Property Finder is the leading digital real estate platform in the Middle East and North Africa region. A UAE-born startup, Property Finder expanded its operations to Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt over the years. Recently, it acquired a significant stake in Zingat in Turkey. The company is one of the largest technology start-ups in the region and on a journey to becoming a Unicorn. We are aspiring to create a lighthouse technology company which will have a lasting impact in the entire tech ecosystem in our geography.

Position Summary

• You will have to relocate to Dubai for that role (assisted).

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Frontend Developer to join our team in Dubai. The successful candidate will have a strong background in building scalable frontend applications and a thorough understanding of TypeScript, React Native and BDD frameworks. We are particularly interested in finding candidates with experience of working with React Native for Web.

In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing new features, maintaining and improving existing applications, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software. You will also be responsible for building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable deployment of software releases.

Key Responsibilities

Brainstorm with Product Managers, Designers and Frontend Engineers to conceptualize and build new features for the applications

Produce high-quality results by leading or contributing heavily to large cross-functional projects that have a significant impact on the business

Actively own features, systems or parts of the projects and define their long-term health, while also improving the health of surrounding structures

Developing front-end website architecture

Designing user interactions on web pages

Mentor and guide other more junior engineers

Taking an active part in improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes

The Person

Experience Required:

Candidates must have prior experience in developing commercial applications using React Native. Familiarity with React Native for web development is strongly preferred.

Additionally, candidates with leadership experience as an engineering lead are highly desirable.

Desired Qualifications

Strong knowledge of modern JavaScript (ES5, ES6 & TypeScript)

Advanced OOP knowledge (Object Oriented Programming)

Ability to architect solutions outside of a framework

Expert knowledge of React is a must

Expert knowledge of HTML, CSS & JavaScript is a must

Exposure to Design patterns & Software Architecture

Have a good experience in backend technology like NodeJS

Ability to learn & apply company coding standards & processes

You write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability

Experience in CSS architecture patterns (BEM, CSS Modules etc.)

Experience in cloud platforms AWS, is a plus

Experience with Agile/Scrum is needed

Good Computer Science (or similar) education

Experience in working with Docker or other containerization technologies in a CI/CD environment

Debugging skills

Property Finder Principles

Move fast and make things

Data beats opinions

Don’t confuse motion with progress

Failure is success if we learn from it

People over pixels