engineer you will drive the technical standards for the Backend across our consumer domain working with multiple squads inside the domain. You will lead Backend engineers with tech roadmaps architecture decisions and feature development and release cycle. You will mentor junior developers. You will contribute to scaling up Backend engineers in multiple squads and bringing great talents on board by conducting technical interviews.

About your role as Staff Back-End Engineer

Design build and maintain features for the domain applications
Provide technical leadership and manage dependencies
Conduct design and code reviews
Help the domain team members with technical blockers supporting them and helping them grow
Continuously discover evaluate and implement new technologies to maximize efficiency
Participate in architecture and design discussions
Participate strongly in building the technical roadmap
Conduct technical interviews
Help Improving engineering standards tooling and processes

Owner of these projects

Perform feasibility studies to validate capability and functionality
Draft and submit intellectual property
Research and assess current technologies
Develop and execute complex multi-tier distributed software search applications
Create technical and domain expertise and apply to products and problems
Assess and write code to improve or extend application
Manage and assist current software applications
Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring others

About your Experience

At least 10 years of experience in backend engineering with NodeJS
Strong foundation in programming fundamentals
Database: Mongodb or other.
Framework: & Nest j.s.
Web architecture: Rest and restful APIs micro-services
Substantial experience with Git in a team environment
Containers: Docker kubernetes
Caching Redis server
Experience in a rapidly growing company in the mobility on-demand or fintech space is a plus
Web load balancing
Scaling
OS administration
Encryption : https// digital signing
Excellent communication skills
Enjoy solving problems and helping others meet their goals
Solid understanding of X
Experience writing testable code and unit tests
Have a deep knowledge of React JS and NodeJS and you have experience developing products with it
Experience using modern JavaScript and tooling in a full-stack setting
Extensive experience with A/B experiments and have a data-driven attitude toward product development

You will be part of one of the first Algerian startups to go through the Y Combinator program and one of the fastest-growing tech companies in North Africa. We are current in 30 cities (Algeria Tunisia Morocco Senegal France and Germany)

Attractive salary and you even get a stake in the company

Subsidized public transit pass

Have a lasting impact on our companys culture

Perfect timing with renowned investors to build something great

Extremely steep learning curve with own responsibility and intensive guidance

Make a real impact on the world by helping us bring affordable financial and on-demand services to millions of Africans

At Yassir we believe in the power of diversity and the importance of an inclusive culture. So if youre ready to bring your unique perspective and experiences to the table then were excited to listen.

Dont just apply for a job come and be a part of our journey. Lets create a better tomorrow together.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Best of luck

Your Yassir TA Team

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Required Experience:

Staff IC