Engineering Program Lead
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This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Engineering Program Lead based in United Arab Emirates.
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Overview
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps.
Our partner is looking for an Engineering Program Lead based in United Arab Emirates.
This is a hybrid technical and operational leadership role focused on bridging strategic planning with hands-on software development in a highly advanced, research-driven engineering environment.
You will oversee roadmap execution, coordinate complex interdependencies across multiple workstreams, and ensure that ambitious technical initiatives move efficiently from concept to implementation.
The work involves supporting a system built on modular probabilistic models that enable rigorous, uncertainty-aware analysis across domains such as finance and scientific research.
You will collaborate closely with engineers and product stakeholders in a fast-paced, highly collaborative team, ensuring clarity, alignment, and high-quality execution.
This role is ideal for someone who combines strong software engineering intuition with program leadership experience and a deep appreciation for structured, scalable systems.
You will also contribute directly to engineering work when needed, staying close to the technical details while shaping delivery at a strategic level.
Accountabilities
- You will own the coordination and execution of the engineering roadmap, ensuring alignment between strategic priorities, technical constraints, and team capacity.
- You will act as the connective layer between leadership and engineering execution, enabling smooth delivery across complex, interdependent workstreams.
- Own and manage the engineering roadmap from a process and execution perspective, ensuring clarity of priorities and dependencies
- Lead quarterly and ongoing planning cycles, supporting goal definition, risk identification, and structured execution planning
- Coordinate cross-functional feature development from ideation through design, implementation, and delivery
- Ensure strong documentation practices and maintain internal tooling and process frameworks used across engineering teams
- Facilitate clear and effective communication across teams, ensuring timely access to information and alignment on priorities
- Identify and resolve workflow bottlenecks and interdependencies across multiple technical initiatives
- Stay hands-on by contributing directly to high-priority engineering tasks and automation efforts
- Continuously improve engineering processes to support speed, clarity, and high-quality execution
Requirements
- You bring a strong blend of software engineering experience and program or technical leadership capability, with a proven ability to operate in complex, fast-moving technical environments.
- You are highly structured in your thinking, comfortable working across ambiguity, and effective at driving alignment across technical teams.
- Background in software engineering within collaborative, production-level environments working on large codebases
- Experience with modern engineering practices including CI/CD, testing frameworks, and code reviews
- Familiarity with functional or typed programming languages such as Rust, OCaml, Clojure, C++, or Haskell, with willingness to work with Julia
- Experience in technical program management, technical product management, or similar coordination-heavy engineering roles
- Proven ability to manage roadmaps, workflows, and cross-team dependencies in complex systems
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical complexity into clear execution plans
- Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, or support engineering teams
- Strong organizational instincts with a structured, systems-oriented approach to problem solving
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, research- or innovation-driven environments
Benefits
- Fully remote working environment with distributed, collaborative teams
- Opportunity to work on advanced probabilistic modeling systems with real-world impact in finance and science
- High level of ownership across roadmap, execution, and engineering processes
- Direct collaboration with highly technical engineers and researchers
- Strong emphasis on autonomy, learning, and continuous improvement
- Exposure to cutting-edge computational and modeling approaches
- Flexible, fast-paced environment focused on high-quality delivery and impact
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