Technical Lead: Build Scalable, High-Impact Platforms

webook.com; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

webook.com, Saudi Arabia's leading event ticketing and experience platform, seeks an accomplished software engineering lead. You will own system design, drive scalable back-end solutions, and mentor engineers to deliver high-availability services.

The role requires strong Laravel/PHP expertise, testing discipline, and experience with cloud infra. You will collaborate with product, design, and operations to maintain performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science.
• 3–5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering high-traffic, mission-critical platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Laravel/PHP backend systems and testing practices.
• Familiarity with AWS/GCP, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized deployments.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical leader for the squad, owning system design and engineering standards.
• Lead scalable, reliable backend solutions and contribute hands-on when needed.
• Review code, guide architectural decisions, and ensure testing/documentation quality.
• Mentor engineers, foster ownership and continuous improvement.
• Own end-to-end execution from planning to production and collaborate with Product/Design.

Skills

Laravel/PHP

Testing & observability

Fluent English

Agile methodology

AWS/GCP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Containerized deployments

SQL/NoSQL

Caching & concurrency

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

webook.com, Saudi Arabia's leading event ticketing and experience platform, seeks an accomplished software engineering lead. You will own system design, drive scalable back-end solutions, and mentor engineers to deliver high-availability services.

The role requires strong Laravel/PHP expertise, testing discipline, and experience with cloud infra. You will collaborate with product, design, and operations to maintain performance and reliability.