Platform & AI Engineering Lead

MotoArk; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

MotoArk is seeking a hands-on Platform & AI Engineering Lead to drive the development of the MotoArk platform, working directly with the CTO to deliver new features, AI capabilities and a high-performing experience for buyers and sellers.

The role blends full-stack development, release management and AI engineering, owning day-to-day development across the marketplace, seller portal and admin portal while coordinating offshore partners to ship quality work quickly.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a full-stack or platform software engineer.
• Experience with modern web development and APIs.
• CI/CD pipelines and release management experience.
• Hands-on AI and LLM tooling experience.
• Experience deploying on Microsoft Azure.
• Ability to coordinate offshore/agencies.
• Strong debugging and prod issue handling.
• Excellent English communication.
• UAE experience preferred.
• Automotive/ marketplace experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deliver platform improvements across buyer marketplace, seller portal and admin portal.
• Ensure platforms are operational, stable and high performing.
• Deliver development changes and new features based on CTO direction and requests.
• Manage GitHub repos, branching, code reviews and release management.
• Oversee AI development strategy and feature design with the CTO.
• Design, build and optimize AI/agentic solutions (e.g., intelligent parts search, part matching, catalogue enrichment, automated support).
• Lead bug fixing, triage and root-cause resolution.
• Handle buyer/seller technical support tickets through resolution.
• Coordinate offshore/agencies' development resources.
• Maintain technical documentation, testing standards and deployment processes.
• Monitor performance and security; propose improvements.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Web development

APIs & databases

Git / GitHub

CI/CD

AI tooling

LLMs

Azure cloud

Offshore teams

Debugging

Independent work

Technical communication

Tools

Azure

Job description

Location: UAE – Hybrid

Employment Type: Full-time

Company: MotoArk

ABOUT MOTOARK

MotoArk is an AI-driven automotive spare parts marketplace with a European presence in Munich, Germany, currently expanding its commercial operations in the UAE.

We are looking for a hands-on and delivery-focused Platform & AI Engineering Lead to drive the development of the MotoArk platform, working directly with our CTO to deliver new features, AI capabilities and a reliable, high-performing experience for our buyers and sellers.

THE ROLE

This is a hands-on role combining full-stack development, release management, AI engineering and technical delivery leadership.

You will own day-to-day development across the MotoArk buyer marketplace, seller portal and admin portal, shape and deliver our AI and agentic roadmap alongside the CTO, and help coordinate our offshore and agency development partners to ship quality work quickly.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver platform improvements and development activity across the buyer marketplace, seller portal and admin portal.
• Ensure all MotoArk platforms are fully operational, stable and high performing.
• Deliver development changes and new features based on CTO direction and feature requests.
• Manage GitHub repositories, branching, code reviews and release management.
• Oversee AI development strategy and feature design in conjunction with the CTO.
• Design, build and optimise AI and agentic solutions for the MotoArk platform, such as intelligent parts search, part matching, catalogue enrichment and automated support.
• Lead on bug fixing, triage and root-cause resolution across all platforms.
• Manage buyer and seller technical support tickets through to resolution.
• Support the CTO in managing, briefing and quality-assuring offshore and agency development resources.
• Maintain technical documentation, testing standards and deployment processes.
• Monitor platform performance and security, and recommend improvements to the CTO.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Proven experience as a full-stack or platform software engineer, ideally on marketplace, e-commerce or SaaS products.
• Strong proficiency in modern web development, including front-end and back-end frameworks, APIs and relational databases.
• Solid experience with Git/GitHub workflows, CI/CD pipelines and release management.
• Hands-on experience building with LLMs and AI tooling, such as LLM APIs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agent frameworks and prompt engineering.
• Experience deploying and running applications on cloud platforms, ideally Microsoft Azure.
• Experience directing or reviewing the work of offshore, outsourced or agency developers.
• Strong debugging skills and a calm, structured approach to production issues.
• Proactive and able to work independently without constant supervision.
• Confident explaining technical topics to non-technical colleagues, partners and senior management.
• UAE experience is preferred.
• Automotive, marketplace or e-commerce experience is an advantage but not essential.

LANGUAGES

• Strong written and spoken English is required.
• Arabic is desirable.

WORKING MODEL

MotoArk operates a hybrid and flexible working model, including working from home where appropriate and reasonable flexibility in working hours.

• The role also requires availability for UAE office attendance and team meetings, as well as occasional flexibility to support releases, urgent fixes and collaboration with development partners across time zones.