Associate Director, Software Engineering

About DataFlow

The Opportunity

Key Responsibilities

• **Client liaison:**
• acting as a bridge between client technology teams and your own delivery targets to ensure full understanding of inbound business requirements, quickly turning client wishes into reality.
• **Integration perfection:**
• defining and implementing key integration methods with our client base, ensuring seamless transition of data and processes between client and DataFlow systems for maximum efficiency and best applicant experience.
• **Architectural Innovation:**
• Lead the conceptualisation, design, and development of new, high-availability software systems and services for executive leadership and operations.
• **Roadmap Ownership:**
• Create and manage the product development roadmap, prioritising technical debt, feature requests, and infrastructure upgrades based on business impact.
• **Enhance Services:**
• Based on customer feedback, quickly and proactively identify opportunities to enhance existing software services, improving performance, security, and user experience.
• **Platform Ownership:**
• Assume full ownership of the day-to-day management of all existing software applications used across the region, ensuring code quality, uptime, and performance.
• **Code Integrity:**
• Act as the ultimate guardian of software quality and consistency within our development environment.
• **Stakeholder Collaboration:**
• Partner closely with department heads internal and external) to understand their functional needs, gather requirements, and deliver effective software solutions.
• **Team Leadership:**
• Mentor and guide a team of full-stack developers (as the team grows), fostering a culture of precision, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• **Talent Management:**
• Ensure appropriate sizing and recruitment within the engineering team, ensuring the right structure and capability to match growth targets.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Software Development and Software Design
• Proven experience in Team Leadership with the ability to mentor and guide cross-functional teams
• Strong background in Project Management, including resource allocation and timeline management
• In-depth knowledge of Distributed Systems and their architecture
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills
• Familiarity with advanced technologies and trends in software engineering and the ability to integrate them
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Previous experience in a leadership role within the software engineering industry is a strong advantage
• Experience working in a regulated or compliance-driven industry is a plus
• **Experience:**
• 15+ years of progressive experience in commercial, enterprise software development, with at least 5 years in a leadership or management capacity.
• **Educational Background:**
• Minimum of a
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• .
• **Linguistic Requirement:**
• Must be a
• native Arabic speaker
• with great articulation and ability to delve into customer conversation to extract key requirements and technical details and an equal capability in English.
• **Communication:**
• exceptional ability to communicate clearly and concisely, knowing when to listen and knowing when to respond with confident clarity, framing details appropriately to executive-level, non-technical leadership.

Technical Expertise

• **Expert-level proficiency**
• in the
• Node/React development stack
• (Full-stack).
• Advanced skills in building and maintaining

RESTful APIs

• and microservices.
• Proven experience with

OAuth2, Webhooks, and Middleware

• to facilitate seamless interconnectivity.
• Extensive experience in working with
• cloud hyperscalers
• (AWS preferred).
• Solid understanding of modern software architectures and design patterns.
• Experience working with
• CI/CD pipelines
• and automated testing frameworks.
• **Proven Track Record:**
• Demonstrated success in building and managing enterprise-grade software products from the ground up in a high-growth environment.

Preferred Skills

• Database Knowledge: Solid understanding of both SQL and NoSQL database concepts and architectures.
• AI-driven code development