Head of Engineering

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  • Riyadh
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 3 days ago
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Do you want to love what you do at work? Do you want to make a difference, an impact, transform peoples lives? Do you want to work with a team that believes in disrupting the normal, boring, and average?If yes, then this is the job you're looking for , is Saudi's #1 event ticketing and experience booking platforms in terms of technology, features, agility, revenue serving some of the largest mega events in the Kingdom surpassing over 2 billion sales.Key Responsibilities & Technical Focus AreasLeadership & Team Enablement
  • Lead and enable engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and technical excellence.
  • Define and communicate the technical vision, priorities, and roadmap, aligning engineering efforts with business goals.
  • Provide guidance and mentorship on architecture, system design, and technical decision-making.
  • Drive team performance and operational efficiency, ensuring smooth day-to-day execution.
  • Support hiring, onboarding, and career development within the engineering function.
Technical Oversight & Strategy
  • Oversee system architecture and technical standards, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Review and approve major technical initiatives, balancing innovation with operational stability.
  • Promote engineering best practices in coding, documentation, testing, and observability.
  • Contribute to high-impact technical decisions when required, providing hands-on guidance for complex problems.
Operational Excellence
  • Monitor engineering processes, workflows, and delivery metrics to ensure consistent execution.
  • Ensure cross-team alignment, knowledge sharing, and technical consistency across the organization.
  • Lead initiatives for incident response, performance monitoring, and post-mortems.
  • Act as a point of escalation for complex operational or technical challenges.
  • Leverage AI to uncover opportunities that improve product experiences, streamline operations, and enhance team productivity.
Key Skills
  • Deep expertise in Laravel/PHP backend systems, with experience designing scalable, maintainable, and high-performance platforms.
  • Proven ability to lead and enable high-performing engineering teams, setting standards for quality and execution.
  • Solid knowledge of software development best practices, including code quality, testing, documentation, and observability.
  • Deep understanding of large-scale, high-performance platforms, including SQL/NoSQL, caching, and concurrency.
  • Strong strategic and operational planning skills, balancing short-term delivery with long-term system sustainability.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills (fluent English speaking and writing).
  • Experience in Scrum and Agile methodology
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and containerized deployments is a plus.
Requirements
  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • 5+ years in a leadership role, guiding teams in a high-growth environment.
  • Proven experience delivering high-traffic, mission-critical platforms.
  • Demonstrated ability to own technical strategy, operational processes, and team enablement.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience contributing to open-source projects or technical thought leadership is a plus.

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