Yakeey is a dynamic PropTech startup headquartered in Casablanca, Morocco, dedicated to simplifying real‑estate transactions through a unified digital platform. The company offers a multi‑product portfolio, including a property marketplace, a credit application and processing platform, and a valuation tool, all powered by a modern data architecture that supports analytics, reporting, and AI‑driven services.

As a Technical Lead, you will be responsible for guiding a team of approximately four developers to deliver high‑quality features aligned with Yakeey’s product roadmap and architectural guidelines. Your role will involve translating product requirements and architectural designs into actionable tasks, ensuring clarity and feasibility for your team. You will architect and review solutions within your scope, ensuring alignment with the overall platform architecture and design principles.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and coordinating a development team of ~4 engineers to deliver product features on time and to specification.
• Translating product requirements and architectural designs into actionable tasks, ensuring clarity and feasibility for your team.
• Architecting and reviewing solutions within your scope, ensuring alignment with the overall platform architecture and design principles.
• Participating in hands‑on development, contributing to codebase quality and demonstrating best practices in Java/Spring Boot and related technologies.
• Mentoring and supporting team members, providing guidance on technical challenges, code quality, testing, and professional growth.
• Collaborating with product managers, architects, and cross‑functional teams to refine requirements, anticipate dependencies, and plan releases.
• Driving continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance development processes, CI/CD pipelines, testing, and documentation.
• Monitoring progress and addressing obstacles, ensuring your team remains focused, productive, and aligned with project goals.

Your qualifications should include:

• Curiosity for next‑generation AI technologies – demonstrated interest or experience with intelligent agents, large language models (LLMs), Model Context Protocol (MCP), and retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) architectures.
• Solid software development experience, with a strong background in backend engineering (Java, Spring Boot) and familiarity with front‑end frameworks such as React/Next.js.
• Previous experience leading a small development team or acting as a technical mentor.
• Solid understanding of micro‑services architecture, RESTful API design, and cloud platforms (AWS); experience with Kubernetes and Terraform is a plus.
• Ability to interpret architecture and design documents and translate them into implementation plans.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with engineers, product managers, and architects.
• Commitment to quality, including writing clean, maintainable code and promoting best practices in testing and code review.
• Experience in fintech, proptech, or other regulated domains is advantageous; proficiency in French or Arabic is a plus.

Benefits include the opportunity to shape and deliver features that drive Yakeey’s one‑stop‑shop experience while honing your leadership skills. You will work with a modern technology stack, collaborate with experts across architecture, data, and AI, and play a key role in transforming real‑estate transactions.

The recruitment process involves CV pre‑screening, an AI interview, a conversation with the HR team, a practical case study, a role‑specific interview with your future manager, and a final meeting with top management if needed.