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Engineering Manager

Company Name: Property Finder
Employment Type:Full Time
Location: Dubai
Experience: 8 years
Degree: Bachelor
Gender:Any
Age:Any  
Nationality: Any
Salary:Unspecified
No. Of Vacancies:1
Job Description:
Position summary
This role is one of the key positions of the Engineering leadership team driving the development of our tech calibre and with key involvement in management & delivery of products at Property Finder. Within the tribe and squad structure the position will be a leader of one or more squads located in an international environment (mainly Dubai and Istanbul) to deliver the best product to our customers. 
This engineering position will lead our consumer experience initiatives working closely with our Product, Data & Marketing teams. 
The position is a key leader in our engineering organization guiding our tech talent in terms of engineering excellence practices, solution designs as well as coaching for professional growth.

Key Responsibilities:
Work with Business Stakeholders, Product Managers in order to shape priorities and technical roadmap
Sprint planning, execution, stakeholder management
Mentor team members, jointly develop & execute professional growth plan
Leadership & guidance on system design and architecture
Technical hands-on leadership (i.e. PR reviews, PoC and prototyping etc.)
 
Tech Stack
Note that we value most the system design knowledge with a product oriented mindset rather than a specific programming language knowledge.
Still though, for reference, our current stack consists of; Golang, PHP, Javascript (Node.js – Next.js), React, MongoDB, MySQL, AWS: Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins. We are also reducing our PHP landscape as part of our tech transformation efforts.

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

Property Finder Principles
Move fast and make things
Data beats opinions
Don’t confuse motion with progress
Failure is success if we learn from it
People over pixels