Senior Software Engineering Manager
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About the Role
talabat seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead multiple engineering teams (4 squads, ~20 engineers) across a single technical domain. You will define technical strategy, drive delivery excellence, and grow engineers in an XP-driven engineering culture.
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Responsibilities
- Define domain level technical strategy and 12–18 month technical vision
- Build an environment where engineers thrive: hiring, developing ICs, mentoring junior managers, and creating psychological safety
- Guide teams through discovery, planning, and execution using small batch delivery and continuous feedback loops
- Translate product objectives into technical solutions; quantify and communicate impact
- Work closely with product, design, and business partners to resolve ambiguity and drive alignment
- Guide teams on system design, architecture, and engineering practices while maintaining standards for scalability, security, and performance
Requirements
- 4+ years of hands on technical leadership experience managing engineering teams
- 8+ years of hands on software engineering experience in production systems
- Deep understanding of at least one of: distributed systems, backend systems, data platforms, mobile platforms, or web scale infrastructure
- Proven ability to work across diverse technology stacks
- Hands on understanding of XP practices: TDD, pair programming, continuous refactoring, and trunk based development (or strong willingness to learn)
- Demonstrated ability to hire, mentor, and grow engineers
- Comfort with cross functional leadership: working with product, design, business partners, and other engineering teams
- Emotional intelligence: navigate ambiguity, handle conflict constructively, and create psychological safety
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Company Description
- talabat is the leading on demand food and non food delivery platform in MENA, operating across 8 countries and processing hundreds of millions of orders annually.
- We're part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q commerce, and we're engineering first.
- Our teams operate under eXtreme Programming (XP) principles — TDD, pair programming, continuous refactoring, and trunk based development.
- We believe quality enables speed, and our hiring reflects that.
What you'll own
- Domain level technical strategy — Work with product leadership and your teams to define a 12–18 month technical vision for your domain.
- Team health and growth — Build an environment where engineers thrive: hiring, developing ICs, mentoring junior managers, and creating psychological safety.
- Delivery excellence — Guide your teams through discovery, planning, and execution using small batch delivery and continuous feedback loops.
- Business impact — Translate product objectives into technical solutions; quantify and communicate the impact of your domain's work.
- Cross functional leadership — Work closely with product, design, and business partners to resolve ambiguity and drive alignment.
- Technical decision making — Guide your teams on system design, architecture, and engineering practices while maintaining talabat's standards for scalability, security, and performance.
90 day, 6 month, and 12 month outcomes
- 90 days: You've onboarded your teams, understood their technical roadmap and pain points, and delivered your first feedback to your manager on domain health and near term priorities.
- 6 months: Your teams are shipping value consistently; you've identified one emerging technical leader and started mentoring them; you've coached your teams through at least one cross domain initiative; code quality and shipping velocity are on track or improving.
- 12 months: Your domain has a clear technical vision communicated across the org; you've grown at least one engineer significantly (either toward IC4/Staff or toward management); your teams ship with confidence; you're contributing to 1–2 strategic initiatives beyond your domain; you're mentoring or
Qualifications
- 4+ years of hands on technical leadership experience managing engineering teams.
- Demonstrated ability to hire, mentor, and grow engineers — we care about your track record of developing people, not just technical skills.
- Comfort with cross functional leadership: working with product, design, business partners, and other engineering teams.
- Emotional intelligence: you navigate ambiguity, handle conflict constructively, and create psychological safety for your teams.
- 8+ years of hands on software engineering experience in production systems.
- Deep understanding of at least one of: distributed systems, backend systems, data platforms, mobile platforms, or web scale infrastructure.
- Proven ability to work across diverse technology stacks.
- Hands on understanding of XP practices: TDD, pair programming, continuous refactoring, and trunk based development (or strong willingness to learn and lead talabat's approach).
- You think about non functional requirements: scalability, reliability, latency, cost efficiency, and security — not just feature delivery.
- You've navigated the tradeoffs between speed and technical debt; you know when to optimize and when to simplify.
- You've led or been part of domain level decisions (tech stack migrations, architectural changes, platform initiatives).
Nice to haves
- Experience leading multiple teams or a domain in a high growth environment.
- Exposure to eXtreme Programming practices (XP culture is learnable but experience is valuable).
- Background in marketplace, delivery, or logistics optimization.
- Experience mentoring or developing other engineering managers.
- Familiarity with modern cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
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