Software Engineering Manager - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Deriv

Deriv

Verified Company

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Ahmed Al-Mansouri

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As a Back-end Engineering Manager, you will spend 30% of your time reviewing code and solving technical issues and 70% on people management.

The role's higher goal is serving the team's needs according to our leadership philosophy.

Our leaders take it upon themselves to help their team members perform at their best, work with their colleagues, and progress in their careers.

It'll be your ambition to build your team for success.

You'll hire top talent, mentor team members, and put them in positions that lead to increased team efficiency and individual growth.

You'll also ensure that your talented developers have what they need to meet deadlines and produce excellent results.

Your challenges

Provide leadership to our growing Backend team based in countries worldwide.
Build, coach, and retain a highperforming team capable of overcoming challenges and delivering results.
Hold regular oneonones with all the members of your team.
Collaborate with project and product managers to strategise for the Backend team's share in the timeline of each project.
Ensure standards and deadlines are met through team leads' planning and task delegation.
Triage and manage issues to avoid bottlenecks and keep the team's efficiency high.
Encourage creativity and innovation for systems and processes that enable the team to succeed.

Our team

You'll be part of the Backend team responsible for designing, developing, testing, and debugging the company's serverside apps and databases. In collaboration with the QA team, we investigate and resolve technical issues. We empower the Frontend team by providing the components and features that they need. We aspire to create a stable and performant digital environment that our customers and developers can use without compromising their experience.

Requirements:

3+ years of experience in leading software development teams
7+ years of experience in coding
Remarkable management skills
Ability to collaborate effectively with and achieve consensus among stakeholders
Expertise in programming languages, preferably Python, , C/C++, Go, Java, or Ruby
Proficiency in agile development and managing agile workloads in crossfunctional teams
Working knowledge of Nginx, Redis, Git, and Docker and familiarity with microservices and scalable systems
Excellent spoken and written English communication skills

What's good to have

Experience with asynchronous programming and scalable systems
Experience with relational database design and/or opensource RDBMS systems such as MySQL and PostgreSQL
Knowledge of Perl or
Background in Linux and other opensource platforms

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