Engineering Manager
Description:
Property Finder is the leading property portal in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region. The platform offers a host of products and services tailored to make the home search process transparent for millions who visit the portal while creating value for the partners who advertise on the platform.
Over the years, we've expanded our operations to Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt, solidifying our position as a regional powerhouse in the proptech space. With over 500+ dedicated people in 6 regional offices, we facilitate more than 14 million monthly visits across our platforms. We have become the go-to destination for consumers in search of their next home.
Position Summary:
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers working on cutting-edge products. You will guide the team's work, mentor engineers, and ensure projects are delivered on time. The ideal candidate has technical knowledge as well as strong leadership and communication skills. This position offers the opportunity to impact the product experience for millions of customers. This is a highly visible role for an innovative leader passionate about building world-class consumer experiences.
Our Tech Stack:
We are unifying our tech stack around the following technologies.
Languages: Golang, Javascript/Typescript
Frameworks & Libraries: ReactJS, React Native, next.js
Persistent stores: MySQL, Postgres, Redis. Memcached, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, DynamoDB
Platforms & Services: Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins
PaaS: AWS
Our legacy architecture includes PHP and Linode.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage a team of software engineers, including hiring, mentoring, conducting performance reviews, and supporting professional development
Work with product managers to define requirements and scope projects
Develop schedules, estimates, and status reports for engineering projects
Ensure engineering best practices are followed for coding standards, code reviews, testing, and more
Identify and resolve issues with productivity, product quality, and team dynamics
Drive process improvements on the engineering team
Set and track OKRs and engineering team goals
Collaborate cross-functionally with other departments on project planning and requirements
Optimise development workflows to improve team efficiency
Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies and industry best practices
Foster an inclusive and innovative engineering culture focused on solving problems
Manage team budgets, staffing needs, and resource allocation
Evangelise the product and technology to attract and hire top talent
Ensure software reliability, security, scalability, and performance
Implement continuous integration and delivery pipelines
Promote knowledge sharing and technical mentoring within the team
Develop training programs to advance team skills and capabilities
Champion automation, tools, and infrastructure to boost productivity
Troubleshoot critical production issues and outages
Monitor software metrics and track progress toward goals
Liaise between the engineering teams and executive leadership
Contribute technical expertise during product planning and road mapping
Advocate for team needs, empowering engineers to do their best work
Coordinate effective handoff of systems and projects to other teams
Discuss emerging technologies and consider their application
Audit existing architecture and provide recommendations for improvement
Essential experience
8+ years of software development experience
3+ years of team leadership experience
Hands-on technology leader
SEO and MarTech knowhow
Experience in Web development & API integrations
Good problem solving and analytical skills
Good communication skills with speaking-level English
Other Capabilities
Solution design, not necessarily custom development for all needs and utilizing commodity & cloud solutions
Expertise in service oriented architecture and domain driven design
Expertise in frontend development technologies
Content management systems know-how
Exposure to NoSQL like MongoDB
Customer focused and forming data-driven decisions
Proactive in ensuring product reliability, improving customer experience
Experience in the Real Estate Classified industry is a big plus
Our promise to talent
We encourage our people, to move fast, to be bold and offer them countless ways to make an impact in a fast-growing and talent-centric organisation.
Our goal is to ensure that our people find their time at Property Finder a rewarding experience where the company’s growth also means personal growth.
Overall it is a place for you to be your best self.
Property Finder Principles
Move fast and make things happen
Data beats opinions
Don’t confuse motion with progress
Failure is success if we learn from it
People over pixels
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