Head of Engineering
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About the Role
webook.com is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead and enable engineering teams, define technical vision, and drive operational excellence. You will oversee system architecture, mentor teams, and align engineering efforts with business goals.
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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
- Provide guidance and mentorship on architecture, system design, and technical decision making
- Drive team performance and operational efficiency
- Oversee system architecture and technical standards, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability
- Review and approve major technical initiatives
- Promote engineering best practices in coding, documentation, testing, and observability
- Monitor engineering processes, workflows, and delivery metrics
- Lead initiatives for incident response, performance monitoring, and post mortems
- Leverage AI to uncover opportunities that improve product experiences and team productivity
Requirements
- Deep expertise in Laravel/PHP backend systems
- 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
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
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About the Role
- webook.com is Saudi's #1 event ticketing and experience booking platform.
- We are looking for a Head of Engineering to lead and enable engineering teams.
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.
- Provide guidance and mentorship on architecture, system design, and technical decision making.
- Drive team performance and operational efficiency.
- Oversee system architecture and technical standards.
- Review and approve major technical initiatives.
- Promote engineering best practices.
- Monitor engineering processes and delivery metrics.
- Lead initiatives for incident response and performance monitoring.
- Leverage AI to uncover opportunities.
Key Skills
- Deep expertise in Laravel/PHP backend systems.
- Proven ability to lead and enable high performing engineering teams.
- Solid knowledge of software development best practices.
- Deep understanding of large scale, high performance platforms.
- Strong strategic and operational planning skills.
- 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.
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- 5+ years in a leadership role.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
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