Principal Software Engineer | Dubai

As a Principal Engineer in BPX, you are the technical authority for our B2B platform: the systems, APIs, and experiences that real estate agencies and agents rely on every day to run their business.

You will:

• Set the technical direction for core B2B domains (listings lifecycle, integrations, onboarding, billing, lead & performance tools, etc.).

• Own the architecture of mission-critical, high-scale systems serving thousands of real estate professionals and powering millions of listings and consumer experiences.

• Drive the evolution of our Enterprise APIs and integrations that connect Property Finder with agency CRMs and the wider real estate ecosystem.

• Influence and align multiple teams and leaders across Engineering, Product, and Commercial to deliver durable, scalable solutions.

You are an individual contributor, but your impact is org-level: you lead through influence, clarity of thinking, and technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Strategy & Architecture for BPX
    

   • Define and own the long-term technical vision for BPX s core domains:

     • B2B listing management & quality

     • Agency & agent account lifecycle

     • Enterprise APIs for CRM and system integrations

     • Partner onboarding, contracts, and monetization flows

     • Agent productivity and performance tooling

   • Design and evolve scalable, resilient, multi-tenant systems that support multiple markets, products, and business models across MENA.

   • Ensure our Enterprise APIs are robust, well-designed, and a pleasure to integrate with: versioning strategy, backward compatibility, documentation standards, and observability.

   • Proactively identify architectural risks (scalability limits, data model complexity, tight coupling between B2B and B2C systems, etc.) and define strategies to address them before they become constraints.

2. Engineering Excellence & Operational Health
    

   • Champion engineering standards for BPX: code quality, testing, observability, security, and performance across multiple teams.

   • Act as the escalation point for complex production issues in mission-critical flows (listings ingestion, CRM syncs, lead delivery, agency billing, etc.).

   • Drive improvements in SLOs/SLAs, reliability, and incident response for B2B systems ensuring that our partners can trust Property Finder for their daily operations.

   • Introduce and scale platform capabilities (shared libraries, services, patterns) that make it easier and faster for teams to build consistent, reliable features.

3. Leadership & Mentorship
    

   • Mentor Senior, Staff, and upcoming Principal-level Engineers, helping them grow in system design, architectural thinking, and strategic impact.

   • Coach Engineering Managers on technical decision-making, trade-offs, and long-term platform thinking.

   • Raise the bar in hiring by participating in interviews, bar-raising panels, and leveling discussions and by contributing to the evolution of our engineering career framework.

4. Cross-Functional & Cross-Org Impact
    

   • Partner with Product, Commercial, and Operations leaders to shape roadmaps that balance innovation, partner needs, and technical sustainability.

   • Translate ambiguous business and ecosystem problems into clear technical strategies and executable plans.

   • Align multiple squads and workstreams across BPX (and beyond) on shared patterns for:

     • Data models (agencies, agents, listings, contracts, packages)

     • Integrations (Enterprise API, data sync, webhooks, event-driven flows)

     • Cross-cutting concerns (auth, permissions, rate-limiting, auditability)

   • Represent BPX in company-wide architectural forums, ensuring our B2B platform integrates cleanly with consumer experiences, data platforms, and AI/ML initiatives.

5. Ecosystem & Innovation
    

   • Keep a sharp eye on the real estate and proptech ecosystem CRMs, portals, aggregators, and tools and identify opportunities to deepen our platform role.

   • Partner with Data & AI teams to embed intelligence into the BPX stack: smarter pricing, lead scoring, performance insights, agent coaching signals, etc.

   • Contribute to the external engineering brand of Property Finder (e.g., talks, blogs, OSS contributions) where appropriate.