Engineering Manager

Overview

• We're hiring an experienced, people-first Engineering Manager to lead one or more engineering teams.
• You'll own team delivery, health, and growth sitting at the intersection of people leadership, agile execution, and technical credibility.
• If you thrive on removing blockers, building reliable delivery rhythms, and genuinely investing in your team, this role is for you.
• Lead regular 1:1s, performance evaluations, and career growth plans for all direct reports
• Foster a culture of psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Drive end-to-end planning and execution of engineering features, epics, and milestones
• Partner with Product Managers to define realistic sprint goals and timelines
• Lead sprint grooming, planning, reviews, retrospectives, and delivery follow-ups
• Define quarterly and annual engineering goals in collaboration with the CTO and Product
• Own and track KPIs related to delivery, quality, and team performance
• Provide clear, proactive status reports, risk forecasts, and capacity updates to leadership
• Collaborate with Technical Leads on design decisions, roadmaps, and architecture reviews
• Participate in code reviews, incident analysis, and performance reviews as needed
• Own and coordinate resolution of engineering support tickets triaged by severity and impact
• Lead post-incident reviews and drive long-term fixes to reduce recurring support volume
• Manage timesheets and working hours for distributed and remote team members
• Keep remote teams aligned, engaged, and accountable through structured collaboration rituals
• 4+ years of experience in engineering management or an equivalent leadership role
• Strong technical background in .NET Core, microservices, and event-driven architecture
• Solid knowledge of AWS including cost management, service monitoring, and security
• Proven experience with agile methodologies, delivery planning, and execution tracking
• Hands-on experience managing support processes and incident response
• Experience managing remote and distributed engineering teams
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder reporting skills
• Comfortable presenting status updates, forecasts, and risk reports to senior leadership
• Proven ability in problem-solving, performance optimisation, and API monitoring
• A genuine people-first mindset with a track record of mentoring and growing engineers
• Competitive salary package aligned to the UAE market
• Visa sponsorship provided
• Health insurance coverage
• Real opportunity to grow with the business and take on expanded responsibilities over time
• Be part of Bamboo Card's next chapter as we scale our platform and expand across new markets
• Work within a collaborative, entrepreneurial team that values ownership and impact