Head of AI-Assisted Engineering
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About the Role
A forward-thinking bank in Dubai is seeking a Head of AI-Assisted Engineering to build a lean onshore engineering team of 8, leveraging AI-assisted development tools to deliver mobile and web banking applications, internal tooling, and compliance platforms.
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Responsibilities
- Build and lead a centre of excellence for AI assisted engineering from the ground up
- Deliver across mobile and web banking applications, internal tooling, and compliance and governance platforms
- Report directly to the CEO and own the build of the onshore engineering team
- Set engineering strategy and tooling approach to maximize output with a lean team
Requirements
- A minimum of 8 to 12 years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years in an engineering leadership role with direct team and delivery accountability
- Demonstrable hands on experience using AI assisted development tools such as Claude, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot as an active and deliberate part of their engineering practice
- Proven ability to lead a small lean engineering team to deliver disproportionate output through tooling strategy, sprint discipline, and strong engineering culture
- Experience building or significantly shaping a new engineering function, practice, or centre of excellence from scratch
- Strong working knowledge of agile sprint methodology with evidence of consistently high delivery velocity in a lean team context
- Experience delivering across multiple product types including consumer facing mobile and web applications and internal operational or compliance tooling
- Demonstrated ability to operate with direct accountability to a CEO, CTO, or equivalent executive and translate technical strategy into business outcomes
- Experience working within a bank, financial institution, or similarly regulated environment with an understanding of compliance, audit, and governance constraints in software delivery
- Ability to define the hiring bar and assess engineers specifically for their capacity to thrive in an AI assisted development environment
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Description
- A client of byteSpark.ai is seeking a Head of AI Assisted Engineering to join a forward thinking bank based in Dubai. The bank currently runs an offshore engineering team of 35 and is bringing that function back onshore to Dubai as a lean team of 8, with AI assisted development tools as the engine.
Requirements
- A minimum of 8 to 12 years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years in an engineering leadership role with direct team and delivery accountability
- Demonstrable hands on experience using AI assisted development tools such as Claude, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot as an active and deliberate part of their engineering practice
- Proven ability to lead a small lean engineering team to deliver disproportionate output through tooling strategy, sprint discipline, and strong engineering culture
- Experience building or significantly shaping a new engineering function, practice, or centre of excellence from scratch
- Strong working knowledge of agile sprint methodology with evidence of consistently high delivery velocity in a lean team context
- Experience delivering across multiple product types including consumer facing mobile and web applications and internal operational or compliance tooling
- Demonstrated ability to operate with direct accountability to a CEO, CTO, or equivalent executive and translate technical strategy into business outcomes
- Experience working within a bank, financial institution, or similarly regulated environment with an understanding of compliance, audit, and governance constraints in software delivery
- Ability to define the hiring bar and assess engineers specifically for their capacity to thrive in an AI assisted development environment
Desirables
- Experience leading or playing a senior role in an offshore to onshore engineering transition
- Familiarity with banking specific compliance and regulatory frameworks relevant to the UAE or GCC
- Experience with VS Code plugins, agentic coding workflows, or emerging AI development tooling beyond mainstream tools
- A track record of evangelising AI assisted engineering practices to senior non technical stakeholders
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Arabic
- Exposure to open source contribution or personal projects that demonstrate continuous self directed learning in AI assisted development
Compensation
- AED 48 55k per month + visa and medical (family)
Work Location Type
- Onsite
Employment Type
- Full time
Job Level
- Lead
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