Head of Engineering
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About the Role
Webook, Saudi's #1 event ticketing platform, seeks a Head of Engineering to lead engineering teams, define technical vision, and drive operational excellence. Requires deep Laravel/PHP expertise, 10+ years software engineering, and 5+ years leadership in high-growth environments.
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Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- Monitor engineering processes, workflows, and delivery metrics to ensure consistent execution
- Lead initiatives for incident response, performance monitoring, and post mortems
- Leverage AI to uncover opportunities that improve product experiences, streamline operations, and enhance team productivity
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 5+ years in a leadership role guiding teams in a high growth environment
- Deep expertise in Laravel/PHP backend systems
- Proven experience delivering high traffic, mission critical platforms
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (fluent English)
- Experience in Scrum and Agile methodology
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and containerized deployments is a plus
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About the Role
- Webook is Saudi's #1 event ticketing and experience booking platform, serving some of the largest mega events in the Kingdom with over 2 billion sales.
- Seeking a Head of Engineering to lead and enable engineering teams, define technical vision, and drive operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities & Technical Focus Areas
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Key Skills & Experience
- 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.
- 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.
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