Engineering Manager (Java and Scala)

Salt Digital Recruitment; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 440,690 - 550,863; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package

Long-term growth opportunities

High-impact role

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a team in the UAE, focusing on backend engineering for high-performance trading systems. In this critical role, you will manage technical delivery and architecture while mentoring engineers.

The ideal candidate has a background in Scala and Java, with experience in distributed systems and performance optimization. This exciting opportunity offers a competitive package and long-term growth in Dubai.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or Technical Lead in a high-scale environment.
• Strong background in Scala and Java, ideally within trading, fintech, or low-latency systems.
• Experience designing and operating distributed, event-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend engineers working on mission-critical trading platforms.
• Own technical delivery, architecture decisions, and engineering standards.
• Partner closely with Product, Quant, and Trading teams to deliver scalable and reliable systems.

Skills

Team leadership

Technical delivery

Experience in Scala

Experience in Java

Performance optimization

Mentoring engineers

Job description

My client, a fast-growing trading company, is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead backend engineering teams building high-performance, low-latency trading systems.

The Role:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend engineers working on mission-critical trading platforms.
• Own technical delivery, architecture decisions, and engineering standards.
• Partner closely with Product, Quant, and Trading teams to deliver scalable and reliable systems.
• Balance hands-on technical leadership with people management and execution.
• Drive best practices around system design, performance, security, and resilience.

Key Requirements:

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or Technical Lead in a high-scale environment.
• Strong background in Scala and Java, ideally within trading, fintech, or low-latency systems.
• Experience designing and operating distributed, event-driven systems.
• Solid understanding of concurrency, performance optimisation, and fault-tolerant architectures.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-ownership environments.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in trading platforms, market data, or financial systems.
• Exposure to cloud infrastructure and modern DevOps practices.
• Background in mentoring senior engineers and building high-performing teams.

Why Join:

• Opportunity to lead core engineering for a growing trading platform.
• High-impact role with strong ownership and influence.
• Competitive package and long-term growth in Dubai.