Property Finder is the leading property portal in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, dedicated to shaping an inclusive future for real estate while spearheading the region’s growing tech ecosystem. At its core is a clear and powerful purpose: To change living for good in the region.
Founded on the value of great ambitions, Property Finder connects millions of property seekers with thousands of real estate professionals every day. The platform offers a seamless and enriching experience, empowering both buyers and renters to make informed decisions. Since its inception in 2007, Property Finder has evolved into a trusted partner for developers, brokers, and home seekers. As a lighthouse tech company, it continues to create an environment where people can thrive and contribute meaningfully to the transformation of real estate in MENA.
The Position Senior Software Engineer Reports ToEngineering Manager Position Summary
We are looking for a talented Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing development team at Property Finder in Dubai. We believe in nurturing talent and we encourage creativity and autonomy where you are free to grow and develop your career in a fun, forward thinking and positive environment.
We want our Engineers to be passionate about technology and think of creative ways that they could benefit our business. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality, scalable back-end applications that power our core business functions.
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 outside of your team to be able to contribute meaningful ideas on how to best achieve your objectives and key results.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain highly distributed systems and scalable services.
- Engage in hands-on coding and thorough code reviews, utilizing languages like Python, Golang, and Node.js
- Lead by example in setting technical direction, advocating for engineering best practices, and driving the adoption of cutting-edge technologies.
- Mentor and guide engineers throughout the organization, nurturing a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and technical excellence.
- Architect robust systems that ensure high throughput, performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Implement robust observability practices, including monitoring, logging, and tracing, to maintain system health and performance.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, data engineering, and DevOps, to align on strategic objectives and ensure project success.
- Establish and maintain comprehensive documentation and standards for system architecture, design, and operational procedures.
The Person
Desired Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong emphasis on building distributed systems and scalable services.• Proficient in languages such as Python, Golang, Java, and Node.js, with a deep understanding of distributed computing principles, data architecture, and scalable system design.
- Proven experience in technical leadership, with a successful history of mentoring and growing engineers with diverse background.
- In-depth knowledge of SLAs, system resiliency, and observability practices.
- Expertise in serverless cloud technology.
- Experienced with public cloud platforms such as AWS.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Other Capabilities
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
- Passion for clean, efficient, and maintainable code
- Ability to mentor developers and contribute to the team's growth
- Computer Science (or similar) education
- Serverless Framework
- Golang
- ElasticSearch
- Comfortable working with testing frameworks
- Message Queuing / RabbitMQ
- Memcached or Redis
- DynamoDB
- AWS Lambda
- AWS Step Functions
- AWS SQS/SNS
Our promise to talent
At Property Finder, we believe talent thrives in an environment where you can be your best self. Where you are empowered to create, elevate, grow, and care. Our team is made up of the best and brightest, united by a shared ambition to change living for good in the region. We attract top talent who want to make an impact. We firmly believe that when our people grow, we all succeed.
Property Finder Guiding Principles
- Think Future First
- Data Beats Opinions, Speed Beats Perfection
- Optimise for Impact
- No Ostriches Allowed
- Our People, Our Power
- The Biggest Risk is Taking no Risk at All
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