Head of Engineering

Do you want to love what you do at work? Do you want to make a difference, an impact, transform peoples lives? Do you want to work with a team that believes in disrupting the normal, boring, and average? If yes, then this is the job you're looking for ,webook.com is Saudi's #1 event ticketing and experience booking platforms in terms of technology, features, agility, revenue serving some of the largest mega events in the Kingdom surpassing over 2 billion sales. Key Responsibilities & Technical Focus Areas Leadership & Team Enablement - 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. Technical Oversight & Strategy - 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. Operational Excellence - 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. - Act as a point of escalation for complex operational or technical challenges. - Leverage AI to uncover opportunities that improve product experiences, streamline operations, and enhance team productivity. Key Skills - 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. Requirements - 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. - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - Experience contributing to open-source projects or technical thought leadership is a plus.