Engineering Director

Confidential Company  Amman - Jordan  Date Posted: 2026/01/08   Login to Apply

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain the technical strategy, system architecture, and engineering roadmap in alignment with the global product roadmap.
  • Design and oversee scalable, multi-tenant, API-first, and event-driven platforms, while standardizing shared services and reusable components.
  • Build, lead, and develop high-performing engineering teams by setting hiring standards, defining career paths, and promoting a culture of ownership, documentation, and quality.
  • Ensure platform reliability and code quality through strong observability practices, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and leadership during incidents and root cause analyses.
  • Enforce security and compliance standards, including privacy-by-design principles, role-based access control, encryption, and secure software development lifecycle practices.
  • Manage engineering budgets effectively, optimizing cost, performance, capacity planning, and system resilience.
  • Enhance developer experience and productivity through improved tooling, documentation, AI-assisted development, and performance metrics.
  • Govern the use of AI and LLM tools across engineering workflows, including coding, reviews, testing, and documentation, while measuring impact and effectiveness.
  • Establish and execute robust delivery frameworks, including design reviews, launch readiness checklists, architecture documentation, and post-launch reviews with documented outcomes and postmortems.

 

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in SaaS, fintech, e-commerce, or large-scale digital platforms, including at least 2 years in a senior engineering management role.
  • Native-level proficiency in Arabic and English, with strong executive-level written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proven experience designing and operating large-scale architectures, including microservices, APIs, SDKs, streaming systems, and strong tenant isolation models.
  • Deep expertise in site reliability engineering and security practices, including SLOs, error budgets, observability, and secure SDLC methodologies.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud platforms and tooling, including AWS, Azure, or GCP, containerization and orchestration technologies, infrastructure as code, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
  • Demonstrated delivery discipline through structured documentation, outcome-driven roadmaps, and regular technical and business reviews.
  • Proven experience in building and scaling engineering teams, including hiring, performance management, and succession planning.
  • Strong fluency in AI and LLM technologies, with experience governing their use to improve productivity and quality at scale.
Required Skills
  • CI/CD
  • Technical
  • Architecture
Job Details
  • Location Amman - Jordan
  • Industry Information & Communication Technologies
  • Job Type Full-Time
  • Degree Bachelor
  • Experience 10+
  • Nationality Unspecified
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