Engineering Manager
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What you'll be doing
Team Delivery
Own the delivery commitments of your team, ensuring work is well-planned, clearly communicated, and consistently completed to a high standard.
Run effective sprint ceremonies, including planning, retrospectives, and stand-ups, and hold the team to the process disciplines that keep delivery predictable.
Identify and remove blockers early, escalating to the Head of Engineering where needed rather than letting issues sit.
Maintain a clear view of technical debt within your team's domain and work with the team to address it in a structured and proportionate way.
People and Talent Development
Hold regular one- to -ones with each engineer in your team, giving honest, constructive feedback and actively supporting their growth.
Contribute to the hiring process for engineering roles in KSA, including reviewing applications, conducting interviews, and helping to assess technical and cultural fit.
Support the onboarding of new engineers into your team, ensuring they are set up for success from day one.
Identify engineers who are ready for more responsibility and work with the Head of Engineering to create the right conditions for their progression.
Technical Contribution
Stay close to the technical work your team is doing, contributing to code reviews, architectural discussions, and incident response where your involvement adds value.
Ensure your team's work meets Tarabut's engineering standards on quality, security, and reliability, particularly in the context of our regulated operating environment in KSA.
Collaborate with peer engineering managers and the Head of Engineering to maintain consistency in technical practices across the KSA engineering function.
Requirements
- Must Have
- At least 5 years of software engineering experience, with a minimum of 1 to 2 years in a formal engineering leadership capacity, such as principal, tech lead, team lead, or engineering manager.
- Hands-on technical experience in backend or full-stack development, with enough depth to review code, contribute to technical decisions, and earn the trust of the engineers you manage.
- A track record of helping engineers grow, whether through mentoring, structured feedback, or creating the right conditions for people to do their best work.
- Experience working in an agile delivery environment, with confidence running sprint ceremonies and managing a backlog.
- Strong communication skills in English, with the ability to translate technical progress and risk into clear updates for non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- Work at the centre of the open banking movement in one of the world's fastest-growing fintech markets.
- A team that invests in your growth, with structured learning, mentorship, and a clear career pathway.
- Competitive compensation and ESOPs.
- A culture of ownership, trust, and direct impact, with no bureaucracy and no politics.
- A real opportunity to grow into a senior engineering leadership role as Tarabut's KSA engineering function expands.
- The chance to help build an engineering team in KSA from a strong foundation, and to leave a lasting mark on how it develops.
About Tarabut
Tarabut is a private MENA fintech providing open-finance APIs, embedded finance, data intelligence, and payments for banks.
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