Mission-Critical Defense Engineering Leader

Globant; Dubai; On-site; AED 661,000 - 881,000; Full time

Job summary

Globant is seeking an Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to lead high-performing engineering teams embedded with strategic customers in the defense sector. You will drive delivery quality, security-aware architectures, and customer-focused outcomes while growing engineers in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

You will partner with defense clients and internal stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable deployments, aligning engineering practices with compliance standards and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering or related field, with 3+ years in engineering management.
• Defense-industry experience or defense-related project delivery preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery across enterprise engagements ensuring production systems meet standards and security requirements.
• Represent the engineering team to customer leadership and GTM stakeholders.
• Translate ambiguous requirements into technical plans and unblock the team.
• Oversee mission-critical delivery of secure, scalable solutions.
• Hire, coach and scale high-performing engineering teams embedded with strategic customers.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships in the defense sector.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Hands-on technical

Customer engagement

People management

Secure delivery

Job description

Globant is seeking an Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to lead high-performing engineering teams embedded with strategic customers in the defense sector. You will drive delivery quality, security-aware architectures, and customer-focused outcomes while growing engineers in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

You will partner with defense clients and internal stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable deployments, aligning engineering practices with compliance standards and