Platform Engineering Lead — Scale & Reliability

Fuse Energy; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 367,000 - 478,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative energy company in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the development of their backend systems and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in software engineering, including 2 years in a leadership role. Responsibilities include platform architecture ownership and driving performance improvements. This role offers competitive salary, stock options, and various benefits.

Benefits

Paid annual leave

Breakfast and dinner for office based employees

Competitive salary and stock options

Biannual bonus scheme

Fully expensed tech

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a senior software engineer or tech lead.
• 5+ years experience in software engineering, with 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Experience building and operating production-grade systems at scale.
• Strong understanding of system design, distributed computing, and cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on approach to solving problems and making strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own the backend platform architecture and infrastructure.
• Drive the evolution of the platform for scale and reliability.
• Build a real-time digital twin of renewable generation.
• Design high-volume data pipelines for energy consumption.
• Lead development of integration layers with third-party services.
• Establish engineering best practices for scalability.

Skills

Senior software engineering

Leadership

System design

Distributed computing

Cloud infrastructure

Proactive communication

Infrastructure as Code

Event-driven architecture

Job description

An innovative energy company in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the development of their backend systems and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in software engineering, including 2 years in a leadership role. Responsibilities include platform architecture ownership and driving performance improvements. This role offers competitive salary, stock options, and various benefits.