Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Who Are We
We Are Foodics a leading restaurant management ecosystem and payment tech provider. Founded in 2014 with headquarter in Riyadh and offices across 5 countries, including UAE, Egypt, Jordan and Kuwait. We are currently serving customers and partners in over 35 different countries worldwide. Our innovative products have successfully processed over 6 billion (yes, billion with a B) orders so far making Foodics one of the most rapidly evolving SaaS companies to ever emerge from the MENA region. Also Foodics has achieved three rounds of funding, with the latest raising $170 million in the largest SaaS funding round in MENA, boosting its innovation capabilities to better serve business owners.

The Job in a Nutshell

As a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you would work with various departments to build tools that provision, deploy, and monitor our different systems. You will be handling the end-to-end process from creating and implementing systems software to analyzing data to improve existing ones. As a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be creating and integrating cloud-based applications that satisfy company requests and allow all network users to securely communicate and access data. You will be collaborating with cross-functional teams across Foodics to understand their needs and guide them to build a more resilient platform.

What Will You Do

• Design scalable, secure, and high-availability infrastructure on public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Lead the design and implementation of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices using tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Azure Resource Manager.
• Manage and monitor cloud-based systems and services, ensuring high performance and uptime.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and maintenance.
• Implement security best practices for cloud infrastructure, including identity management, encryption, and network security.
• Develop and maintain observability tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, Datadog).
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and post-mortem documentation for infrastructure outages.

What Are We Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Azure Resource Manager (ARM).
• Proven experience with automating infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and maintenance using scripting or orchestration tools.
• Solid understanding of cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), data encryption, and network security.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Datadog.
• Strong knowledge of high-availability architecture design, performance tuning, and system uptime optimization.
• Ability to lead incident response, including performing root cause analysis and preparing post-mortem documentation.
• Experience managing production infrastructure, including monitoring, alerting, and performance optimization.

Who will excel

• Candidates with relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator).

What We Offer You
We believe you will love working at Foodics

• We offer highly competitive compensation packages, including bonuses and the potential for shares.
• We prioritize personal development and offer regular training and an annual learning stipend to tackle new challenges and grow your career in a hyper-growth environment.
• Join a talented team of over 30 nationalities working in 14 countries, and gain valuable experience in an exciting industry.
• We offer autonomy, mentoring, and challenging goals that create incredible opportunities for both you and the company.

Benefits

We believe you will love working at foodics

• Devaluation Protection Mechanism: Aiming to maintain fair compensation for all, Foodics has a one of a kind Devaluation Protection Mechanism for colleagues in Egypt, where we study devaluation on quarterly basis, and upgrade the cost of living allowance value, hence, constantly maintain value for money despite currency value fluctuation
• We offer a people-focused culture that fosters inclusion, diversity, innovation, and a flexible work setup: remote, in-office, and hybrid models.
• We value learning and will help you with personal development, from constant exposure to new challenges and an annual learning stipend to regular internal and external training. You will enjoy numerous learning and career development opportunities in a hyper-growth environment.
• This is an excellent opportunity to grow and work with some of the most talented people in the industry, a team of more than 30 different nationalities, and hired in more than 14 countries and locations globally
• And you will be part of an environment that offers challenging goals, autonomy, and mentoring and creates incredible opportunities for you and the company.

Disclaimer: here at Foodics, we don't just accept differences - we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our colleagues, our products, and our community. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Foodics is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer.