Vice President of Software Engineering

Tanqeeb; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb is seeking a VP of Engineering to lead the company’s engineering function across multiple product lines and regions. The role requires strategic leadership with hands‑on delivery, ensuring scalable, secure platforms that meet regulatory requirements and business growth objectives.

You will collaborate with Product, Data, Security, Infrastructure, and Executive Leadership to translate business objectives into robust technical delivery while building high‑performing engineering teams

Qualifications

• Senior engineering leadership experience in fintech, trading, or high-scale tech environments.
• Proven track record leading large, distributed teams across multiple products or regions.
• Experience delivering complex, high-traffic platforms in regulated or security‑sensitive environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute engineering strategy aligned with growth, scalability, and technology vision.
• Lead multiple engineering teams across backend, frontend, mobile, platform, and infrastructure.
• Establish engineering standards, governance, and best practices across development teams.
• Oversee design, development, and delivery of high-availability trading and fintech platforms.
• Ensure system reliability, performance, security, and scalability in global markets.
• Guide architectural decisions, roadmaps, and modernization initiatives.
• Build and retain Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Architects.
• Drive accountability, quality, and ownership in teams.
• Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, Security, and Operations to ensure aligned delivery.
• Deliver governance, risk, and delivery excellence with metrics and reporting.
• Identify and mitigate technical debt, delivery risks, and scalability challenges.
• Provide executive-level technical guidance to leadership.

Skills

Senior engineering leadership

Fintech / trading experience

Distributed engineering teams

Regulatory/compliance awareness

Job description

About Our Client

Our client, a regulated financial services group, operates across multiple jurisdictions and trading verticals, including FX, CFDs, digital assets, and emerging fintech products.

Role Overview

The VP of Engineering is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing the end-to-end engineering function across multiple product lines and regions. This role combines strategic leadership with strong execution, ensuring engineering teams deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms aligned with business growth and regulatory requirements.

The role works closely with Product, Data, Security, Infrastructure, and Executive Leadership to translate business objectives into robust technical delivery, while building high-performing, accountable engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Strategy

• Define and execute the group-wide engineering strategy aligned with business growth, platform scalability, and long-term technology vision.
• Lead multiple engineering teams across backend, frontend, mobile, platform, and infrastructure functions.
• Establish clear engineering standards, best practices, and governance frameworks across all development teams.

Platform Delivery & Technical Oversight

• Oversee the design, development, and delivery of high-availability trading, brokerage, and fintech platforms.
• Ensure system reliability, performance, security, and scalability across global markets and high-volume environments.
• Guide architectural decisions, technical roadmaps, and modernization initiatives.

People & Organization

• Build, mentor, and retain strong engineering leadership, including Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Architects.
• Drive a culture of accountability, quality, continuous improvement, and ownership across engineering teams.
• Support workforce planning, team structure optimization, and succession planning.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product, Compliance, Risk, Security, and Operations teams to ensure aligned delivery.
• Translate business requirements into executable engineering plans with clear timelines and priorities.
• Act as a senior technical advisor to executive leadership.

Governance, Risk & Delivery Excellence

• Ensure engineering practices comply with regulatory, security, and operational requirements.
• Implement delivery metrics, performance monitoring, and reporting to track engineering effectiveness.
• Identify and mitigate technical debt, delivery risks, and scalability challenges.

Requirements

Experience & Background

• Senior engineering leadership experience within fintech, trading, financial services, or high-scale technology environments.
• Proven track record managing large, distributed engineering teams across multiple products or regions.
• Experience delivering complex, high-traffic platforms in regulated or security-sensitive environments.

Technical & Leadership Competencies

• Strong understanding of modern software architectures, cloud platforms, and scalable system design.
• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands‑on technical oversight and delivery accountability.
• Demonstrated experience driving engineering excellence, delivery discipline, and organizational maturity.

Leadership & Communication

• Executive‑level stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to lead through change, scale teams, and align engineering execution with business priorities.
• Strong decision‑making capability in fast‑paced, high‑growth environments.