Staff Software Engineering

Bain & Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 480,000 - 960,000; Full time

Job summary

Bain & Company in Dubai is seeking an Expert Manager Software Engineering to lead the development of complex, production-grade applications across industries.

You will mentor a diverse engineering team through the full lifecycle, shape architecture, and drive DevOps, CI/CD, security, and performance best practices at scale.

Travel is required; you will collaborate with clients and teams across regions to deliver impact.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field.
• You bring at least 6 years of end-to-end experience designing, building and maintaining production-grade full-stack applications.
• 5 years hands-on development with modern web technologies React, Angular, TypeScript, HTML5 and CSS3 (including CSS-in-JS).
• 4 years building server-side services with FastAPI, Flask, Core or Java Spring Boot, including RESTful/GraphQL/gRPC APIs.
• Cloud-native delivery on AWS, Azure or GCP with infrastructure-as-code.
• Containerization & orchestration with Docker, Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Shape & scope client solutions by translating business problems into backlogs and roadmaps for cross-functional squads.
• Own full-stack design & build of web applications with integrated third-party services.
• Drive front-end modernization engagements and improve architecture & security patterns.
• Establish front-end engineering best practices, tooling, testing, CI/CD and accessibility.
• Develop reusable libraries and accelerators shared across client projects.

Skills

End-to-end software development

React/Angular/TypeScript/HTML5/CSS3

FastAPI/Flask/Java Spring Boot

Microservices & CI/CD

Cloud-native (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Docker/Kubernetes

Relational & NoSQL databases

Security & IAM (OAuth/JWT/SSO)

Git/Jira/CI/CD tooling

English proficiency

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

6+ years end-to-end software development experience

Tools

Jira

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform/CloudFormation

Job description

WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the worlds best places to work. We are currently the #1 ranked consulting firm on Glassdoors Best Places to Work list and have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoors list since its founding in 2009. Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy but these dont happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds cultures experiences perspectives and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally.

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

Youll join our Engineering Experts within the AI Insights & Solutions team. This team is part of Bains digital capabilities practice which includes experts in analytics engineering product management and this multidisciplinary environment youll leverage deep technical expertise with business acumen to help clients tackle their most transformative challenges. Youll work on integrated teams alongside our general consultants and clients to develop data-driven strategies and innovative solutions. Together we create human-centric solutions that harness the power of data and artificial intelligence to drive competitive advantage for our clients. Our collaborative and supportive work environment fosters creativity and continuous learning enabling us to consistently deliver exceptional results.

WHAT YOULL DO

As an Expert Manager Software Engineering you will lead the development and building of software applications that address complex problems in various industries. You will guide a diverse engineering team through the entire engineering life cycle. Your responsibilities will include designing developing optimizing and deploying cutting-edge software engineering solutions and infrastructure at the production scale required by the worlds largest companies.

• Shape & scope client solutions. Work with Bain consulting teams and product owners to translate business problems into prioritized backlogs and technical road-maps for cross-functional engineering squads.
• Own full-stack design & build. Lead the architecture development and documentation of web applications selecting and integrating third-party services or frameworks that accelerate delivery and long-term maintainability.
• Drive front-end modernization engagements. Direct small-to-mid-sized client workstreams to assess and improve front-end architecture micro-services build pipelines and security patterns.
• Establish front-end engineering best practices. Define and enforce standards around component libraries/design systems automated testing linting CI/CD accessibility and performance optimisation.
• Develop reusable libraries & accelerators. Create and curate shared code assets that reduce time-to-value across multiple client projects and internal initiatives.
• Lead the full delivery lifecycle. Set quality gates supervise code reviews ensure robust unit/integration test coverage manage release planning and oversee post-deployment monitoring and incident resolution.
• Partner on UI/UX excellence. Collaborate with designers to ship inclusive responsive interfaces
• Mentor & grow engineers. Provide day-to-day technical coaching for senior and mid-level engineers through pair programming architecture sessions and constructive feedback.
• Upskill client engineering teams. Coach client developers on modern tooling and DevOps/cloud-native practices ensuring sustainable ownership after Bains engagement.
• Advance cloud-native & DevOps adoption. Champion containerization infrastructure-as-code automated observability and secure-by-design principles to improve scalability reliability and security.
• Contribute to communities of practice. Share lessons learned and emerging technology trends through internal forums brown-bag sessions and knowledge assets.
• Support talent acquisition & onboarding. Participate in interviewing technical assessments and mentoring of new hires to build a high-calibre engineering cohort.

Travel is required. This position requires regional travel away from your home office/primary working location. Travel frequency and destinations will vary based on project needs.

ABOUT YOU

Technical Skills & Knowledge

• Degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field
• You bring at least 6 years of end-to-end experience designing building and maintaining production-grade full-stack applications.
• 5 years hands-on development with modern web technologies React Angular TypeScript HTML5 and CSS3 (including CSS-in-JS and preprocessors such as Sass/Less).
• 4 years building server-side services with FastAPI Flask Core or Java Spring Boot including the design of RESTful and GraphQL/gRPC APIs.
• 34 years architecting and operating micro-service ecosystems emphasizing service discovery observability CI/CD automation and blue-/green or canary deployments.
• Cloud-native delivery on AWS Azure or GCP adept with managed services serverless patterns and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform CloudFormation or Bicep).
• Containerization & orchestration proficiency Docker Kubernetes and related tooling (Helm Argo CD).
• Database architecture across relational (PostgreSQL MySQL SQL Server) and NoSQL/document stores (MongoDB DynamoDB Redis); solid SQL skills.
• Deep understanding of front-end engineering best practices component libraries/design systems state-management patterns unit/integration/e2e testing frameworks (Jest React Testing Library Cypress) module bundlers and package management.
• Security & privacy by design OAuth 2.0/OIDC JWT SSO/cloud IAM encryption in transit/at rest and awareness of data-protection regulations.
• Strong computer-science fundamentals data structures algorithms object-oriented and functional paradigms automated testing and performance profiling.
• Leadership & mentorship proven ability to lead small engineering squads set coding standards perform rigorous code reviews and up skill junior engineers.
• Agile delivery mindset practical experience with Scrum or Kanban story-point estimation backlog grooming and the use of Git-based workflows Jira and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Professional fluency in English

Interpersonal Skills

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to explain and discuss technicalities of solutions algorithms and techniques with colleagues and clients from other disciplines
• Curiosity proactivity and critical thinking
• Ability to collaborate with people at all levels and with multi-office/region teams
• Ability to work independently and juggle priorities to thrive in a fast paced and ambiguous environment while also collaborating as part of a team in complex situations

Other Experience

• Relevant professional hands-on experience in web development programming languages version control software design pattern infrastructure and deployment integration and unit testing implementation
• Commercial acumen and understanding of business models