Jaydeep Saini
Senior DevOps Engineer at Property Finder
How Property Finder Scaled Terraform Management with Terrateam
MENA's leading real estate platform transformed its infrastructure workflows, enabling safe multi-workspace deployments and automated drift detection for its growing engineering team.
About Property Finder
Property Finder is a pioneering property portal in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, dedicated to shaping an inclusive future for real estate while spearheading the region's growing tech ecosystem. At its core is a clear and powerful purpose: To change living for good in the region. Founded on the value of great ambitions, Property Finder connects millions of property seekers with thousands of real estate professionals every day.
The platform offers a seamless and enriching experience, empowering both buyers and renters to make informed decisions.
Since its inception in 2007, Property Finder has evolved into a trusted partner for developers, brokers, and home seekers. As a lighthouse tech company, it continues to create an environment where people can thrive and contribute meaningfully to the transformation of real estate in MENA.
Multi-Workspace Magic
Plan and apply across development, staging, production, and DR environments in one pull request
4 workspaces, 1 command
Automated Drift Detection
Automatic GitHub issues and Slack notifications for infrastructure drift
2 lines of config
Cost Visibility
Pre-deployment cost analysis integrated directly into pull request reviews
Zero additional cost
The Challenge
As Property Finder is rapidly expanding, with over 100 engineers working across multiple AWS accounts, their manual Terraform workflow needed updating.
Key Pain Points
- Manual terraform plan/apply on local terminals
- Backwards workflow: apply first, PR later
- Complex multi-workspace, multi-account architecture
"Like many teams, we were applying changes directly from our terminals and documenting them afterwards. We needed a GitOps workflow where everything goes through pull requests first."
Why Terrateam
Property Finder was immediately impressed by Terrateam's elegant handling of complex workspace scenarios and minimal setup requirements.
Key Benefits
- Multi-workspace plan & apply in one PR
- Cost visibility with zero setup cost
- Automated drift detection with alerts
"The setup was incredibly simple and the results were amazing. We could see and control all our workspaces at once - it completely transformed how we work."
Property Finder's Infrastructure at Scale
Managing complexity across a modern multi-account AWS architecture
Landing Zone Architecture
Modern multi-account setup with isolated environments for dev, staging, production, and disaster recovery
Purpose-Built Repos
12 specialized infrastructure repositories, each handling specific domains like networking or compute
Complex Workspaces
4 workspaces per repo with separate backends, buckets, and accounts - all managed through Terrateam
The Results
Property Finder further strengthened its operational excellence with automated workflows and proactive infrastructure management.
- Manual terminal-based deployments
- Apply first, document later workflow
- No drift detection or cost visibility
- GitOps workflow with PR-based changes
- Multi-workspace automation
- Proactive drift and cost management
"The product is amazing. It requires minimum effort to set up. Drift detection works like a charm - it creates GitHub issues and issues notifications on Slack. The cost calculator blew my mind - just two lines to enable, no cost involved."
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