Senior Software Engineer - Backend
About the role
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.
Role Summary
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the team behind the surfaces that bring millions of people to Property Finder every month - search, property and location content, and the platforms that serve them across multiple countries and languages.
This is high-traffic, consumer-facing, and unusually unforgiving: page latency, cache behaviour, and data correctness are not just engineering quality metrics here, they directly move organic acquisition and revenue. You'll work close to the numbers and see the impact of your decisions in production within days.
It's a hands-on senior role. You'll design and own services end to end, influence architecture beyond your squad, and raise the bar for the engineers around you.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate the backend services powering our highest-traffic consumer surfaces.
- Own your work end to end: design, implementation, testing, deployment, observability, and the follow-up iteration based on what production actually tells you.
- Build new services and features in TypeScript (Node.js), and maintain and evolve our existing Go services.
- Work at the edges of th…