Software Engineering Manager
Role Overview
Lean seeks a hands-on Software Engineering Manager to lead and grow its Client Experience engineering team.
This player-coach role combines production coding and code review, architectural direction, technical strategy, and team leadership.
Own platform components, APIs, and standards that shape client integrations, and partner with Product on client activation and experience.
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Role overview
Lean seeks a hands-on Software Engineering Manager to lead and grow its Client Experience engineering team.
This player-coach role combines production coding and code review, architectural direction, technical strategy, and team leadership.
Own platform components, APIs, and standards that shape client integrations, and partner with Product on client activation and experience.
What you will own
- Lead project management and technical execution for the Client Experience squad while writing and reviewing production code and making architectural decisions.
- Maintain and evolve Client Experience platform components for reliability, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Set API standards across products and provide tooling and guidance to engineering teams.
- Manage, coach, and develop a team of two engineers, with a mandate to grow to 5–8 reports through 2027.
- Advocate for headcount growth, hire engineers, and build Client Experience into a standalone engineering pillar.
Must-have qualifications
- At least 8 years of engineering experience, including 3+ years in a management or equivalent role with technical and people leadership.
- Full-stack capability across frontend and backend, including writing and reviewing production code; AI-assisted development is a standard part of the work.
- Strong proficiency with React, TypeScript, Java, and Spring Boot.
- Experience in backend systems design and architecture and deep familiarity with API design principles and best practices.
- A quality-first approach with testing frameworks demonstrated in work history.
- Ability to manage observability, monitoring, and incident response for production services.
- Track record of building and growing teams through hiring and internal development.
- Strong communication and decision-making in fast-paced, high-ambiguity environments.
Nice-to-have experience
- Experience in fintech or regulated industries is a plus.
- Prior experience scaling a small team to five or more direct reports is a plus.
About Lean
Lean provides financial infrastructure across MENA, including payments, account verification, financial data access, and lending.
The company describes its products as powering clients across the region and its growth as including new markets and products.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, private healthcare, flexible office hours, and an equity stake for each team member are stated benefits.
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