Kitopi is the world's leading tech-powered multi-brand restaurant. With a mission to satisfy the world's appetite, Kitopi operates a portfolio of both invested and franchised F&B brands, serving as enablers in the food market by helping brands to grow and scale, both in the delivery and dine-in space.
Launched in Dubai, UAE in January 2018, Kitopi has grown to become one of the greatest success stories in the cloud kitchen and food tech space. In July 2021, Kitopi announced its $415 million Series C funding round, led by the world's largest technology-focused investment fund, Softbank Group Corp's Vision Fund 2. This investment catapulted Kitopi to the prestigious Unicorn status, making it the fastest Unicorn to have emerged from the MENA region.
As a leading food-tech business, Kitopi's growth has been largely fueled by its innovative and scalable software solutions. Kitopi's kitchens are powered by its proprietary Smart Kitchen Operating System (SKOS) - an in-house suite of applications that optimizes cloud kitchen operations in real-time. As part of its growth roadmap, technological innovation, data science, artificial intelligence, and robotics will take center stage as Kitopi continues to reinvent the food industry as we know it today.
With over 4,000 employees, Kitopi currently operates 200+ locations across the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, and runs its engineering hub in Krakow, Poland, its robotics hub in Denmark, and its global customer experience center in Dubai, UAE.
Together with the Product, Engineering, Data, AI, and Robotic departments, we are creating various applications starting from highly personalized selling apps (web & mobile), through the kitchen management system, customer service, delivery, control, and business applications which help us to make decisions and determine the further direction of product development and more. We currently have around 40 applications in microservice architecture and we will constantly be creating new ones.
What Are We Looking For
- Minimum of 6-8 years of experience in backend development, with a significant focus on Java.
- Java Expertise: Deep proficiency in Java programming, understanding of JVM, and hands-on experience with frameworks like Spring Boot.
- Microservices Architecture: Strong experience in designing, developing, and implementing microservices architectures.
- Architecture Design: Demonstrated expertise in architecture design, capable of creating scalable and maintainable system architectures.
- Database Mastery: Extensive knowledge of relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra).
- High-Speed Environment: Proven ability to excel in a fast-paced environment, adapting quickly to changing priorities with resilience.
- CI/CD Configuration: Solid experience in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
- Cloud Platforms: In-depth familiarity with cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their application in backend solutions.
- API Development: Profound experience in RESTful API development and integration.
- Security Best Practices: Comprehensive knowledge of security best practices, including OAuth, JWT, and data protection techniques.
- Containerization: Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- English Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Debugging and Problem-Solving: Exceptional problem-solving abilities and proficient debugging skills.
- Observability: Profound knowledge in implementing observability tools and practices (logging, monitoring, and tracing) to ensure the performance and reliability of backend systems.
- Messaging and Streaming: Experience with messaging queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) and stream processing.
- Payments and Financial Transactions: Extensive experience with payment gateway integration, including handling refunds, and payment reconciliation.
- Checkout Process Optimization: Knowledge of best practices in checkout flow optimization to enhance user experience and conversion rates.
- Security and Compliance: Strong understanding of security practices related to payments, including PCI DSS compliance, data encryption, and fraud detection mechanisms.
Nice-to-Have Requirements:
- Educational Background: Degree in Computer Science or related field from a reputed university.
- Performance Optimization: Skills in analyzing and optimizing application performance for scalability and efficiency.
- Testing Experience: Familiarity with testing frameworks and best practices, including unit and integration testing.
- Agile Methodologies: Experience working in Agile/Scrum development teams.
- Leadership and Mentorship: Previous leadership experience or mentorship of junior developers.
Recruitment Process and Timeline
First, you apply and let our recruiters review your profile. After reviewing, you will receive a link to book a meeting with a recruiter at your convenience to share more about yourself and for us to get to know you better. If you have been shortlisted, you will have the opportunity to meet our hiring managers. Depending on the scope of the role and the function, you may need to attend 2-3 rounds (which might include case study, role-play, trial, or live coding - this will be communicated to you in the initial conversation). Upon successful completion, your recruiter will get in touch with you to discuss the offer. We aim to take you through this process within 2-3 weeks.
Benefits
- Extensive learning opportunities - we offer many hard and soft skills training to help you improve and challenge yourself
- You'll be involved in customized workshops run by Kitopi Academy
- You'll have a chance to work in an international, diverse, and inclusive environment
- You'll be part of one of the most caring communities out there.
- Finding a chance to become a shareowner with our ESOP plan (T&C Applies)
- Free and unlimited access to a nutritionist because we care about you
- No Dress Code!
- Extended maternity and parental leave
- The infamous team activities and social events are bursting with fun
- Inclusive Private Health Insurance
- Up to 50% discount from Kitopi brands
- 24 working days annual leave as per the company policy
So, what does it really mean to work at Kitopi
We are constantly striving to make Kitopi the best place to work in the world, by empowering you to be the best version of yourself every day. Our company values act as our guiding principles to help ensure that everyone feels safe, included, and like they truly belong.
Kitopi is an equal-opportunity employer. While we currently operate in 6 countries, we are over 70 different nationalities of talented Kitopians. We celebrate our rich diverse backgrounds, lifestyles, and cultures and have a 0 tolerance policy towards racism, bigotry, and hate. Please apply if you see a position that makes your heart skip a beat and help us build a company that we're all proud to work for.
Along with offices in all the markets we operate in, we also believe in a work from anywhere policy - you get to choose the environment you operate in because we believe this will help you deliver work you're proud of.
Tech-enabled and customer-obsessed, at Kitopi, we are a team of passionate humans who are on a mission together to satisfy the world's appetite.
