Founding Engineer

About the role

Wathba is an early‑stage Saudi startup building an AI‑enabled platform for builders and independent product creators. We are preparing to launch our MVP and need a senior, hands‑on Full‑Stack Platform Engineer to turn the approved architecture into a production‑ready system.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement the core backend, secure APIs, data model, authentication, and authorization flows.
• Develop the web dashboard and internal tools required for the MVP.
• Integrate multiple external service providers, handling provider‑specific authentication, webhooks, and error scenarios.
• Deploy and operate the platform on Google Cloud Platform, setting up CI/CD pipelines, environments, logging, monitoring, and backup procedures.
• Establish rate limiting, audit logging, error handling, and other platform safeguards.

Required profile

• Senior full‑stack engineer with a proven track record of building end‑to‑end production systems.
• Comfortable working independently in a fast‑moving, ambiguous early‑stage environment.
• High ownership mindset and ability to make practical technical decisions.

Required skills

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) deployment and operations.
• Design and implementation of RESTful APIs.
• Authentication, authorization, and API key management.
• CI/CD pipeline configuration and management.
• Third‑party service integration and webhook handling.