Mobile Engineering Lead

Confidential; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential, a UAE-based institution building a digital-first AI-enabled financial services platform, seeks a Mobile Engineering Lead. You will steer the technical direction, architecture, and release strategy for mobile and web channels, leading teams to deliver secure, scalable consumer experiences while collaborating with AI, Platform, Architecture, Product, and Design groups.

You will shape the architecture, implement modern release engineering practices, and champion observability and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering across mobile and web.
• Experience leading engineering teams and setting technical direction.
• Experience with large-scale fintech or regulated digital products.

Responsibilities

• Lead mobile and web engineering teams across iOS, Android, and web.
• Define channel architecture, coding standards, and best practices.
• Build secure, high-performing customer experiences with reliability and scalability.
• Drive rapid and safe releases using CI/CD, feature flags, and testing.
• Deliver AI-powered conversational experiences and analytics.

Skills

Swift

Kotlin

React Native

Flutter

Kotlin Multiplatform

React

Next.js

TypeScript

CI/CD

Security best practices

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Authentication & security libraries

Job description

We're excited to be partnering with a leading institution in the UAE that is building a digital-first, AI-enabled financial services organisation from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity to join at an early stage and help shape the technology, data, and platform foundations of a business with significant institutional backing and long-term ambition. If you're passionate about mobile engineering, customer experience, and building world-class digital products, we'd love to hear from you.

As a Mobile Engineering Lead, you will define and lead the digital channels that customers interact with every day, including mobile apps, web platforms, and next-generation AI-powered customer experiences.

This role will own the technical direction, architecture, engineering standards, release strategy, and performance of customer-facing digital channels. You'll lead a team responsible for delivering highly scalable, secure, and reliable consumer-grade experiences while working closely with AI, Platform, Architecture, Product, and Design teams.

What you'll be responsible for

• Leading mobile and web engineering teams across iOS, Android, and web platforms.
• Defining channel architecture, coding standards, and engineering best practices.
• Building secure, high-performing customer experiences with a focus on reliability, scalability, and usability.
• Driving rapid and safe releases using CI/CD, feature flags, progressive delivery, and automated testing.
• Delivering AI-powered conversational experiences, including chat and voice interactions.
• Establishing observability, performance monitoring, and customer journey analytics.
• Managing app store releases, rollout strategies, and production operations.
• Building and developing a high-performing engineering team.

What we're looking for

• 8+ years of software engineering experience across mobile and web technologies. Cross platform experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams and setting technical direction.
• Strong background building and operating large-scale consumer-facing digital products within financial services, fintech, or other highly regulated environments.
• Expertise in technologies such as Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter, Kotlin Multiplatform, React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Strong experience with CI/CD, feature flags, staged rollouts, and modern release engineering practices.
• Experience designing secure mobile applications using authentication, session management, certificate pinning, and secure device storage.
• Exposure to AI-powered, conversational, or agent-assisted customer experiences is highly desirable.
• Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools within modern engineering environments.
• Fintech, banking or financial services experience if preferred.