Loyalty and rewards marketplace connecting merchants with consumers across MENA
the ENTERTAINER operates a two-sided marketplace: a B2C app offering 2-for-1 dining and entertainment deals across 10,000+ merchants, and a B2B white-label loyalty platform for enterprises. The tech stack spans AWS and Azure infrastructure with event-driven services (Lambda, EventBridge, SQS/SNS), CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD), and a heavy emphasis on Linux-based compute — indicating distributed microservices architecture. Hiring is heavily skewed toward sales (7 roles) with minimal engineering and data hiring, suggesting the company is scaling merchant acquisition and retention through commercial teams rather than product innovation.
the ENTERTAINER is a Dubai-based loyalty and incentives platform founded in 2001, with a dual business model. The consumer-facing app aggregates 2-for-1 offers across dining, entertainment, beauty, hotels, and leisure categories, operating in nine countries and territories (UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, KSA, Kuwait, Egypt, Singapore). The B2B business arm licenses customizable, white-label loyalty platforms to 250+ enterprise partners globally, enabling them to build employee and customer rewards programs. Core operations include merchant network management, campaign execution, and app platform delivery across cloud infrastructure.
the ENTERTAINER operates location-specific products in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Riyadh, Jeddah, Eastern Province (KSA), Kuwait, Egypt, and Singapore. The company also hires in UAE, South Africa, and Pakistan.
AWS and Azure cloud platforms with event-driven microservices (Lambda, EventBridge, SQS/SNS, Azure Functions). Infrastructure includes auto-scaling, load balancing, and CI/CD via Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI/CD. Ubuntu, CentOS, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for compute.
Over 10,000 merchants globally in the B2C app, and more than 250 enterprise partners using the B2B white-label loyalty platform.
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