Engineering Leader - AI & Gaming Systems

Dizzaract; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Dizzaract, a product-driven company at the intersection of gaming, digital platforms, and AI, seeks an Engineering Manager to strengthen the FAR Labs engineering organisation and work directly with the CTO & Co-Founder. You will own day-to-day effectiveness, team structure, delivery, and high engineering standards while fostering growth and accountability across the team.

You will translate business priorities into actionable engineering plans, coach engineers, and build an environment where

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
• Experience managing Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, or multiple teams.
• Strong background in modern software architecture and distributed systems.
• Proven ability to shape engineering processes and team structures.
• Experience delivering software from planning through production.
• Experience hiring, onboarding, and performance management.
• Ability to balance technical debt with product priorities.
• Strong Agile and modern engineering practices knowledge.
• Experience collaborating with Product and Business teams.
• English level: Advanced (C1).

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop engineers and engineering leads across FAR Labs.
• Structure engineering into teams based on products and domains.
• Own engineering execution across projects and releases; track blockers and risks.
• Build and improve planning, estimation, development, testing and release processes.
• Identify bottlenecks and improve velocity while maintaining quality.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development plans.
• Partner with CTO and People team on hiring and onboarding.
• Translate product priorities into engineering plans and ensure clarity of purpose for engineers.
• Maintain strong standards around architecture, code quality, and reliability.
• Oversee CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, monitoring and incident response.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Technical credibility

Execution focus

People management

Systems thinking

Product mindset

Startup experience

Job description

Dizzaract, a product-driven company at the intersection of gaming, digital platforms, and AI, seeks an Engineering Manager to strengthen the FAR Labs engineering organisation and work directly with the CTO & Co-Founder. You will own day-to-day effectiveness, team structure, delivery, and high engineering standards while fostering growth and accountability across the team.

You will translate business priorities into actionable engineering plans, coach engineers, and build an environment where