Engineering Team Lead at Bayut | dubizzle

Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

06 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

07 Apr, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Python, Java, JavaScript, Django, Ruby on Rails, React.js, Next.js, Scalability, High availability systems, Continuous integration, Automated testing, UML, Agile methodologies, Scrum, Kanban, Team leadership

Industry

Real Estate

Description

Are you a people person who genuinely enjoys helping others grow? Are you a thought leader? Can you solve any task, irrespective of complexity or scale? Do you mentor and lead those in your team and push the boundaries of perfection? Do you know which corners can and can't be cut? Can you balance technical ambitions with business objectives? As an Engineering Team Lead you present yourself as a strong leader, demonstrate deep practical engineering knowledge and have a proven track record for timely project delivery and project management. You'll be asked to harness your insight into technology and collaborate with Product Managers to make products that enrich the lives of our users, leveraging multiple cross-disciplinary streams to achieve our technological and business vision. Delivering A-class products that scale to millions of users, applying new industry trends and challenging your peers are all part of the daily gig. Our Team Leads conceive, design, and deliver the most complex products within their stream. They have an intimate knowledge of the business domain and always put our users' experience first. A Team Lead is an expert in building great teams by understanding the dynamics of the teams and harnessing the strengths of each team member to make them an efficient unit. She/He understands and believes in our core values, is a proponent of empowering the team to make the right decisions. Gather an up-to-date and in-depth understanding of the dubizzle platform and technologies and of industry trends; Provide and share a broad knowledge of technologies and architectures, and function as a mentor within the scope of your product stream and with the rest of the Packs; Collaborate with the team and together ensure that we always deliver software of the highest standards; Promote companywide coding standards, guidelines, and best practices; Demonstrate technical leadership and mentorship by setting challenging but realistic goals and guiding the team efforts towards successful project delivery; Monitor the performance of team members. Identify and encourage areas for growth and personal development; Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope; Create an optimal working environment and methodologies for the assigned product vertical team; Impact on the direction and scope of dubizzle’s technical vision within your stream; Shaping strong cross-functional teams in line with business needs; Collaborating closely with Product, Infrastructure, Design, UX, CLM, and Strategy to deliver the highest quality products; Hiring A-players to build High Performing Teams, constantly raising the bar of engineering talent; Owning our business KPIs as a conduit to our Product team and business functions; In-depth understanding of free and open-source software development, e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript and etc; In-depth understanding of one or more free and open-source web application frameworks, e.g. Django, Ruby on Rails, React.JS, Next.js etc; Knowledgeable in scalability and high availability systems; Source code control, build process management, continuous integration, automated testing, and other development processes; Knowledge of UML diagrams, code, unit tests, etc; Good understanding of leadership, coaching, and mentoring principles; Understanding of good product, design, and UX principles 7+ years of web-based front-end and/or back-end software engineering experience; Experience working on high-traffic and large-scale web products; Experience with Agile Methodologies such as Kanban, Scrum and XP; Technical leadership and mentorship experience is a must; Experience in analysis, design, coding and implementation of next generation web applications in Python; Proven track record for timely project delivery and project management; Prior experience of managing a team 5+ developers; Drive for innovation and insight into new and old technologies;

Responsibilities

The Engineering Team Lead will manage cross-functional teams to design and deliver complex, scalable products while mentoring team members and fostering personal growth. They are responsible for aligning technical vision with business KPIs and ensuring the highest standards of software quality across the platform.