Backend Developer

Founded by Michael Lahyani in 2005 as a magazine (Al Bab World), Property Finder today is a single technology platform and brand across multiple countries in the MENA region. We offer the most advanced tools and best-in-class user experience for homeseekers, real estate brokers, and developers. Property Finder's most recent valuation secures our status among the Middle East's emerging unicorns, affirming a growth-oriented identity. 

Over the years, we've expanded our operations to Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and secured a strategic shareholding in Hepsiemlak, the leading property portal in Turkey. With over 600+ dedicated people in 6 regional offices, we facilitate more than 14 million monthly visits across our platforms, solidifying our position as a regional powerhouse in the proptech space. 

As the pioneering portal for homeseekers in the region,  we are on a mission to motivate and inspire people to live the life they deserve.

PropertyFinder is the Middle East’s leading property marketplace, transforming the way people search for their dream homes. We connect buyers, renters, and sellers with the best real estate agents in the region, providing a seamless experience backed by cutting-edge technology. We’re driven by innovation and a passion for changing the real estate landscape across the Middle East. Backed by leading investors such as General Atlantic, famous for having invested in growth companies such as Facebook, Uber, Alibaba and AirBnB, the Propertyfinder Group is one of the fastest growing companies in the region.

We are looking for a Backend Engineer - SDE2 who is passionate about building high-scale, high-performance systems that serve millions of users. You’ll play a key role in the development and maintenance of our backend services, ensuring reliability, efficiency, and scalability to support our growing platform.

As part of our dynamic and collaborative team, you will have the opportunity to work on innovative solutions, contribute to architectural decisions, and solve complex problems that make an impact on users’ experiences. 

We are big proponents of Agile development methods with small cross-functional teams fully empowered to take an idea from inception and to be able to deliver it fully tested into production with minimal outside disruptions. Because of this you will need to be able to work well with others in your team and be able to contribute meaningful ideas on how to best achieve your objectives and key results.

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and ship new features.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code using Go.
• Work on optimising backend infrastructure and contribute to improving system architecture.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Implement best practices for security, monitoring, and testing.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and mentorship of junior developers.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and trends to continuously enhance our platform.

• 3+ years of backend development experience, working with modern backend frameworks and systems.
• Proficiency in Go, Java, Python, or C#.
• Experience in building and maintaining high-scale, distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of API design, microservices architecture, and databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Experience in working in agile environments with a passion for continuous learning and improvement.
• A drive for excellence and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

• Working knowledge of gRPC or JSON Schema.
• Deep familiarity with messaging queues like RabbitMQ, Kafka or SQS.
• Knowledge of domain-driven design patterns.
• Working experience with one or more of the following: Elasticsearch, MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, Redis, Memcached.
• Experience with operating and monitoring backend systems.

Our promise to talent

We encourage our people, called creators, 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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