Lean Technologies
Software Engineering Manager
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job overview
Date posted
27/06/2025
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
11/08/2025
Job description
As a Software Engineering Manager at Lean Technologies in Riyadh, you will lead a small, high-performing engineering team to design, develop, and maintain features on the Lean open banking platform. The role involves overseeing agile software development processes, ensuring security and regulatory compliance (e.g., SAMA, CB UAE), and collaborating with product teams and other software development units. The candidate will be responsible for implementing internal communication strategies, driving operational excellence, and mentoring engineers. Lean operates in the MENA region as a regulated open finance platform and has received substantial funding to scale its operations and innovation. The Engineering Manager will contribute to secure development, influence technical strategy, and align engineering efforts with the company’s mission of enabling seamless A2A payments and data connectivity for fintech companies across the region.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Lead a small, high-performing team of engineers.
- Implement and control agile software development practices and efficient workflows.
- Establish team metrics for measuring quality and operational excellence with consistent improvement processes.
- Develop and implement internal communication strategies to enhance collaboration across teams.
- Ensure compliance with open banking regulations including SAMA, CB UAE, and other relevant authorities.
- Maintain strong internal and external communication to ensure effective coordination.
- Build in-depth product knowledge to align with product teams.
- Promote testability and best engineering practices within the team.
- Implement defect prevention strategies to maintain high-quality codebases.
Experience & skills
- Proven track record of delivering complex projects across cross-functional teams in agile environments.
- Experience mentoring engineers at various experience levels.
- Ability to influence technical strategy at an organizational level.
- Solid technical background with a clear understanding of microservice architecture and REST APIs.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience with external security audits.
- Desired: Experience in open banking or fintech.
- Desired: Background in software development.
- Desired: Experience integrating with external APIs.