Yassir is hiring a
Junior Platform Engineer

Summary

The job description is for a Junior Platform Engineer position at Yassir., a leading super App in the Maghreb region. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining digital platform infrastructure and services, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring security and compliance of the platform.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain the digital platform infrastructure and services
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using tools like CDK for Terraform or Pulumi
• Implement containerization and orchestration strategies to ensure high availability and scalability of the platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand their requirements and provide solutions that meet their needs
• Ensure security and compliance of the platform infrastructure and services
• Continuously monitor and optimize platform performance and availability
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers on the team
• Developing, testing, and maintaining software applications to support our developers and business operations
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop secure and scalable software solutions
• Participating in code reviews and implementing best practices in software development
• Identifying opportunities to improve system performance, reliability, and security through software engineering techniques

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in platform engineering, software engineering or a related field is a plus
• Experience with TypeScript and Google Cloud is a plus
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc
• Experience with infrastructure as code and CDK for Terraform or Pulumi is a plus
• Strong knowledge of security and compliance best practices is a plus

Benefits

• Attractive salary
• Stake in the company
• Subsidized public transit pass
• Lasting impact on our company's culture
• 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