Development Manager

Al Tayer Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading development firm in Dubai is looking for a Senior Software Development Manager to lead the development team in creating digital products for users. The ideal candidate has over 12 years of experience in software management and a strong understanding of web and mobile technologies. Key responsibilities include overseeing product development and ensuring quality delivery through agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software management on consumer-facing mobile and web applications.
• Experience leading and building a software development team.
• Strong background in consumer-facing digital products and agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development team in building digital products.
• Work with product management to schedule releases.
• Establish strategic goals and oversee software development.

Skills

Leadership

Agile methodologies

Technical product design

Web and mobile technologies

Education

Engineering or computer science degree or equivalent

Tools

PHP

Go

Node.js

JavaScript

HTML / CSS

Magento

Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Flutter

Job description

Job Purpose

Responsible for leading the development team in building great digital products both mobile and web for our valued users. This role will work hand-in-hand with the Product, UX/UI, Retail IT, Finance and other key departments.

Job Requirements

Education / Certification and Continued Education

• Engineering or computer science degree or equivalent

Years of Experience

• 12+ years of software management on consumer facing mobile and web applications
• Strong background web and mobile technologies: PHP, Go, Node.js, JavaScript, HTML / CSS, Magento, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Flutter and other related technologies

Essential Roles and Responsibilities

• Experience leading and building software development team
• Work with the product management to schedule releases and ensure high quality delivery. Ensure we are following industry standard agile development methodologies
• Lead the development of portfolio of consumer-facing digital products. Deliver native applications that look, feel, and respond to users in an elegant, fun and high-performance way.
• Establish and direct the strategic long term goals, policies and procedures for the software development program for all products as well as overseeing the development, release and maintenance of software applications.
• Translating functional product requirements into development specifications and building applications to meet these requirements. Evaluation of, recommendations for, and ultimate decision‑responsibility for, technical product design, including architectural designs and all related technical decisions.
• Ensuring that new technologies are incorporated into applications, systems, programs and database protocols.
• Ensuring the quality assurance and build and release management for all consumer-facing software products. Ensuring that the company has access to new technology and products which can grow the business.