Senior Engineering Manager - Seller Marketplace

About This Role

Role: Senior Engineering Manager - Seller Experience

Reporting to: HoE

Location: Dubai

About STYLI Marketplace

Styli is a tech-first fashion & home marketplace for the GCC. Launched in 2019 by Landmark Group, we connect customers to hundreds of thousands of products through an open seller ecosystem. We obsess over customer experience- fast delivery, seamless payments and delightful service while building the region’s most efficient, data-driven marketplace.

We aim to create personalized experiences, engaging customers across all touchpoints, and continually expanding our curated selection to meet their evolving need states. We have quickly become a leading player in the e-commerce fashion space across the GCC - Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and in India.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and scale engineering teams responsible for building the core systems of our marketplace platform. This role focuses on enabling seamless seller operations, efficient inventory and pricing management, robust integrations, and a centralized business management ecosystem. You will play a pivotal role in defining the technical vision, leading the development of scalable and secure systems, and collaborating with product and business teams to deliver impactful solutions that empower sellers and drive marketplace growth.

Functional Responsibilities:

Marketplace Systems Development:

Lead engineering for critical marketplace domains:

• Build intuitive, feature-rich portals for sellers to manage their listings, inventory, and operations.

• Develop dynamic inventory and pricing systems, incorporating algorithms for real-time updates, demand forecasting, and competitive pricing.

• Create centralized solutions for operational and financial management, including reporting, invoicing, and compliance.

• Build scalable APIs and integration frameworks to connect with external systems (e.g., ERP, logistics providers, and payment gateways, 3rd party platforms).

• Develop UX related to multi-seller listings, buy-box algorithms, personalization

Technical Leadership:

Define the technical roadmap for marketplace systems, ensuring alignment with business priorities and scalability requirements.

• Drive platform scalability, reliability, and security while meeting performance goals.

• Collaborate with data science and analytics teams to integrate machine learning models for recommendations, demand forecasting, and fraud detection.

• Foster a DevOps mindset, automating deployments and improving CI/CD pipelines.

• Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, including code quality, design patterns, and system architecture.

Non-Functional Responsibilities:

Team Management:

• Lead and mentor a team of engineering managers, principal engineers, and individual contributors.

• Build a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability within the teams.

• Set clear objectives and key results (OKRs) for engineering teams to track progress and impact. Accountable for overall squad velocity, including developer, tester and site reliability.

• Partner with HR to attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent. Project, Process & Collaboration:

• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of complex software projects.

• Ensure that projects are completed on time, within scope, and meet quality standards.

• Collaborate with senior leadership to define the engineering strategy, set technical goals, and prioritize projects that align with the company's vision and business objectives.

• Collaborate with operations, finance, and other business units to align technology investments with company growth strategies.

• Provide regular updates to executive stakeholders on project milestones, risks, and roadmaps.

• Identify and implement processes that improve team efficiency, product quality, and time-to-market.

• Advocate for best practices in software development, including Agile methodologies.

• Manage engineering budgets, including headcount and infrastructure costs.

• Ensure efficient use of resources to meet engineering and business goals.

Qualifications:

Technical Expertise:

• 14+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 4+ years in managing large, cross-functional teams.

• Proven experience in building and scaling marketplace platforms or B2B systems

• Deep understanding of modern web and mobile development, cloud platforms, and microservices architecture.

• Hands-on experience with with integration frameworks, ERP, WMS systems, and third-party logistics systems.

• Familiarity with data platforms, machine learning, and analytics tools Leadership and Collaboration:

• Demonstrated success in building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, motivate, and develop engineering talent.

• Strong ability to balance long-term strategic goals with short-term delivery milestones.

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience in working with globally distributed teams and managing vendors or external partners.

• Familiarity with Scaled Agile development practices and tools.