Company Overview: Yalla Edara is hiring for a client a leading online travel platform in the Middle East that offers a full range of travel solutions, including flight bookings, hotel reservations, holiday packages, visa services, and more. The company is dedicated to innovation, customer satisfaction, and delivering seamless digital travel experiences. Responsibilities: ? Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform. ? Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features. ? Work with external data sources and APIs. ? Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability. ? Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency. ? Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications. ? Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs. ? Maintain code quality, organization, and automation. Requirements: ? Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field. ? Proven experience in iOS development, with a strong portfolio of applications developed. ? Proficient in Swift ? Experience with iOS SDK, Xcode, and related development tools. ? Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle. ? Knowledge of RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services. ? Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. ? Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment. ? Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment. ? Familiarity with version control systems (Git).
Company Overview: Yalla Edara is hiring for a client a leading online travel platform in the Middle East that offers a full range of travel solutions, including flight bookings, hotel reservations, holiday packages, visa services, and more. The company is dedicated to innovation, customer satisfaction, and delivering seamless digital Main Role: o Define technical architecture, resolve complex design issues, and ensure systems are scalable and aligned with business needs. Duties & Responsibilities: 1. Define system architecture for projects 2. Resolve complex technical design challenges 3. Collaborate with PMs on delivery feasibility 4. Ensure scalability, performance, and reliability 5. Provide consulting to Squad Leads and EMs 6. Review code and architecture compliance 7. Document architecture diagrams and standards Technical Skills: 1. Backend/frontend stack expertise (Nodejs, Angular) 2. Expertise in backend/frontend stacks (Nodejs, Angular) 3. Cloud and infrastructure knowledge 4. API, integration, and microservices architecture 5. Security and compliance architecture Soft Skills: 1. Communication skills (Verbal & nonverbal) 2. Problem-Solving Skills 3. Analytical Thinking Skills 4. Decision-Making Skills 5. Leadership Skills Job Inquiry (Academic, Experience, Persona) 1. Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, or equivalent 2. 7-10 years of experience in Software Development/architecture 3. Certification in TOGAF, AWS Architect
Company Overview: Yalla Edara is hiring for a client a leading online travel platform in the Middle East that offers a full range of travel solutions, including flight bookings, hotel reservations, holiday packages, visa services, and more. The company is dedicated to innovation, customer satisfaction, and delivering seamless digital Main Role: o Define technical architecture, resolve complex design issues, and ensure systems are scalable and aligned with business needs. Duties & Responsibilities: 1. Define system architecture for projects 2. Resolve complex technical design challenges 3. Collaborate with PMs on delivery feasibility 4. Ensure scalability, performance, and reliability 5. Provide consulting to Squad Leads and EMs 6. Review code and architecture compliance 7. Document architecture diagrams and standards Technical Skills: 1. Backend/frontend stack expertise (Nodejs, Angular) 2. Expertise in backend/frontend stacks (Nodejs, Angular) 3. Cloud and infrastructure knowledge 4. API, integration, and microservices architecture 5. Security and compliance architecture Soft Skills: 1. Communication skills (Verbal & nonverbal) 2. Problem-Solving Skills 3. Analytical Thinking Skills 4. Decision-Making Skills 5. Leadership Skills Job Inquiry (Academic, Experience, Persona) 1. Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, or equivalent 2. 7-10 years of experience in Software Development/architecture 3. Certification in TOGAF, AWS Architect
📌 Job Description — Product Owner (Hotels) Position: Product Owner – Hotels Type: Full-Time Division: Product Industry: Online Travel Agency (OTA) ________________________________________ 🎯 Role Summary The Product Owner – Hotels is responsible for defining and driving the end-to-end product strategy for the hotel vertical. The role combines product vision, customer experience design, supplier performance optimization, and technical delivery management to build a high-performing, scalable hotel booking ecosystem. This position works closely with engineering, supply, operations, analytics, and UX teams to deliver a seamless Search → Compare → Book → Post-Stay experience for both B2C and B2B channels. ________________________________________ 🔑 Key Responsibilities 1. Product Vision & Strategy • Develop and own the product vision for the hotels vertical, aligned with company goals. • Conduct competitive analysis and market research to identify gaps and product opportunities. • Define value propositions that strengthen the platform’s hotel offering across regions. ________________________________________ 2. Product Roadmap Ownership • Build and maintain the Hotels Roadmap covering Search, Content, Booking, Payments, and Post-Stay workflows. • Prioritize initiatives based on business impact, customer value, and technical feasibility. • Work cross-functionally to ensure roadmap alignment with engineering, supply, finance, and marketing. ________________________________________ 3. Backlog Management & Agile Delivery • Create high-quality User Stories, epics, and clear acceptance criteria. • Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, and sprint review ceremonies. • Monitor delivery progress and remove blockers to ensure timely execution. • Continuously refine priorities based on performance insights and stakeholder feedback. ________________________________________ 4. User Experience & Customer Journey • Enhance the end-to-end hotel booking journey across web and app. • Improve filtering, ranking, room selection, comparison, and checkout flows. • Drive A/B testing, funnel analysis, and behavior tracking (heatmaps, CTR patterns). • Promote a user-centric culture through evidence-based decision making. ________________________________________ 5. Supplier Integrations & Performance Optimization • Manage and improve integrations with suppliers such as Juniper, Travolutionary, Expedia, and others. • Optimize: o Response time & timeout recovery o Availability ratios o Error rates & resiliency o Feed consistency across POS • Lead initiatives including Pay@Property, Dynamic VCC, Image Standardization, and Room Content enhancements. • Collaborate with suppliers to troubleshoot recurring issues and improve SLA adherence. ________________________________________ 6. Pricing, Content & Mapping Quality • Ensure accuracy of hotel content (images, room descriptions, amenities). • Identify and resolve pricing anomalies and parity issues. • Improve mapping quality across multiple supplier feeds to minimize duplicates and mismatches. • Enhance ranking and sorting algorithms for better relevance and conversion. ________________________________________ 7. Data Analysis & KPI-Driven Decisions • Own and track key funnel metrics from Search → Select → Book. • Analyze partner and system dashboards to detect performance anomalies. • Translate insights into actionable product improvements backed by data. • Craft monthly performance reports for senior leadership. ________________________________________ 8. Post-Booking and Operational Efficiency • Improve post-booking journeys including modifications, cancellations, and refunds. • Reduce error-prone scenarios caused by content mismatches or supplier behavior. • Collaborate with support and operations teams to address recurring customer issues. ________________________________________ 🧩 Skills & Experience Requirements • 5–7 years of experience in OTA, hospitality tech, or related e-commerce product roles. • Deep understanding of supplier integrations, mapping logic, pricing models, and content architecture. • Hands-on experience with XML/REST APIs, caching strategies, CDNs, and performance optimization. • Strong background in Agile/Scrum methodologies and backlog management. • Proficiency in data analytics (Looker, Tableau, Excel). • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. • Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, supply, finance, UX, and operations teams. ________________________________________ 📊 Key Success Metrics • Hotel Conversion Rate (Search → Book) • Average Response Time Distribution (0–1s, 1–2s, >2s) • Mapping Accuracy & Feed Stability % • Average Order Value (AOV) YoY growth • Supplier Timeout & Error Recovery % • Cancellation Ratio & Refund Turnaround Time • Pay@Property success rate & VCC utilization • Supplier contribution & availability rates ________________________________________ 🚀 Strategic Impact The Product Owner – Hotels plays a critical role in transforming the platform’s hotel business into a high-performance, data-driven distribution ecosystem. By enhancing customer experience, supplier reliability, and platform scalability, the role directly contributes to achieving regional leadership in hotel bookings and sustainable revenue growth.
📌 Job Description — Product Owner (Hotels) Position: Product Owner – Hotels Type: Full-Time Division: Product Industry: Online Travel Agency (OTA) ________________________________________ 🎯 Role Summary The Product Owner – Hotels is responsible for defining and driving the end-to-end product strategy for the hotel vertical. The role combines product vision, customer experience design, supplier performance optimization, and technical delivery management to build a high-performing, scalable hotel booking ecosystem. This position works closely with engineering, supply, operations, analytics, and UX teams to deliver a seamless Search → Compare → Book → Post-Stay experience for both B2C and B2B channels. ________________________________________ 🔑 Key Responsibilities 1. Product Vision & Strategy • Develop and own the product vision for the hotels vertical, aligned with company goals. • Conduct competitive analysis and market research to identify gaps and product opportunities. • Define value propositions that strengthen the platform’s hotel offering across regions. ________________________________________ 2. Product Roadmap Ownership • Build and maintain the Hotels Roadmap covering Search, Content, Booking, Payments, and Post-Stay workflows. • Prioritize initiatives based on business impact, customer value, and technical feasibility. • Work cross-functionally to ensure roadmap alignment with engineering, supply, finance, and marketing. ________________________________________ 3. Backlog Management & Agile Delivery • Create high-quality User Stories, epics, and clear acceptance criteria. • Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, and sprint review ceremonies. • Monitor delivery progress and remove blockers to ensure timely execution. • Continuously refine priorities based on performance insights and stakeholder feedback. ________________________________________ 4. User Experience & Customer Journey • Enhance the end-to-end hotel booking journey across web and app. • Improve filtering, ranking, room selection, comparison, and checkout flows. • Drive A/B testing, funnel analysis, and behavior tracking (heatmaps, CTR patterns). • Promote a user-centric culture through evidence-based decision making. ________________________________________ 5. Supplier Integrations & Performance Optimization • Manage and improve integrations with suppliers such as Juniper, Travolutionary, Expedia, and others. • Optimize: o Response time & timeout recovery o Availability ratios o Error rates & resiliency o Feed consistency across POS • Lead initiatives including Pay@Property, Dynamic VCC, Image Standardization, and Room Content enhancements. • Collaborate with suppliers to troubleshoot recurring issues and improve SLA adherence. ________________________________________ 6. Pricing, Content & Mapping Quality • Ensure accuracy of hotel content (images, room descriptions, amenities). • Identify and resolve pricing anomalies and parity issues. • Improve mapping quality across multiple supplier feeds to minimize duplicates and mismatches. • Enhance ranking and sorting algorithms for better relevance and conversion. ________________________________________ 7. Data Analysis & KPI-Driven Decisions • Own and track key funnel metrics from Search → Select → Book. • Analyze partner and system dashboards to detect performance anomalies. • Translate insights into actionable product improvements backed by data. • Craft monthly performance reports for senior leadership. ________________________________________ 8. Post-Booking and Operational Efficiency • Improve post-booking journeys including modifications, cancellations, and refunds. • Reduce error-prone scenarios caused by content mismatches or supplier behavior. • Collaborate with support and operations teams to address recurring customer issues. ________________________________________ 🧩 Skills & Experience Requirements • 5–7 years of experience in OTA, hospitality tech, or related e-commerce product roles. • Deep understanding of supplier integrations, mapping logic, pricing models, and content architecture. • Hands-on experience with XML/REST APIs, caching strategies, CDNs, and performance optimization. • Strong background in Agile/Scrum methodologies and backlog management. • Proficiency in data analytics (Looker, Tableau, Excel). • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. • Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, supply, finance, UX, and operations teams.
📌 Job Description — Product Owner (Flights) Position Title: Product Owner – Flights Type: Full-Time Division: Product Industry: Online Travel / OTA / Travel Technology ________________________________________ 🎯 Role Summary The Product Owner – Flights is responsible for defining and delivering the end-to-end product strategy for the Flights vertical. The role includes managing airline and GDS integrations, improving search and pricing performance, ensuring high availability and accuracy, and optimizing the booking and post-ticketing experience across all customer segments (B2C and B2B). The Flights PO works closely with engineers, OTA operations, GDS teams, NDC providers, airlines, payments, and customer support to deliver a seamless, reliable, and high-performing flight booking experience. ________________________________________ 🔑 Key Responsibilities 1. Product Vision & Strategy • Own the product vision for the flights vertical aligned with the company’s travel strategy. • Conduct airline market and competitor analysis (pricing, features, ancillaries, UX patterns). • Identify opportunities to expand airline content sources (GDS, NDC, LCC, consolidators). • Define long-term direction for search accuracy, performance, ancillaries, and yield optimization. ________________________________________ 2. Product Roadmap & Backlog Management • Build and manage the Flights Roadmap across Search, Availability, Fares, Ancillaries, Booking, Ticketing, Post-Ticketing, and Operations. • Prioritize based on business value, operational impact, and technical complexity. • Create detailed User Stories, epics, and acceptance criteria. • Lead grooming, sprint planning, and sprint review sessions with engineering teams. ________________________________________ 3. Flights Search & Pricing Performance • Oversee implementation and optimization of search performance (response times, caching, routing logic). • Enhance fare accuracy, tax calculations, and re-pricing workflows. • Monitor fare mapping, de-duplication, and merging logic across multiple suppliers. • Improve ranking/sorting algorithms for relevance and conversion. ________________________________________ 4. Airline, GDS, & NDC Integrations • Manage integrations with GDSs (Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport), NDC APIs, and LCCs (e.g., Air Arabia, Jazeera, Flynas). • Ensure high accuracy of availability, schedule changes, and ancillaries. • Collaborate closely with airline partners to optimize SLAs, reduce errors, and enhance data quality. • Troubleshoot system issues, inconsistencies, and supplier outages. ________________________________________ 5. Booking, Payment, and Ticketing Workflows • Own all booking workflows including fare family selection, passenger details, SSR/OSI, seat selection, baggage, meals, and ancillaries. • Improve payment performance, fraud checks, and 3DS flows for flight transactions. • Enhance auto-ticketing, queue management, and PNR synchronisation across systems. • Monitor ticketing success rate, voiding flows, exchanges, and refund processes. ________________________________________ 6. Post-Ticketing Experience (Operations + Customer Care) • Improve processes for schedule changes, disruption management (IRROPS), re-accommodation, cancellations, refunds, and exchanges. • Reduce operational load by enhancing automation and workflow tools. • Collaborate with support teams to identify pain points and resolve root causes. ________________________________________ 7. Data-Driven Decisions & KPI Monitoring • Own the Flights Funnel: Search → Select → Book → Ticketed. • Track and improve: o Search response time & timeout ratio o Pricing accuracy & ADMs prevention o Ticketing success rate o Ancillaries adoption & attach rate o Availability accuracy across POS o Payment success rate for flight bookings • Use analytics dashboards to identify issues, test hypotheses, and define corrective actions. ________________________________________ 8. Cross-Functional Collaboration • Work with Supply/Commercial teams on airline relationships, incentives, and distribution priorities. • Partner with Finance on yield, markups, margins, and settlement issues. • Coordinate with Marketing to improve conversion and landing pages. • Work with UX on flows for search results, fare families, seat maps, ancillaries, and checkout. ________________________________________ 🧩 Skills & Experience Requirements • 5–7 years experience in OTA, airline tech, GDS/NDC systems, or e-commerce product roles. • Strong knowledge of GDS (Amadeus/Sabre/Travelport), NDC architecture, LCC APIs, and aviation fare concepts (RBDs, fare families, ATPCO rules). • Understanding of PNRs, ticketing, queues, void/reissue/refund processes. • Experience with XML/REST APIs, caching, response-time optimization, and supplier performance management. • Strong analytical abilities with experience using analytics tools (Looker, Tableau, GA). • Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills. • Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum and backlog ownership. ________________________________________ 📊 Success Metrics (KPIs) • Search → Book → Ticketed conversion rate • Search response time & timeout ratio • Fare accuracy & re-pricing success rate • Ticketing success % • Schedule change handling efficiency • Ancillaries attach rate • Cancellation/Refund turnaround time • Supplier availability & error rates • Payment success rate for flights ________________________________________ 🚀 Strategic Impact The Product Owner – Flights plays a central role in building a scalable and competitive flight distribution platform. By improving reliability, accuracy, and customer experience, the role directly strengthens revenue growth, airline partnerships, and the company’s position as a leading travel marketplace in the region.