Manager Engineering
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Date posted
November 13, 2026
Hiring location
Dubai
Career level
Senior
Gender
Any
Description
Job Overview
The Mobile Engineering Manager leads a team developing talabat’s iOS and Android customer experience. The team works on customer-facing journeys such as discovery, ordering, real-time delivery tracking and payments. This is a hands-on leadership position: the manager remains close to the codebase, makes architectural decisions, removes delivery obstacles and maintains quality while partnering with product, design, backend and platform teams.
The role involves regular coordination with colleagues and stakeholders to keep work organised and aligned with business priorities. Clear communication, accurate records and practical follow-up are important for maintaining consistent results.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a mobile engineering team through planning, development and release of customer-facing iOS and Android features.
- Own mobile release quality by setting testing practices and monitoring crashes, performance and release cadence.
- Work with product managers and designers to balance user value, technical feasibility and delivery priorities.
- Guide decisions on modular architecture, dependency injection, reactive patterns and navigation structure.
- Coach engineers through regular one-to-one conversations, pairing sessions and career-development planning.
- Manage dependencies with backend, platform and infrastructure teams and improve mobile engineering standards.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Experience leading mobile engineers and working with iOS and Android products.
- Ability to make sound architectural decisions while remaining close to technical implementation.
- Understanding of testing, test-driven development, pair programming and continuous delivery.
- Experience coaching engineers and coordinating work across product and engineering functions.
- Focus on application quality, crash rates, performance and a consistent release process.
Skills
Mobile engineering, iOS, Android, architecture, modularisation, dependency injection, TDD, testing, continuous delivery, team leadership.
Employment Details
- Employer: talabat
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Function: Mobile Engineering
Working Approach
Regular follow-up supports consistent results.
Skills
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