Summary
NMDC Group is seeking a Software Engineering Manager in Abu Dhabi to lead and mentor software and data engineering teams. The role includes setting engineering practices, delivering the product roadmap, managing the engineering budget, and partnering with product, design, business, and IT stakeholders. The manager will guide platform architecture, data platform development, SaaS solutions, DevOps, and quality assurance. Applicants need a relevant bachelor's degree and at least 12 years of full-stack software engineering experience, including 3 years in leadership; a master's degree is a plus.
The posting
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- Build, Lead and mentor our growing engineering team.
- Drive the technical execution of our product roadmap, fostering a collaborative environment where software engineering best practices meet the unique challenges of the dredging and marine construction industry
- Develop innovative solutions, manage technical teams, and build high-quality software to enable our digital transformation.
Responsibilities
- Lead, manage, mentor, and build a team of software engineers and data engineers fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and creative problem-solving
- Establish Engineering best practices, frameworks, agile methodologies and tools to promote Technology Engineering Excellence in an industrial setting
- Ownership of Engineering Budget. Manage resources including staffing, software licenses, and tools
- Closely partner with product managers, UX/UI designers, business stakeholders, and the IT Group to develop the technical strategy, design and architecture of the Business Unit’s technology platform
- Lead the engineering team in executing the technical strategy ensuring the highest standards of design patterns, code quality, solution extensibility, usability, and maintainability
- Help define a clear framework of compliance, governance, system integration and data integrity between the Business Unit (Vertical) and IT Group (Horizontal)
- Guide the design and architecture of a purpose-built data platform for the Business Unit establishing an ecosystem for data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence and other innovations
- Design and implement a SaaS platform enabling multiple feature teams to build business-specific solutions while maintaining a standard user experience
- Lead and conduct technical evaluations of 3rd party applications / solutions
- Establish DevOps processes and best practices
- Create comprehensive framework for Quality Assurance, Testing, and Automation
- Strive to learn and apply latest technologies and methodologies promoting a culture of continuous learning on the team.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- A Master's degree is a plus
- Minimum 12 years of experience in full-stack software engineering, with at least 03 years in leadership roles.
Technical Competencies
- Proven experience in building and scaling software and data engineering teams
- Expert in SDLC processes and technologies (full-stack development, APIs, PaaS, DevOps, Cloud)
- Advanced proficiency in product management tools (e.g., Jira, Gitlab, etc.)
- Familiarity with on-premises and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
Experience with managing budgets and familiarity with financials
Behavioral Competencies
- Strong leadership, mentorship, communication, and analytical skills
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions on time, within budget, that delight customers
- Willing and capable of establishing processes and creating methodology frameworks from the ground up
- Ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and create realistic business cases for technology initiatives
- Customer-centricity reflected in interactions with colleagues and partners, as well as through solution design
- Experience in digital transformation in “big industries” such as maritime, construction, oil and gas, and others is a bonus