Senior Backend Engineer

Join Cafeyn: Where Innovation Meets Inspiration

Cafeyn is more than a platform it is transforming the way people access and experience content. Since 2006 weve grown in a fast-evolving market adapting to become a leading digital reading service with over 2 million users worldwide. Cafeyn gives readers unlimited personalized access to thousands of newspapers and magazines curated to fit their tastes and delivered seamlessly across devices.

Our mission
To empower individuals with access to trusted high-quality content that fosters personal growth and discovery. Whether its through the comprehensive collection of news and features on Cafeyn the digital publishing solutions of Milibris the fun and educational content for children on Kidjo or the collections for manga lovers by Cafeyn stands at the forefront of digital content experiences.

Your team & responsibilities
Were building a new Integration team in our Tangier office to own the backend side of partner integrations from designing and maintaining the APIs and services that power partner apps to connecting partner systems (authentication data flows third-party APIs) and keeping production stable across the Cafeyn portfolio.

Your missions

• Design build and maintain backend services and REST APIs (C#) that support partner integrations

• Connect partner systems: authentication (OAuth2 OpenID Connect SSO) entitlement and subscription flows and third-party APIs

• Build and maintain integration layers that stay resilient on evolving or unstable partner APIs (retries versioning error handling)

• Monitor troubleshoot and fix production issues across the Cafeyn portfolio

• Work with databases (SQL Server or similar) and optimize queries and performance

• Follow the existing architecture and contribute to its evolution

• Take part in code reviews and team rituals and keep technical documentation up to date

• Work closely with internal build teams client-side developers and partner technical teams

Who are we looking for
You are at the right place if you:

• Have 5 years of experience in backend development with strong expertise / .NET Core and C#

• Have solid experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs

• Have hands-on experience with authentication and authorization protocols (OAuth2 OpenID Connect SSO JWT)

• Are comfortable with relational databases (SQL Server PostgreSQL) and an ORM such as Entity Framework

• Have experience integrating third-party services and APIs including ones that change frequently

• Can reproduce analyze and qualify production bugs using logs and monitoring tools

• Can ramp up fast and work autonomously with minimal management

• Have shipped and maintained at least one backend service in production

Nice to have

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure or AWS) Docker and CI/CD pipelines

• Familiarity with message queues or event-driven architectures

• Some exposure to frontend or mobile to collaborate easily with client-side teams

Hiring process

1. First interview with our TA Manager (30)

2. Hiring manager interview & case study with Peer

3. HR Interview

4. N2 interview (final interview)

Perks & benefits of working at Cafeyn

• Classic package Pension plan participation (CIMR) & health insurance provided.

• Sports 50% reimbursement of your sport subscription up to 104 dhs/month.

• Hybrid policy Work remotely two days per week.

• Cafeyns access A VIP code for Cafeyn giving you unlimited access to all content on our platform.

• Team life Four office meet-ups per year to gather with our international offices celebrate company updates and spend quality time together.

You dont have to match all the requirements. If you feel this offer could be a great opportunity for you reach out anyway! We hire based on talent we promote inclusivity at Cafeyn and we strongly believe our culture is strongest when it is most diverse.