SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER

NMDC Group

Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Employment type: Full-time
Level: Lead

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Description (EN)

Build, Lead and mentor our growing engineering team.
Drive the technical execution of our product roadmap, fostering a collaborative environment where software engineering best practices meet the unique challenges of the dredging and marine construction industry
Develop innovative solutions, manage technical teams, and build high-quality software to enable our digital transformation.

Lead, manage, mentor, and build a team of software engineers and data engineers fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and creative problem-solving
Establish Engineering best practices, frameworks, agile methodologies and tools to promote Technology Engineering Excellence in an industrial setting
Ownership of Engineering Budget. Manage resources including staffing, software licenses, and tools
Closely partner with product managers, UX/UI designers, business stakeholders, and the IT Group to develop the technical strategy, design and architecture of the Business Unit’s technology platform
Lead the engineering team in executing the technical strategy ensuring the highest standards of design patterns, code quality, solution extensibility, usability, and maintainability
Help define a clear framework of compliance, governance, system integration and data integrity between the Business Unit (Vertical) and IT Group (Horizontal)
Guide the design and architecture of a purpose-built data platform for the Business Unit establishing an ecosystem for data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence and other innovations
Design and implement a SaaS platform enabling multiple feature teams to build business-specific solutions while maintaining a standard user experience
Lead and conduct technical evaluations of 3rd party applications / solutions
Establish DevOps processes and best practices
Create comprehensive framework for Quality Assurance, Testing, and Automation
Strive to learn and apply latest technologies and methodologies promoting a culture of continuous learning on the team.

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
A Master's degree is a plus
Minimum 12 years of experience in full-stack software engineering, with at least 03 years in leadership roles.

Technical Competencies

Proven experience in building and scaling software and data engineering teams
Expert in SDLC processes and technologies (full-stack development, APIs, PaaS, DevOps, Cloud)
Advanced proficiency in product management tools (e.g., Jira, Gitlab, etc.)
Familiarity with on-premises and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
Experience with managing budgets and familiarity with financials

Behavioral Competencies

Strong leadership, mentorship, communication, and analytical skills
Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions on time, within budget, that delight customers
Willing and capable of establishing processes and creating methodology frameworks from the ground up
Ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and create realistic business cases for technology initiatives
Customer-centricity reflected in interactions with colleagues and partners, as well as through solution design
Experience in digital transformation in “big industries” such as maritime, construction, oil and gas, and others is a bonus

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