Software Engineer

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 Fullstack Software Engineer to build and maintain web applications across our modern stack. In this role, you will implement user-facing features, develop robust Python/FastAPI services, write comprehensive tests, and deploy containerized services via GitLab CI to our bare-metal infrastructure under the guidance of senior technical leads.

Key Responsibilities

• Feature Development: Build and maintain end-to-end features across web interfaces and backend services.
• API Implementation: Develop, document, and consume secure, performant REST APIs.
• Database & Migrations: Write optimized SQL queries, implement schema updates, and manage migrations using Alembic.
• Testing & Quality: Write automated unit and integration tests to ensure software reliability and stability.
• CI/CD & Deployment: Package applications using Docker and assist in managing build/deploy pipelines using GitLab CI for bare-metal servers.
• Agile Collaboration: Actively participate in sprint ceremonies, peer code reviews, and cross-functional technical planning.

Qualifications

Must-Haves

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent technical field.
• Experience: 1–3 years of professional software engineering experience building and deploying web applications.
• Backend: Hands-on experience developing web services with Python, FastAPI, and database migrations using Alembic.
• Frontend: Working experience with modern frontend frameworks (React preferred; Vue or Angular acceptable) and client-side routing (React Router preferred; Next.js acceptable).
• Databases: Solid understanding of SQL fundamentals, relational schemas, and data manipulation.
• APIs: Practical experience designing and integrating REST APIs.
• DevOps: Working knowledge of containerization using Docker and basic Linux server navigation.
• CI/CD & Version Control: Proficiency with Git and experience working with GitLab / GitLab CI pipelines.
• Testing: Experience writing unit and integration tests (e.g., Pytest, Jest).
• Observability: Familiarity with application logging, basic monitoring, and debugging in production environments.
• Process: Experience working collaboratively in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Nice-to-Haves (Preferred)

• Caching: Exposure to Redis for caching or session management.
• Target Database: Practical experience with PostgreSQL.
• Event-Driven Concepts: Basic familiarity with message brokers or asynchronous task queues.
• Alternative Backends: Exposure to Go or TypeScript (Node.js).
• Alternative Protocols: Familiarity with gRPC, GraphQL, or SOAP.