About the Job:
Talabat is the leading online food and groceries ordering platform in MENA, operating in 9 countries across the region. Founded in 2004 by a small group of entrepreneurs in Kuwait, Talabat has become the largest and most popular food ordering app with over 2,000 employees and millions of users. We deliver hundreds of thousands of orders every day and are part of the Delivery Hero network, which builds the next generation of online delivery platforms globally.
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Engineering Culture:
Talabat fosters an engineering culture based on eXtreme Programming (XP), Domain-Driven Design, Lean, and Continuous Delivery. We believe quality enables speed, allowing us to co-create through Pair and Mob programming. Our engineers are encouraged to understand our product and business to innovate and deliver more value to our customers.
Role Summary:
- Collaborate with team counterparts (product, design, data) to understand customer needs and develop strategies to drive desired outcomes.
- Lead, inspire, and empower a talented group of engineers to innovate and own end-to-end complex software solutions.
- Mentor and develop engineering talent through effective coaching and retention strategies.
- Guide team members in software creation to deliver value in small batches, ensuring compliance with non-functional requirements such as availability and scalability.
- Lead efforts in discovery, planning, and execution to deliver value to customers.
- Contribute to the wider tech organization by leading strategic initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Experience with a strong product sense and empathy to build relationships (Stakeholder & Dependency Management).
- Ability to balance continuous product discovery and delivery.
- Proficiency in mentoring and coaching engineers to enable knowledge transfer.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging stakeholders.
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, preferably within an Extreme Programming environment.
- 4+ years of hands-on technical leadership and people management experience.
- Familiarity with Distributed Systems Architecture and cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
- Understanding of lean/agile values and practices.
- Proficient in automated testing with a focus on quality.
Location:
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Work Conditions:
On-site, Full-time
Language Requirements:
Not specified.
