Engineering Manager, AI-Driven Growth Foundations

Kraken; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking an Engineering Manager within Growth Foundations to lead a team of engineers delivering high-impact growth features, platforms, and tools. You will ensure alignment, provide guidance, and stay hands-on, delivering production-grade code daily.

You will collaborate with product and design to define scope, set priorities, manage expectations, and communicate transparently with stakeholders across time zones.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results.
• Strong people leadership with coaching, clarity, and empowerment.
• Solid backend technical foundation; able to engage in design discussions and code reviews.
• Production-grade coding and hands-on contribution as a lead by example.
• High proficiency in modern AI-driven development and automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and support a cross-functional team of engineers delivering growth-critical systems and features.
• Collaborate daily with Product and Design to define scope, set priorities, and ensure seamless execution.
• Keep projects moving forward — managing expectations, realistic estimates, and transparent communication with stakeholders.
• Provide technical guidance and context to help engineers make sound architectural decisions.
• Foster a culture of accountability, trust, and learning to grow impact and autonomy.
• Improve team processes and collaboration across time zones.
• Partner with other engineering leaders to ensure consistency and best practices across Growth.
• Leverage AI tooling daily to boost productivity for individuals and the team.
• Stay hands-on in the codebase, writing production-grade code and setting quality standards.

Skills

People leadership

Backend development

AI-driven development

TypeScript

Rust

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Remote collaboration

Job description

Kraken is seeking an Engineering Manager within Growth Foundations to lead a team of engineers delivering high-impact growth features, platforms, and tools. You will ensure alignment, provide guidance, and stay hands-on, delivering production-grade code daily.

You will collaborate with product and design to define scope, set priorities, manage expectations, and communicate transparently with stakeholders across time zones.