Director of Engineering

Halian; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian is seeking a Director of Engineering to build and lead a high-performing engineering organization in Abu Dhabi. This strategic role partners with the CTO to shape the structure, operating model, and governance required to support rapid business growth.

The successful candidate will drive transformation toward accountability and delivery focus by implementing squad structures, workforce planning, and leadership layers, enabling the CTO to concentrate on strategic technology direction while

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a high-performing engineering organization.
• Partner with the CTO to define organizational structure, operating model and delivery governance.
• Implement squad structures, workforce planning models, performance frameworks and leadership layers.
• Ensure delivery of reliable, secure, scalable, and high-performing software aligned to business objectives.

Job description

The Director of Engineering is responsible for building, scaling, and leading a high-performing engineering organization that delivers secure, scalable, and business-critical digital platforms.

This role serves as the operational leader of the engineering function, partnering closely with the CTO to establish the organizational structure, operating model, delivery governance, and leadership capability required to support rapid business growth.

A key objective of the role is to transform engineering into a highly accountable, delivery-focused organization by implementing effective squad structures, resource planning models, performance frameworks, and engineering leadership layers. The successful candidate will enable the CTO to focus on strategic technology direction by assuming ownership of engineering operations, workforce planning, people leadership, and delivery execution.

The Director of Engineering will combine organizational leadership with deep technical credibility, ensuring engineering teams deliver reliable, secure, scalable, and high-performing software solutions aligned to business objectives.