Junior Software Engineer

Please note that this position is at SilkBytes (https://www.silkbytes.com/) which is DigiSay's Tech arm.

The Big Picture

DigiSay is one of the largest MCN (Multi-Channel Network) in the Middle East. Right now we are transforming ourselves into a global digital media company that serves our clients with technology. Our overall objective is to become the biggest digital media management company in the EMEA region by 2022.

Background

We have developed with our technology partners (SilkBytes) a scalable software service that continuously tracks and takes down pirates on different social media and social video platforms.

This role will be part of SilkBytes team which is the technology arm for Digisay. As an innovation researcher you are a part of a small but very efficient commercial team. The team is tasked with handling all the commercial aspects of our service. The structure of the commercial process evolves around 3 activities that are sequentially interconnected: Marketing, Sales and Customer Success.

What we are looking for

We are looking for someone who can start with a crazy idea and find a way to transform it to reality, from UI/UX concepts to wireframes to an actual working code, deployed on the cloud with multiple touchpoints. Someone who understands that world-class user experiences is a result of combining the art of design with the art of code.

What we offer

We will offer you the chance to be the core of a new technology company.

We offer you the chance to build scalable cybernetics systems that connect the online world with the physical world.

We offer you challenging tasks and different types of products.

We will offer you a competitive salary with bonuses based on performance.

We will invest in your training and development.

Responsibilities

Class A Tasks: Doing

• Building the backend side (for both B2C and B2B) of our cybernetics applications.
• Work on the full life cycle development of time sensitive projects.
• Write functional requirement documents and guides
• Recommend appropriate technologies to implement new features.
• Develop code libraries that can be used for multiple projects.
• Review code, layout, and design for projects.
• Build, deliver, and iterate to help scale projects.

Class B: Thinking & Interacting

• Participate in discussions with clients and team members about technical best practices.
• Collaborate with front-end developers and data scientists to improve usability
• Help the development teams identify optimal technical solutions.
• Review product and feature coding and plan future product upgrades with the development team
• Discussing technical solutions with clients and providing innovative new ideas to solutions.

Class C: Learning

• Willing to learn new frameworks and rapid prototyping tools.
• Keep up to date with the latest technologies and best practices.
• Active involvement and interest in the other digital disciplines within the company such as data analytics and artificial intelligence, user experience, digital marketing etc.
• Find time to do things that matter the most.
• Make specific changes and improvements to processes or own work to achieve more.
• Taking online courses in the field of software engineering, cloud computing (Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure), data analytics, artificial intelligence, scalable systems etc.

Please attach your portfolio along with your resume and links to your work online