Senior Software Engineer
About Misr Technology Services (MTS)
Misr Technology Services (MTS) is the trade-technology arm driving the digital transformation of Egypt’s cross-border trade, customs, and logistics ecosystem. We design, build, and operate mission-critical national infrastructure aimed at modernizing international trade flows, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving economic growth.
Role Summary
We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Software Engineer to architect, build, and scale multiple web applications. In this role, you will lead end-to-end feature development across modern frontends and Python/FastAPI backends, drive automated delivery via GitLab CI onto bare-metal infrastructure, and mentor junior engineers within an agile team.
Key Responsibilities
Fullstack Architecture & Delivery: Design, implement, and maintain high-performance web applications end-to-end.
API & System Design: Architect secure, scalable REST APIs and define clean integration boundaries.
Database Management: Model relational schemas, optimize queries, and manage migrations using Alembic.
DevOps & CI/CD: Maintain Dockerized application workflows and write automated build/test/deployment pipelines using GitLab CI for bare-metal hosts.
Reliability & Observability: Integrate testing suites (unit, integration, E2E) and instrument production observability (metrics, logs, traces).
Technical Leadership: Lead architectural discussions (RFCs), enforce code quality standards through reviews, and mentor engineers across the team.
Qualifications
Must-Haves
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent technical field.
Experience: At least 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production web applications.
Backend: Strong production proficiency in Python, FastAPI, and schema migrations with Alembic.
Frontend: Solid experience with modern frontend frameworks (React preferred; Vue or Angular acceptable) and routing (React Router preferred; Next.js acceptable).
Databases: Strong foundation in SQL relational databases, schema design, and query optimization.
APIs: Extensive experience designing and consuming production REST APIs.
DevOps & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with Docker and deploying services on bare-metal servers.
CI/CD & Version Control: Proficiency with Git, GitLab, and authoring GitLab CI pipelines.
Automated Testing: Dedicated practice writing comprehensive test suites (e.g., Pytest, Jest/Vitest, Cypress/Playwright).
Observability: Practical experience instrumenting and debugging applications using an observability stack (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK).
Leadership & Process: Proven experience working in an Agile environment, leading technical initiatives, and mentoring team members.
Nice-to-Have
Caching & In-Memory Stores: Working knowledge of Redis (caching strategies, session storage).
Architecture: Experience with or understanding of event-driven architectures and asynchronous messaging/worker patterns.
Target Database: Specialized expertise in PostgreSQL (performance tuning, indexing strategies).
Alternative Backends: Working knowledge of Go or TypeScript (Node.js).
Alternative Protocols: Experience with gRPC, GraphQL, or legacy integrations via SOAP.
Systems Administration: Practical Linux systems administration and bare-metal networking fundamentals.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent technical field
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production web applications
- Production proficiency with Python, FastAPI, and Alembic
- Experience with modern frontend frameworks, preferably React; Vue or Angular acceptable
- Experience with frontend routing, preferably React Router; Next.js acceptable
- Strong SQL relational database, schema design, and query optimization skills
- Extensive experience designing and consuming production REST APIs
- Hands-on experience with Docker and deploying services on bare-metal servers
- Proficiency with Git, GitLab, and GitLab CI pipelines
- Experience writing comprehensive automated tests using tools such as Pytest, Jest, Vitest, Cypress, or Playwright
- Practical experience with observability and debugging stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or ELK
- Agile experience, technical initiative leadership, and mentoring experience
- Working knowledge of Redis for caching and session storage
- Experience with event-driven architectures and asynchronous messaging or worker patterns
- Specialized PostgreSQL performance tuning and indexing expertise
- Working knowledge of Go or TypeScript with Node.js
- Experience with gRPC, GraphQL, or SOAP integrations
- Linux systems administration and bare-metal networking fundamentals
What We Do
Misr Technology Services (MTS) has been established as an Egyptian joint stock company. The shareholders’ structure consists of the “Ministry of Finance”, the Egyptian Company for the Management of Financial Facilities “eFinance”, the “National Investment Bank”, the “Egyptian Company for Investment Projects”, and “Amiral Management Corporation”. MTS is the technical arm of the Ministry of Finance in the field of customs and its relationship with taxes. Misr Technology Services (MTS) was awarded a contract with the Ministry of Finance to “enhance the current trade across borders system in Egypt using “Single Window” concept”. The project was code named “NAFEZA”. NAFEZA System is a platform upon which an integrated set of business applications operates to automate & orchestrate import/export/transit cargo clearance activities from cargo arrival to cargo clearance using a “Single Window” concept. With the project extension to implement “Advance Cargo Information“ concept to control the importation process prior to loading shipments from the countries of export, NAFEZA System currently controls the importation process end-to-end. In this regard, NAFEZA System represents the single point facility for Egyptian importers, exporters, brokers, shipping lines, and freight forwarders (Trade Community) to submit electronic data/documents and/or lodge data to Customs remotely in a secure manner. It also represents the only façade for communication between the Trade Community and the designated government authorities operating inside and/or outside the port (Government). This is achieved using online services on NAFEZA portal. Furthermore, NAFEZA provides customers services through a network of Logistic Services Centers which MTS established at the ports.
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