Engineering Manager, Growth Foundations — Lead AI‑Driven Growth

Kraken; Abu Dhabi; Remoto; AED 420.000 - 600.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Kraken in Abu Dhabi is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Growth Foundations team. You’ll lead a cross‑functional group of engineers focused on AI‑driven growth features, ensure clear priorities, and deliver production‑grade code to millions of users worldwide.

This role combines hands‑on coding with people leadership, design reviews, and collaboration with Product and Design to align work with business goals.

Competenze

• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results in a collaborative environment.
• Strong people leadership skills — coaching, clarity, and empowerment.
• Solid technical foundation, especially on the backend; you can engage in design discussions, code reviews, and help engineers make pragmatic decisions.
• Strong individual contributor background — you write production‑grade code and lead by example.
• High proficiency in modern AI‑driven development — you use AI daily to boost personal and team performance through automation.
• Familiarity with one or more modern programming languages (e.g. TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or similar).

Mansioni

• 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 — maintaining clear expectations, realistic estimates, and transparent communication with stakeholders
• Provide technical guidance and contextual to help engineers make sound architectural and implementation decisions
• Foster a culture of accountability, trust, and learning — helping the team grow their impact and autonomy
• Improve team processes, communication, and collaboration across time zones
• Partner with other engineering leaders to ensure consistency and best practices across the broader Growth organization
• Leverage AI tooling daily to boost personal and team productivity
• Stay hands‑on in the codebase, writing production‑grade code and setting the bar for quality, reliability, and speed

Conoscenze

People leadership

Engineering leadership

Backend engineering

Production-grade code

AI-driven development

TypeScript

Rust

Go

Python

Distributed teams

Product mindset

Clear communication

Descrizione del lavoro

Kraken in Abu Dhabi is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Growth Foundations team. You’ll lead a cross‑functional group of engineers focused on AI‑driven growth features, ensure clear priorities, and deliver production‑grade code to millions of users worldwide.

This role combines hands‑on coding with people leadership, design reviews, and collaboration with Product and Design to align work with business goals.