Engineering Manager
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Date posted
November 13, 2026
Hiring location
Dubai
Career level
Senior
Gender
Any
Description
Job Overview
The Engineering Manager leads a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for building and operating software products. The role works closely with product, design and data colleagues to understand customer needs, establish priorities and deliver complete solutions. It emphasizes strong engineering practices, team empowerment and continuous improvement, while ensuring that services meet expectations for availability, scalability, latency and efficiency.
The engineering team values product awareness, small releases, automated quality checks and continuous learning. Team members are expected to take responsibility for the services they change and to work constructively with colleagues who understand the customer and operational context.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead engineers through product discovery, technical planning, implementation, deployment and ongoing service ownership.
- Translate customer and business needs into an engineering strategy and practical delivery priorities.
- Create an environment where engineers can organize their work, share ideas and take responsibility for outcomes.
- Coach team members through mentoring, feedback, development planning and effective technical discussions.
- Balance product discovery with delivery while protecting reliability, scalability, latency and service efficiency.
- Promote small, frequent releases and practices that improve quality, collaboration and feedback across the team.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Experience leading or developing cross-functional software engineering teams.
- Strong product sense and the ability to identify opportunities that create meaningful customer impact.
- Understanding of modern software delivery, testing and engineering quality practices.
- Ability to guide teams through technical decisions involving reliability, scalability and performance.
- Clear communication and a collaborative approach to working with product, design and data partners.
Skills
Engineering leadership, software delivery, team development, product strategy, system design, scalability, reliability, agile methods.
Employment Details
- Employer: talabat
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Function: Software Engineering
Working Approach
The work also calls for careful testing and clear communication about technical changes.
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