Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Property Finder
Dubai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Ownership","Technical trade-off communication","Data-driven decision-making","Code/design review","Pragmatism"]

Design and own backend services that power Property Finder’s highest-traffic consumer surfaces, from implementation and testing through deployment and observability. Build new TypeScript (Node.js) services and evolve existing Go systems while working on caching, CDN/content delivery, and rendering paths. Deliver reliable, low-latency experiences across multiple countries and languages, partnering closely with product, SEO, data, and web/mobile teams.

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Property Finder
Property Finder
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Senior Software Engineer - Backend

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Job Summary

Design and own backend services that power Property Finder’s highest-traffic consumer surfaces, from implementation and testing through deployment and observability. Build new TypeScript (Node.js) services and evolve existing Go systems while working on caching, CDN/content delivery, and rendering paths. Deliver reliable, low-latency experiences across multiple countries and languages, partnering closely with product, SEO, data, and web/mobile teams.
Location: Dubai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and operate backend services powering Property Finder’s highest-traffic consumer surfaces.
  • •Own work end to end from design and implementation through testing, deployment, observability, and iteration based on production signals.
  • •Build new services and features in TypeScript (Node.js) and maintain/evolve existing Go services.
  • •Work on caching, CDN behavior, content delivery, and rendering paths to improve cost and performance.
  • •Drive operational excellence through monitoring, alerting, incident response, and continuous improvement of reliability, latency, and infrastructure cost; mentor and review engineers.

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of backend engineering on high-traffic, consumer-facing systems.
  • •Strong TypeScript (Node.js) experience as the primary language for new work.
  • •Experience with Go, or a proven ability to pick it up quickly, owning existing Go services.
  • •Hands-on experience designing and operating distributed services (API design, service boundaries, versioning, inter-service communication).
  • •Practical experience with relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL), caching (Redis), and search (OpenSearch/Elasticsearch), including performance tuning under real load.
Experience:5+ years
Skills:OwnershipTechnical trade-off communicationData-driven decision-makingCode/design reviewPragmatism
Tech Stack:TypeScriptNode.jsGoMySQLPostgreSQLRedisOpenSearchElasticsearchAWSKafkaSQSLambda@EdgeCloudFrontMySQL/PostgreSQLAWS BedrockCDNAPIsDistributed tracingSLOsStructured logging

Company Brief

Property Finder
Property Finder is a MENA-focused PropTech platform that connects buyers, renters and agents with verified residential and commercial listings, offering SaaS tools, market data, valuation services and lead-management products across the region.
Industry: PropTech
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 2007
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