Head of Engineering Excellence
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About the Role
Equiti is seeking a Head of Engineering Excellence to own the operating system of the technology organization, defining standards, processes, delivery cadence, and metrics.
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Responsibilities
- Own and enforce Equiti’s engineering principles, standards and ways of working across all technology domains
- Define, track and report engineering KPIs — delivery throughput and predictability, DORA metrics, responsiveness/SLA attainment and quality — and turn them into action
- Run the engineering operating cadence: planning, delivery reviews, incident/postmortem reviews and the operations review
- Drive a culture of Kaizen / continuous improvement — facilitate retrospectives, identify systemic bottlenecks, and land process improvements
- Embed the communication & accountability framework — ownership/RACI, triage lanes, escalation and channel standards
- Govern cross team delivery for major programmes and product launches; surface risks and dependencies early and unblock them
- Partner with domain leads to raise engineering maturity, consistency and governance — without slowing teams down
- Act as the CTO’s go to on execution — translate strategy into tracked outcomes, prepare leadership and board ready updates
- Champion engineering quality, change management and operational excellence in partnership with SRE / Engineering Platforms
- Establish lightweight tooling and dashboards that make standards and metrics self serve for every team
- Lead Equiti’s external engineering evangelism — represent the technology org through conference talks, meetups and panels
- Own the Equiti engineering blog and technical thought leadership, and shape the engineering employer brand
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years in software engineering, technical programme management, or engineering operations, with at least 5 years leading process or delivery excellence in scaled engineering organisations
- Proven track record defining and enforcing engineering principles, ways of working and delivery governance across multiple teams
- Deep fluency in engineering KPIs and metrics (DORA, delivery predictability, quality, reliability) and in building dashboards that change behaviour
- Hands on experience leading continuous improvement / Kaizen, Agile, and incident/postmortem practices at scale
- Strong technical credibility — able to hold weight with senior engineers and architects
- Exceptional influence and stakeholder management; able to enforce standards through trust and clarity
- A confident public communicator — track record of external technical writing, conference speaking, or developer community engagement
- Experience operating as a trusted partner to a CTO or VP of Engineering (programme leadership / execution focused role) strongly preferred
- Experience in fintech, brokerage, or regulated industries preferred
- Based in, or willing to relocate to, Dubai
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Job Description
- Equiti is a pioneering fintech firm and world class provider of multi asset fintech products.
- As the Head of Engineering Excellence, you will own the operating system of the technology organisation — the standards, processes, delivery cadence and metrics that keep a fast scaling, multi domain engineering org accountable, aligned and continuously improving.
- You will be the CTO’s trusted partner for execution: making sure the right things get done, by the right owners, to the right standard — without the CTO having to chase.
Responsibilities
- Own and enforce Equiti’s engineering principles, standards and ways of working across all technology domains.
- Define, track and report engineering KPIs — delivery throughput and predictability, DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, MTTR), responsiveness/SLA attainment and quality — and turn them into action.
- Run the engineering operating cadence: planning, delivery reviews, incident/postmortem reviews and the operations review that holds owners accountable to SLAs.
- Drive a culture of Kaizen / continuous improvement — facilitate retrospectives, identify systemic bottlenecks, and land process improvements that stick.
- Embed the communication & accountability framework — ownership/RACI, triage lanes, escalation and channel standards — so nothing falls through the cracks.
- Govern cross team delivery for major programmes and product launches; surface risks and dependencies early and unblock them.
- Partner with domain leads to raise engineering maturity, consistency and governance — without slowing teams down.
- Act as the CTO’s go to on execution — translate strategy into tracked outcomes, prepare leadership and board ready updates, and ensure follow through on decisions.
- Champion engineering quality, change management and operational excellence in partnership with SRE / Engineering Platforms.
- Establish lightweight tooling and dashboards (within the ticketing and observability stack) that make standards and metrics self serve for every team.
- Lead Equiti’s external engineering evangelism — represent the technology org through conference talks, meetups and panels, and grow our standing in the wider engineering community.
- Own the Equiti engineering blog and technical thought leadership, and shape the engineering employer brand that helps attract and retain top talent.
Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years in software engineering, technical programme management, or engineering operations, with at least 5 years leading process or delivery excellence in scaled engineering organisations.
- Proven track record defining and enforcing engineering principles, ways of working and delivery governance across multiple teams.
- Deep fluency in engineering KPIs and metrics (DORA, delivery predictability, quality, reliability) and in building dashboards that change behaviour.
- Hands on experience leading continuous improvement / Kaizen, Agile, and incident/postmortem practices at scale.
- Strong technical credibility — able to hold weight with senior engineers and architects — without needing to be the deepest coder in the room.
- Exceptional influence and stakeholder management; able to enforce standards through trust and clarity, not authority alone.
- A confident public communicator — a track record of external technical writing, conference speaking, or developer community engagement (engineering blogs, talks, open source).
- Experience operating as a trusted partner to a CTO or VP of Engineering (programme leadership / execution focused role) strongly preferred.
- Experience in fintech, brokerage, or regulated industries preferred.
- Based in, or willing to relocate to, Dubai.
Perks
- Competitive salary package
- Performance based bonus
- Medical insurance coverage for employees and family members
- Smart working options
- Employee wellness initiatives
- Personalized career development
- Company lunch in the office
- Regular company events
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