Manager - Engineering

Job Title

Manager - Engineering | Majid Al Futtaim Retail

What You’ll Do

• Own architecture & delivery of payment, catalog, logistics, and growth services handling tens of thousands of requests per second
• Design, build, and tune Java 17+ / Spring Boot microservices, Kafka event pipelines, distributed caches, and cloud-native deployments (Kubernetes on either AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Drive engineering excellence: establish coding standards, automate CI/CD, champion observability and SRE practices
• Lead & mentor a squad of senior engineers; facilitate architecture reviews and hands-on pair design
• Translate features into business impact: partner with Product & Data teams to optimise conversion, retention, and unit economics
  

What We’re Looking For

• 8-11 years of production software experience, with 3+ years in a staff/principal or tech-lead capacity
• Proven success delivering high-scale, low-latency systems in e-commerce, quick commerce, food-tech, fintech, or similar domains
• Deep expertise in Java 17+, Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis, SQL/NoSQL (PostgreSQL/MongoDB), Kubernetes, and AWS/GCP
• Solid command of DDD, clean architecture, CAP trade-offs, chaos testing, cost optimisation
• Passion for mentoring and a true “you build it, you run it” mindset
• Bonus: exposure to real-time analytics, streaming ML, serverless, or LLM/RAG workflows
  

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Green-field autonomy: influence roadmap and tech stack from day 0
• Direct P&L impact: your work visibly moves revenue, margins, and customer NPS
• High-performance peers who value clean code, rapid iteration, and psychological safety
• Competitive package, fast growth, and dedicated learning budgets