Co-Founder & Technology & Product

Sanabil Studio is a venture builder that blends industry expertise, technology, and startup know-how to turn bold ideas into real businesses. We take concepts from zero to launch, and when a venture proves its potential, we back it with seed funding and hands-on support to help it scale.

We believe the Saudi auto-parts trade is held back by a liquidity gap: garages struggle to get the right parts fast and on fair terms, while suppliers won't carry the payment risk. Whoever closes that gap wins the market. We are a B2B marketplace that supplies large garages in Riyadh with spare parts from vetted wholesalers, owning the ordering, delivery and, critically, the payments. We give garages workable terms and pay suppliers, carrying the collection risk no one else will. We are the founding team building this venture from concept to a licensed, scaling business, starting with a Riyadh pilot

We are looking for a Co-Founder - Technology & Product to own the product and the data platform and, if this is the venture's chosen moat, its long-term defensibility. You will build the professional ordering platform and the data layer (orders, payments, inventory, demand) that powers pricing, credit decisions, and, in time, an ERP-style position inside the workshop. You will build tech from zero and lead engineering and product alongside the venture's PM.

THE ROLE:What you'll own here.

• Own the product and technology end-to-end: a professional web ordering platform and the data layer behind it.

• Build the most critical features first: ship fast for the pilot, then harden and scale.

• Own the data and underwriting infrastructure: the data that powers pricing, credit decisions and reporting (the moat).

• Own integrations: supplier inventory/pricing, payments/collections, and (later) insurer and ERP integrations.

• Build and lead the engineering and product team, and own architecture, security, and data governance (PDPL).

THE PROFILE: You're probably a fit if…

• You have 8+ years building B2B, marketplace, or fintech products, as a technical co-founder or senior engineering leader.

• You have personally built and launched a marketplace, B2B commerce, or fintech platform from 0 to 1 (a verifiable track record).

• You deeply understand marketplace and payments/credit data flows and can build the data/underwriting layer.

• You have led an engineering team and owned architecture decisions.

• You communicate clearly with the CEO, the finance/credit lead, and the PM.

• You are fluent in English (Arabic a plus) and based in Riyadh or willing to relocate.

Bonus: KSA/GCC market experience; ZATCA e-invoicing; embedded-finance / BNPL integrations; ERP or workshop-management-system experience.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE: Within the first 12 months, you'll...

• Have a live platform used for 100% of orders, with all data captured in a single source of truth.

• Have a data layer powering pricing and credit decisions, not just transactions.

• Have shipped the core supplier and payment integrations reliably.

• Have a scalable, secure, PDPL-compliant architecture and a hired product and engineering team.

• Be recognised as someone who ships fast without breaking trust across the team.

WHAT THE VENTURE PROVIDES:

• Validated thesis, financial model and market sizing: a de-risked concept with the commercial playbook.

• Pre-seed capital to build and prove the model, with follow-on support when it works.

• Operational backbone: legal, finance, hiring, and governance.

• Hands-on studio support: a venture team working alongside you from day one.