Software Engineering Manager, AI-Driven Platform Leader

Yello; Dubai; On-site; AED 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Yello is seeking an experienced engineering leader in Dubai to drive software delivery across onshore and offshore teams. You will partner with Product, Design, and Marketing to shape high-impact digital products, while upholding coding standards and architectural governance.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, API-first design, and cloud deployments, with a focus on reducing technical debt and improving platform scalability and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading software engineering teams, including distributed/offshore teams.
• Experience in product-led organisations and agile delivery.
• Strong knowledge of modern architecture patterns (microservices, API-first).
• Hands-on cloud experience, preferably Google Cloud Platform.
• Exposure to MACH architecture principles and DevOps practices.
• Proficient with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across onshore and offshore locations.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Marketing, and business stakeholders to deliver digital products.
• Drive software engineering governance, coding standards, and best practices.
• Evaluate and introduce modern technology solutions, frameworks, and tools.
• Champion AI-assisted development and productivity-enhancing technologies.
• Oversee architecture decisions, API strategy, and microservices design.
• Manage technical roadmaps, KPIs, delivery performance, and resource planning.
• Reduce technical debt and improve platform scalability, stability, and performance.
• Conduct technology assessments, PoCs, and vendor evaluations.
• Support workshops, demonstrations, requirements gathering, and solution design.
• Drive agile delivery and continuous improvement across teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software architecture

Microservices

API-first design

Cloud platforms (GCP)

CI/CD & DevOps

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Node.js

React.js

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Git

REST/GraphQL APIs

Job description

Yello is seeking an experienced engineering leader in Dubai to drive software delivery across onshore and offshore teams. You will partner with Product, Design, and Marketing to shape high-impact digital products, while upholding coding standards and architectural governance.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, API-first design, and cloud deployments, with a focus on reducing technical debt and improving platform scalability and performance.