About the Job
As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our next generation ordering platform, enhancing the ordering experience for our customers. This position is ideal for a creative problem solver who thrives in an international workplace and is eager for new challenges.
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Core Responsibilities:
- Lead and inspire a talented engineering team within an agile software development environment, fostering a self-organized and cross-functional culture.
- Mentor and develop engineering talent through effective coaching and retention strategies in a rapidly growing and competitive landscape.
- Guide the team in creating comprehensive software solutions that address both functional and non-functional requirements such as availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency, following internal engineering standards.
- Oversee discovery, planning, and execution processes to deliver customer value in small, incremental batches.
- Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and drive desired outcomes for your team and domain.
- Contribute to the broader technology organization by leading strategic initiatives.
What You Need to Be Successful:
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 4 years in hands-on technical leadership and people management.
- Proven experience in building and leading empowered, cross-functional, self-organized teams of multidisciplinary engineers.
- Ability to align with other teams on initiative scope, analyze potential delays, and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
- Strong experience in developing large-scale applications with modern programming languages (e.g., C#, Java, Go).
- Knowledge of various technology stacks, tools, and practices, including DevOps.
- Proficiency in designing, implementing, monitoring, and scaling web applications and APIs.
- Experience in developing iOS and Android mobile applications.
- Familiarity with agile practices and a solid understanding of lean/agile values and principles.
- Background in unit testing, TDD, and BDD/ATDD.
- Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and building applications using distributed systems (Microservices, Event-Driven, SOA, and RESTful Services).
- Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDB).
- Experience with CI/CD tools and techniques while ensuring quality, performance, monitoring, alerting, and security.
Who We Are
As the leading local tech organization in the MENA region, we have proudly served millions of customers for 18 years. Founded in Kuwait in 2004 and acquired by Delivery Hero in 2015, we combine local expertise with global resources. We deliver across 9 countries with over 4,500 employees, collaborating with more than 27,000 brands and nearly 50,000 branches. Our innovative concepts, such as talabat mart, allow us to deliver groceries within 30 minutes across multiple countries.
What's in It for You:
- A dynamic and innovative work environment where boundaries of the role are minimized.
- The opportunity to build one of the fastest-growing networks of online food ordering services.
- Collaboration with diverse teams from over 50 nationalities.
- Company events, hackathons, cultural outings, and sports events.
- Comprehensive healthcare, a relocation package, and competitive remuneration.
