Senior Software Architect & Tech Leader

Callsign; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Premium Health Insurance

Visa costs including 1 month paidhotel

Annual Airfare Allowance for the home

Maternity/Paternity leave

25 days annual leave + Callsign Bank

Competitive Salary

EOSB gratuity

Job summary

Callsign is looking for a technical leader who shifts from pure coding to architecting scalable systems, mentoring juniors, and aligning tech with business goals. You will own end-to-end outcomes, plan projects, and drive critical decisions independently, acting as a force multiplier by coaching teammates and refining code quality.

You will explain complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders, write clear technical docs, and help maintain secure, reliable software across the stack.

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals of software development and computer sciences.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language used at Callsign.
• Strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases.
• Proficiency with cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to design large-scale, resilient, and secure software architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead system design in your domain with high- and low-level specifications, ensuring security, reliability, and scalability.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers, review code, improve performance, and enforce standards.
• Break down complex features into actionable tasks, estimate timelines, and mitigate technical risks before delivery.
• Translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and collaborate with product managers and executives.
• Diagnose difficult software issues, refactor legacy code, and maintain system quality.

Skills

Fundamentals of CS

Programming language

Relational DBs

NoSQL/databases

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Callsign is looking for a technical leader who shifts from pure coding to architecting scalable systems, mentoring juniors, and aligning tech with business goals. You will own end-to-end outcomes, plan projects, and drive critical decisions independently, acting as a force multiplier by coaching teammates and refining code quality.

You will explain complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders, write clear technical docs, and help maintain secure, reliable software across the stack.