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FoodicsSenior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Foodics is looking for a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to act as a bridge between the organization's customer base and its product development teams. Founded in…
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Foodics is looking for a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to act as a bridge between the organization's customer base and its product development teams. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Riyadh with multiple international offices, Foodics operates as a restaurant management ecosystem and payment technology provider across over 35 countries. In this position, the professional will embed with strategic merchants and integration partners to deliver custom software solutions, manage technical…
Job Description
Foodics is looking for a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to act as a bridge between the organization's customer base and its product development teams. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Riyadh with multiple international offices, Foodics operates as a restaurant management ecosystem and payment technology provider across over 35 countries. In this position, the professional will embed with strategic merchants and integration partners to deliver custom software solutions, manage technical discovery, and convert field insights into reusable platform capabilities.
This is a full-stack, customer-facing engineering role where the practitioner writes actual code across .NET microservices, front-end applications, and a Kafka-based event backbone. The candidate owns projects end to end, from initial discovery calls through to production rollout, and is evaluated based on customer results rather than closed tickets. Ideal candidates possess a strong product mindset, solid technical execution skills in backend systems, and the ability to communicate effectively with both engineering teams and business executives.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate directly with enterprise merchants, franchise groups, and integration partners to evaluate operational workflows and system requirements
- Design and implement backend services and integrations utilizing C# and .NET
- Develop event-driven architectures via Kafka, handling producers, consumers, retries, and dead-letter queues
- Configure Redis for caching, rate limiting, and temporary state management
- Create or expand front-end interfaces, administration tools, and mini-applications when solutions require a user interface
- Manage deployments through CI/CD pipelines, monitor systems with Datadog, and handle on-call duties
- Transform bespoke client requests into repeatable platform features, SDKs, and playbooks
Requirements
- Minimum of 6 years of experience building and running production software
- At least 3 years of experience focused on scalable backend systems
- Demonstrated history of managing technical projects from ambiguous problem statements to production implementation
- Background working directly with clients, partners, or stakeholders to translate business needs into technical plans
- Proficiency in C#, .NET 8 or higher, ASP.NET Core APIs, Clean Architecture, CQRS, and Domain-Driven Design
- Practical production experience with Kafka, Redis, relational databases, and SQL
- Front-end production experience using TypeScript and modern frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue and Nuxt
- Familiarity with integration standards like REST, webhooks, OAuth2, and OIDC, alongside third-party ERP, payment, or delivery platforms
- Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes fundamentals, CI/CD, and observability solutions like Datadog
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
Qualifications
- Background in restaurant technology, retail, point of sale, payments, loyalty programs, or delivery aggregator integrations
- Prior employment as a Forward Deployed, Solutions, Integration, or Customer Engineer within a product organization
- Experience developing with large language models and artificial intelligence agents in production settings
- Exposure to mobile development using Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin, Flutter, or React Native, or super-app models
- Familiarity with product analytics and instrumentation tools like Mixpanel or Snowflake
- Proficiency in Arabic and experience supporting customers in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region
Core Skills
Benefits
- Competitive compensation packages that include bonuses and potential share offerings
- Regular professional training opportunities and an annual learning stipend
- Exposure to an international working environment comprising over 30 nationalities across multiple countries
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Candidates must have at least 6 years of experience building and running production software, including 3 or more years focused on backend systems at scale.
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