# Head of Engineering

> webook.com · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Full-time · Posted 2026-02-26

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Technology

## Description

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](http://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.

## Apply

[Apply at webook.com](https://apply.workable.com/webook/j/499610643E/apply)

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