Social-commerce beauty platform for Middle East, merging influencer discovery with e-commerce
Boutiqaat operates a social-enabled beauty e-commerce platform across the Middle East built on a polyglot stack (Java/Spring Boot, .NET Core, Swift/Objective-C for mobile) deployed on Azure and AWS with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis. Active engineering hiring and a project roster heavy on marketing optimization and operational efficiency suggest a company scaling both product complexity and go-to-market motion. Pain points flagged around checkout performance, ERP optimization, and delivery predictability point to backend and fulfillment constraints typical of mid-market e-commerce platforms expanding regional footprint.
Boutiqaat is a beauty and fashion e-commerce platform founded in 2015, headquartered in Kuwait, and now operating across multiple Middle East markets. The platform differentiates through influencer and celebrity partnerships, allowing customers to shop curated collections directly from personalities' virtual storefronts. The company employs 1,001–5,000 people and is actively hiring across engineering, marketing, product, and design roles in Kuwait, Egypt, India, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The technology infrastructure spans mobile apps (iOS/Android), backend services in Java and .NET, and cloud deployments on Azure and AWS, with relational and NoSQL data stores supporting product and customer data.
Java, Spring Boot, .NET Core, C#, Swift, Objective-C for application development; PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis for data; Azure, AWS for cloud; Docker, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD for DevOps; OAuth, JWT for authentication.
Active projects include AI-powered marketing campaign optimization, product launches, campaign execution, checkout performance improvements, ERP optimization, risk assessments, and scaling agile practices across engineering teams.
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