Job Description
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.
Position Summary:
As the Vice President of Engineering for Enterprise B2B Services, you will head the strategic development and execution of Property Finder’s client-facing applications and enterprise catalog services. This role demands a dynamic leader who will drive innovation and work closely with product teams to launch new solutions for clients and consumers. Your responsibilities include overseeing engineering managers and technical leads to deliver high-quality software adhering to modern architectural standards. This pivotal role necessitates strategic collaboration with product and technology executives to shape and realize the long-term technical vision.
Key Responsibilities:
- Champion collaboration across product management, design, and engineering teams to develop innovative, market-leading enterprise services and data products, integrating AI technologies to enhance offerings.
- Articulate and implement a long-term technical strategy that ensures the development of scalable, robust products while guiding technical decisions aligned with business objectives.
- Mentor and guide engineering managers and technical leaders to boost team productivity, engagement, and overall performance.
- Direct modernization efforts of legacy systems and accelerate the delivery of new product capabilities within B2B services, focusing on critical areas such as Enterprise Catalog Services, Client-Facing B2B Applications, and Agent Experience.
- Oversee the deployment of web applications across multiple MENA countries, ensuring compliance with local regulations and tailoring solutions to meet diverse business needs.
- Implement rigorous engineering processes and governance throughout the product development lifecycle, ensuring high-quality releases and effective execution of project timelines in collaboration with product management.
- Foster a culture that attracts and retains top engineering talent, promotes inclusivity, and ensures external supplier relations and contract management are handled efficiently to support business goals.
Required Experience:
- Minimum of 15 years in engineering leadership, managing expansive, geographically dispersed software engineering teams.
- Demonstrated success in architecting and scaling exceptional engineering organizations.
- Deep understanding of contemporary software engineering practices, architectural norms, and team dynamics.
- Strong background in data products and AI technology landscapes.
- Visionary in technology with a knack for balancing strategic imperatives with tactical needs.
- Comprehensive experience overseeing the entire software development lifecycle of SaaS products.
Desirable Experience:
- Proficient in data-driven product development, machine learning, and cutting-edge technologies.
- Expertise in cloud infrastructure, deployment platforms, and agile software development methodologies.
- In-depth knowledge of security, privacy, and compliance within SaaS ecosystems, with practical experience in Property Finder’s technical stack, including Go, PHP, Python, Swift UI, Kotlin, React, AWS, and Kubernetes.
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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