Head of Development & Architecture – Fintech Scale Leader

leading-edge; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Leading-edge in Saudi Arabia seeks a Head of Development to lead engineering strategy and execution for a regulated remittance platform, scaling a secure, high-availability environment. You will drive architectural integrity, governance, and delivery across Agile teams, partnering with Product, Compliance, Risk, and Operations to align technology with commercial priorities.

Candidates must have 10+ years in software engineering and fintech leadership, with Java or Go and microservices for

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering and leadership roles.
• Experience in fintech, remittance, or regulated digital banking.
• Proven ability to scale high-availability transaction platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute engineering strategy aligned with business growth and regulatory requirements.
• Provide executive leadership to multi-disciplinary engineering teams and drive delivery excellence.
• Ensure architectural integrity, reliability, and secure high-volume transaction processing.

Skills

Fintech/Remittance

Microservices

System architecture

Java/Go

Agile

Job description

Leading-edge in Saudi Arabia seeks a Head of Development to lead engineering strategy and execution for a regulated remittance platform, scaling a secure, high-availability environment. You will drive architectural integrity, governance, and delivery across Agile teams, partnering with Product, Compliance, Risk, and Operations to align technology with commercial priorities.

Candidates must have 10+ years in software engineering and fintech leadership, with Java or Go and microservices for