Design Engineer

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 an Engineering Manager to lead a full-stack team building the region's leading property marketplace. Your team will own high-traffic, consumer-facing products, from the Next.js web experience to the TypeScript and Go services behind it, where latency, reliability and cost efficiency directly shape the experience of millions of buyers, renters and agents. You'll be accountable for the team's people, delivery and technical health. You'll also stay close enough to the code to make sound technical calls and to influence architecture beyond your team. Key Responsibilities Own delivery: turn product strategy into a realistic plan, sequence work to ship value early and often, manage scope and risk, and keep stakeholders informed Shape the roadmap with product managers and designers, bringing engineering's view on feasibility, cost and opportunity Set and uphold technical direction across the stack with your senior engineers. That covers service design and API boundaries, frontend architecture and web performance, code and design review standards, and the evolution of existing Go services alongside new TypeScript development Drive operational excellence: monitoring, alerting, on-call, incident response, SLOs, and continuous improvement of reliability, performance and cost Build a data-informed team culture that uses production metrics, experiments and user behaviour to decide what to build next and to judge what has shipped Work across engineering teams, including mobile, platform and data, to resolve dependencies and contribute to engineering-wide standards and best practices Stay hands-on where it gives the most leverage (design reviews, code reviews, prototypes, unblocking critical work) without becoming the team's bottleneck Lead, coach and grow a team of full-stack engineers through regular 1:1s, clear expectations, candid feedback, performance reviews and career development Own hiring for the team, from defining roles to running interview loops and closing candidates, with a high and consistent bar Desired Experience 8+ years of software engineering experience across frontend and backend, with significant time on high-traffic, consumer-facing systems 2+ years leading engineering teams as an engineering manager or team lead, including direct people management (1:1s, performance, career growth) and hiring A solid hands-on background in TypeScript (Node.js) and React/Next.js, strong enough to guide architecture and hold a high bar in code and design reviews. Familiarity with Go is a plus Experience with microservice architectures: API design (REST/gRPC), service boundaries and inter-service communication patterns Experience with AWS and containerised deployments, and with data stores and search (MySQL/PostgreSQL, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Redis) A track record of delivering complex products predictably in ambiguous environments, with a pragmatic approach to planning, estimation and risk Strong grounding in observability and reliability: SLOs, incident management, post-mortems and reliability improvement Excellent communication with engineers, non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership Nice to have Experience leading teams that integrate AI/LLM-backed features into production, including managing the latency, quality and cost of model calls Experience with event-driven architectures, edge computing (Lambda@Edge, CDN-level logic) or multi-region systems Experience with SEO-critical web applications, internationalisation and right-to-left (Arabic) layouts Experience in marketplace, classifieds, or other two-sided platform products Experience building a team from scratch or scaling one through rapid growth How You Lead You build ownership: engineers on your team understand the why, own outcomes beyond their tickets and follow through You give clear, candid feedback, invest in people's growth, and address performance issues early and fairly You make decisions with data and explain trade-offs clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders You protect the quality bar in code review, design review and production, while keeping the team shipping You're pragmatic: you know when to invest in scale and when to ship the simple thing, and you can quantify the cost of both Our promise to talent At Property Finder, we believe talent thrives in an environment where you can be your best self. Where you are empowered to create, elevate, grow, and care. Our team is made up of the best and brightest, united by a shared ambition to change living for good in the region. We attract top talent who want to make an impact. We firmly believe that when our people grow, we all succeed. Property Finder Guiding Principles Think Future First Data Beats Opinions, Speed Beats Perfection Optimise for Impact Act Like An Owner The Biggest Risk is Taking no Risk at All Find Us At Twitter Facebook Instagram Linkedin Glassdoor Show more

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 As a Middle iOS Engineer you will join a cross-functional product squad of engineers, a product manager and a designer. You will own features end to end, from grooming through to App Store release, and you will be part of the iOS chapter, which sets our standards for architecture, quality and tooling. We are rebuilding the app for iOS 26, so you will be shipping into a modern, modular SwiftUI codebase and shaping how the new experience is built. Key Responsibilities Build product features in SwiftUI, working with designers and product managers to deliver polished, accessible screens that support right-to-left Arabic layouts. Work within our architecture: MVVM with @Observable view models, an adapter layer between UI and business logic, Factory dependency injection and local Swift packages for UI, navigation, networking and tracking. Integrate with backend services through async/await networking and API connectors generated from OpenAPI specifications, including our backend-driven UI framework, where the server defines which sections a screen shows. Release features behind feature flags and A/B tests, and instrument them with analytics so product decisions are based on data. Write unit tests (XCTest and Swift Testing with generated mocks) and snapshot tests, and contribute to our end-to-end test suites. Take part in the release train: CI on GitHub Actions, fastlane, TestFlight and phased App Store rollouts, followed by monitoring crash and performance signals after each release. Review pull requests, write and discuss RFCs, and improve the performance, stability and developer experience of the app. Desired Experience 3+ years of professional iOS development, including at least one app shipped to the App Store and supported in production. Strong Swift and hands-on SwiftUI experience: state ownership (@State, @Binding, @Observable), view lifecycle (.task, onAppear), lists, forms and navigation flows. Solid experience with Swift Concurrency (async/await, tasks, actors) and working knowledge of Combine. A clear understanding of architecture and separation of concerns: MVVM or a similar pattern, the repository pattern, dependency injection, SOLID principles and code designed to be testable. A production mindset: safe code without force unwraps or fatalError shortcuts, proper loading, error and empty states, backward compatibility with older iOS versions, and attention to SwiftUI performance. The ability to explain trade-offs, for example how to persist data locally or how to structure a module, and to justify the choice you made. Unit testing as part of your normal workflow. Comfort with Git, pull-request workflows and code review. Nice To Have Experience with modular apps built from Swift packages and with project generation tools such as XcodeGen or Tuist. Experience with backend-driven or server-driven UI. UIKit experience and SwiftUI/UIKit interoperability. Analytics instrumentation (Google Analytics 4, Firebase) and A/B testing frameworks. Mobile CI/CD: fastlane, GitHub Actions, TestFlight and phased releases. Localization and right-to-left layout. Exposure to Kotlin Multiplatform or React Native modules inside a native app. Crash and performance monitoring tools, and snapshot or UI test automation. Our promise to talent At Property Finder, we believe talent thrives in an environment where you can be your best self. Where you are empowered to create, elevate, grow, and care. Our team is made up of the best and brightest, united by a shared ambition to change living for good in the region. We attract top talent who want to make an impact. We firmly believe that when our people grow, we all succeed. Property Finder Guiding Principles Think Future First Data Beats Opinions, Speed Beats Perfection Optimise for Impact Act Like An Owner The Biggest Risk is Taking no Risk at All Find Us At Twitter Facebook Instagram Linkedin Glassdoor Show more

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 As an Android Engineer you will join a cross-functional product squad of engineers, a product manager and a designer. You will own features end to end, from grooming through to Play Store release, and you will be part of the Android chapter, which sets our standards for architecture, quality and tooling. Our app is built in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose, and a growing share of it is rendered from our backend-driven UI framework. You will work on a modern codebase and help shape how new experiences are built across Android and iOS. Key Responsibilities Build product features in Jetpack Compose, working with designers and product managers to deliver polished, accessible screens that support right-to-left Arabic layouts. Work within our architecture: a layered structure of UI, ViewModels, use cases, repositories and data sources, with Hilt for dependency injection and Kotlin Coroutines and Flow for asynchronous work. Integrate with backend services through Retrofit and Moshi, using API connectors generated from OpenAPI specifications, including our backend-driven UI framework, where the server defines which sections a screen shows and Android renders them with parity to iOS. Release features behind feature flags and A/B tests, and instrument them with analytics so product decisions are based on data. Write unit tests with JUnit 5 and MockK, keep mapper and ViewModel logic covered, and contribute to our UI and end-to-end test suites. Take part in the weekly release train: Gradle builds with version catalogs, CI pipelines, staged Play Store rollouts, and monitoring crash and performance signals after each release. Review pull requests, write and discuss RFCs, and improve the performance, stability and developer experience of the app. Desired Experience 3+ years of professional Android development, including at least one app shipped to Google Play and supported in production. 2+ years of hands-on Jetpack Compose experience: state hoisting, remember and derived state, side effects, lists and navigation, and knowing how to find and prevent unnecessary recomposition. Strong Kotlin and solid experience with Coroutines and Flow, including scopes, cancellation, StateFlow and SharedFlow. A clear understanding of Android fundamentals: Context, the activity and ViewModel lifecycles, configuration changes and process death, and how Jetpack ViewModel retains state. Practical experience with Hilt or Dagger, including scopes, qualifiers and module configuration beyond the basic setup. Knowledge of data persistence options (DataStore, Room, files) and when to choose each one. Navigation in Compose, including passing complex data between screens safely. A production mindset: safe null handling, proper loading, error and empty states, backward compatibility across Android versions, and attention to performance. The ability to explain how and why things work, not only what they are called, and to justify the trade-offs behind your decisions. Unit testing as part of your normal workflow, and comfort with Git, pull-request workflows and code review. Nice to have Experience with backend-driven or server-driven UI. Multi-module Gradle projects, version catalogs and build performance tuning. Kotlin Multiplatform experience. Analytics instrumentation (Google Analytics 4, Firebase) and A/B testing frameworks. Maps SDKs and location-based features. Localization and right-to-left layout. Crash and performance monitoring tools, R8 and resource shrinking, and baseline profiles. UI test automation with Compose testing APIs or Maestro. Our promise to talent At Property Finder, we believe talent thrives in an environment where you can be your best self. Where you are empowered to create, elevate, grow, and care. Our team is made up of the best and brightest, united by a shared ambition to change living for good in the region. We attract top talent who want to make an impact. We firmly believe that when our people grow, we all succeed. Property Finder Guiding Principles Think Future First Data Beats Opinions, Speed Beats Perfection Optimise for Impact Act Like An Owner The Biggest Risk is Taking no Risk at All Find Us At Twitter Facebook Instagram Linkedin Glassdoor Show more

About NAGA NAGA Architects, Designers & Planners is a leading multidisciplinary consultancy delivering innovative architectural, engineering, and planning solutions across the UAE, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Our portfolio spans hospitality, residential, commercial, healthcare, mixed-use, industrial, and large-scale developments. We are committed to technical excellence, innovation, and delivering sustainable engineering solutions that shape the built environment. Job Summary NAGA is seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Engineer with 8–14 years of experience in HVAC design consultancy. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality HVAC designs across all project stages, from concept through detailed design, ensuring compliance with international standards, local authority requirements, and project specifications. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing HVAC systems for commercial, residential, hospitality, healthcare, mixed-use, and industrial developments while coordinating effectively with multidisciplinary teams. Key Responsibilities HVAC Design Design and develop complete HVAC systems for building projects. Prepare Concept, Schematic, Detailed Design, Tender, and IFC drawings. Design chilled water systems, DX systems, Central ventilation systems, smoke management systems. Prepare HVAC layouts, schematics, and equipment schedules. Coordinate HVAC designs with Architectural, Structural, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection disciplines. Select HVAC equipment and ensure compliance with project requirements. Engineering Calculations Perform and review: Cooling and heating load calculations. Ventilation calculations. Duct sizing and static pressure calculations. Pipe sizing calculations. Pump head calculations. Fan selection and static pressure calculations. Equipment sizing and selection. Energy efficiency assessments. BIM & Coordination Develop and coordinate HVAC BIM models using Autodesk Revit. Prepare coordinated BIM models (LOD 300–400). Participate in BIM coordination and clash detection using Navisworks. Ensure compliance with BIM Execution Plans (BEP). Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure accurate and coordinated project delivery. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university. 8–14 years of experience in HVAC Design Consultancy. Experience working on commercial, residential, hospitality, healthcare, mixed-use, and industrial developments. UAE/GCC experience is highly preferred. Technical Skills Autodesk Revit (Mandatory) Navisworks (Mandatory) AutoCAD HAP Duct Sizer Pipe Sizer Microsoft Office Suite Competencies HVAC System Design Engineering Calculations BIM Coordination Technical Problem Solving Multidisciplinary Coordination Attention to Detail Time Management Communication Skills Quality Assurance Client & Authority Coordination Show more