Senior Engineering Manager
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ABOUT THE ROLE
As Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead several high performing teams to build, scale, monitor and optimize the Captain in-ride platform, a set of mobile applications and services which have helped create 1+ million jobs in the region to date and support all of Careem’s services. You will interface with the leaders of several teams including both within the ride-hailing organization and across all of Careem. The mission of the Captain in-ride platform team is to create amazing experiences through scalable and robust software which enable Careem Captains to fulfil Customer demand.
A successful candidate must be capable of being a hands-on manager with an established track record of delivering highly scalable highly resilient services and mobile architectures, and the motivation and ability to achieve results in a very dynamic and fast paced environment. Additionally, they must be capable of scaling their teams and growing junior engineers.
Key responsibilities include:
- Manage multiple teams of high caliber Software Engineers working to build a world class, scalable distributed systems and mobile applications.
- Recruit, hire, mentor, and coach Software Development Managers and Software Engineers at different levels of experience.
- Manage and execute against project plans and delivery commitments within an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Contribute to and lead design, architecture, process and development discussions.
- Own all engineering metrics and support for your teams' software.
- Drive improvements in software engineering practices across engineering teams.
- Work with other senior leaders on the team to define the technical strategy & architecture of the Captain in-ride platform and mobile applications.
- Assist your teams in developing roadmaps for system and product growth, then identify, plan, and execute projects to support that growth.
- Provide thought leadership and technical vision and direction to your org.
- Solve large-scale engineering challenges quickly and effectively.
- Encourage and support others to take on responsibility, authority, and accountability.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related degree.
- 10 years of experience in Software Development.
- 6 years minimum as a Development Manager, with 2 years minimum experience managing managers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders.
- Proven track record of hiring and managing high performing engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Demonstrated ability to run and improve technical development processes.
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do what's necessary to drive your projects to completion.
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Programming experience in at least one modern programming language such as C, C++, or Java.
- Strong focus on customers and operational excellence.
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