Engineering Manager

About the role

We are seeking a high-performance Engineering Manager to lead a dedicated team of Engineers building and scaling Focal, with a strong focus on innovation, reliability, and delivering impactful solutions for our customers.

What you'll do

As a Software Engineering Manager, your daily workload might include:

• Manage and mentor a team of engineers to design, develop and maintain product features.
• Ensure the code and design quality are against the industry’s best practices and highest standards.
• Coach and mentor team members on high-level design, architecture, effort sizing, and testing practices.
• Give engineers feedback on their day-to-day job performance.
• Steer the engineers’ individual learning and development plans.
• Initiate hiring and the allocation of any resources needed to support the team.
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments.
• Oversee the implementation of the software development process.

Qualifications

Our target profile is candidates with...

• BS/MS from a top school in Computer Science or any related field.
• 10 years of software engineering experience, preferably in SaaS or large-scale distributed applications.
• Previous team leadership experience.
• Solid communication skills and the ability to convey technical solutions to the end-user and the engineering team.

Ability to briefly explain sophisticated issues in systems and processes.

• Solid experience of multiple programming languages with a demonstrated drive to learn and progress in the technical skill and nuanced art of development.
• Proficient understanding of system design and distributed computing principles.

Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as HBase, Cassandra, and MongoDB.

• Solid understanding of the Scrum agile framework and other software development processes.

Benefits

• You will be at the forefront of an exciting time for the Middle East, joining a high-growth rocket-ship in an exciting space.
• You will be given a lot of responsibility and trust. We believe that the best results come when the people responsible for a function are given the freedom to do what they think is best.
• The fundamentals will be taken care of: competitive compensation, top-tier health insurance, and an enabling culture so that you can focus on what you do best
• You will enjoy a fun and dynamic workplace working alongside some of the greatest minds in AI.
• We believe strength lies in difference, embracing all for who they are and empowered to be the best version of themselves.