Company Overview

Yakeey is a fast‑growing PropTech company headquartered in Casablanca, Morocco.  Our mission is to simplify and accelerate real‑estate transactions by connecting buyers, sellers, renters and agents through a single digital platform.  We operate a multi‑product portfolio—including a property marketplace, a credit application and processing platform and a valuation tool—built on a modern micro‑services architecture (Java/Spring Boot, Next.js, AWS, Kubernetes) and enriched with data and AI components.

Role Summary

As a Technical Lead, you will guide a team of approximately four developers to deliver high‑quality features aligned with Yakeey’s product roadmap and architectural guidelines.  Working closely with product managers and architects, you will translate requirements into technical tasks, oversee implementation, and ensure that solutions adhere to our micro‑services architecture, coding standards and best practices.  You will balance hands‑on development with mentoring and coordination responsibilities, helping your team excel while delivering value to our users.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a development team of ~4 engineers in delivering product features on time and to specification.

• Translate product requirements and architectural designs into actionable tasks, ensuring clarity and feasibility for your team.

• Architect and review solutions within your scope, ensuring alignment with our overall platform architecture and design principles.

• Participate in hands‑on development, contributing to codebase quality and demonstrating best practices in Java/Spring Boot and related technologies.

• Mentor and support team members, providing guidance on technical challenges, code quality, testing and professional growth.

• Collaborate with product managers, architects and cross‑functional teams to refine requirements, anticipate dependencies and plan releases.

• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance development processes, CI/CD pipelines, testing and documentation.

• Monitor progress and address obstacles, ensuring your team remains focused, productive and aligned with project goals.

• Curiosity for next‑generation AI technologies – Demonstrated interest in or experience with intelligent agents, large language models (LLMs), Model Context Protocol (MCP) and retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) architectures.  A “geek” mindset that enjoys exploring and experimenting with emerging AI tools and applying them in practical scenarios.

• 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.

The recruitment process at Yakeey:

• A first conversation with the HR team to get to know you better and introduce you to our project

• A test or a practical case study related to the position

• A role-specific interview with your future manager

• A final meeting with top management (if needed)

If everything is approved: we send you an offer, and off we go!

🎉 On your first day, the HR team will welcome you and immerse you in the Yakeey universe: our mission, our challenges, and our tools. Then you’ll join your team for a tailored onboarding experience.

Why join Yakeey ?

As a Technical Lead at Yakeey, you will have the opportunity to shape and deliver features that drive our one‑stop‑shop experience while honing your leadership skills.  You’ll work with a modern technology stack, collaborate with experts across architecture, data and AI, and play a key role in our mission to transform real‑estate transactions.  If you’re a strong developer ready to lead and inspire a team, we’d love to hear from you.