About Us

Ready to change the world? We’re reinventing freight and logistics at Trella. Backed by a number of leading VC companies (YC, Maersk Growth, Algebra Ventures and Raed Ventures) and we're looking for the best talent out there to help us build and scale our product offering. We aspire to create a step-change in the industry and we want you to be a part of the journey!

We are innovative problem-solvers on this adventure together. Working at Trella means that you’ll be surrounded by colleagues who are constantly pushing boundaries, thinking ahead, and meeting the high standards we set for ourselves. When we build, we do so in a product-led way: we value our customer experience and scalability, and we prioritize how we build our product accordingly.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly-skilled, hands-on, and experienced Staff Backend Engineer to join our team. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining our backend systems while helping to lead the evolution of our platform capabilities and architecture to scale. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with Trella's technical direction while mentoring and coaching engineers to adhere to high-quality and industry standards.

Our Purpose

At Trella our Vision is to Empower our Communities to move Economies Forward, and we're doing this by building a digital experience that provides our Shippers, Carriers and Teams with the right technology and platform that reduces the costs of moving goods —> Simply, we're trying to disrupt and reinvent trucking, and empower our economies. We have launched from Egypt to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and UAE, and are looking to build and expand our footprint across the MENA-P region.

What You'll Do:

• Lead engineering efforts to solve complex problems from planning and organization to execution and delivery.
• Collaborate with product, cross-functional engineering teams, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality products in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactively manage availability, latency, scalability, and efficiency of Trella's services by building engineering reliability into software and systems.
• Write high-quality, performant, readable, extendible, and reusable code while working on defined product & engineering initiatives spanning multiple squads.
• Support organizational knowledge sharing by creating and improving Trella's knowledge base through clean, concise, and high-quality documentation.
• Participate in on-call rotations and be actively involved in mitigating and resolving incidents.
• Drive continuous improvement by contributing to technical and process discussions, code reviews, and roadmap planning.
• Hire, mentor, and coach new and existing team members, fostering a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and improvement.

What You'll Need:

• BS/MS in Computer Science, IT or related technical field with 10+ years of Industry experience.
• 2+ years of experience leading the design and architecture of new and existing services.
• 5+ years of experience working on distributed systems, demonstrating mastery of complex concepts like networking, file systems, and OS internals.
• Extensive experience in at least one programming language such as C, C++, Java, C#, or Golang.
• Strong technical aptitude, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Large-scale distributed systems experience, preferably in the form of building those systems and not simply using off-the-shelf frameworks.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in a cloud environment is a plus.
• Experience with Golang, C#, and AWS specifically is a plus.

What we offer

• Annual performance review.
• Hybrid work model with flexible working hours.
• Enjoy a flexible leave policy that supports your work-life balance and personal needs.
• Development opportunities in a rapidly growing multinational company.
• Benefit from our early payday option, allowing you to access your earnings sooner helping you manage expenses and financial planning with greater ease.
• Supporting our colleagues to build and grow themselves through Learning & Development initiatives.
• Getting invaluable experience by joining the Forbes Middle East's top 50 most funded start-ups in MENA.