Software Engineer, Backend Developer

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Posted on 01/22/2026

ATHEER Connectivity is a wireless technology company offers solutions designed to bridge the digital divide and transform last-mile connectivity for telecoms and enterprises. Our products are engineered to provideextremely high-speed wireless links without the need for extensive ground infrastructure.

Job summary

We'rehiringa

Software Engineertoplayakeyroleinshapinghowwebuildscalableand

reliablesoftware.

Youwillhelpestablishengineeringstandards,improvedeliveryquality,and

mentorotherengineersaswegrow.

You'llworkacrossmultipleproductsandservices,owning

criticalfeaturesend-to-endandhelpingsetthetechnicaldirectionwithastrongfocuson

reliability,maintainability,andspeedofexecution.

What You’llBe Doing

• Buildandshipcorefeatures
  acrossourproducts:design,implement,test,release,andsupportproductionsystems.
• Improvetheengineeringfoundation
  :setcodingstandards,definebestpractices,andestablishreusablepatternsacrossprojects.
• Ownarchitecturedecisions
  fornewmodules/servicesandimproveexistingsystems.
• Leadbyexampleinquality
  :strongcodereviews,testing strategy,CI/CDimprovements,andclearengineeringdocumentation.
• Tacklecomplexproblems
  :debugproductionissuesacrossthestackanddriveroot-causefixescollaborativelywiththeteam.
• Collaboratewithproductandops
  totranslatebusinessneedsintoscalable,operablesolutions.
• Contributetodeploymentandoperability
  :ensureservicesareeasytorun,monitor,andtroubleshootinproductionenvironments.

• 0–2 years of experience (internships, coop, or strong personal projects count).
• Strong fundamentals in programming (data structures, debugging, clean code, basic design principles).
• Hands-on experience with React or Vue (components, state, props, routing fundamentals).
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS fundamentals and building responsive UI screens.
• Familiarity with backend development basics (HTTP, REST, JSON, authentication concepts).
• Basic database knowledge (SQL fundamentals; comfortable with Postgre
  
  SQL concepts).
• Willingness to learn networking fundamentals (IP addressing, VLANs, routing basics) and how monitoring systems work.
• Comfortable with Git and a team workflow (branches, PRs, code reviews).
• Ability to communicate clearly and work collaboratively.

• Experience with Docker / Docker Compose and environment-based configuration.
• Backend experience in any of:
  Rust, Python, or similar.
• Familiarity with Postgre
  
  SQL performance basics (indexes, query profiling).
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts and writing tests (unit/integration).
• Observability familiarity (structured logging, metrics, monitoring).
• Experience building data-heavy dashboards (charts, filtering, pagination).