Engineering Manager I - Financial Services
Accounting & Finance, Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
About the Role
Work with the product and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and translate them into pragmatic and effective technical solutions.
Responsibilities
- Work with different stakeholders to establish a culture of technical excellence and be responsible for the success and personal growth of your team.
- Oversee engineering teams and their projects, ensuring they can deliver their best work by identifying and removing blockers and coaching teammates.
- Build robust and scalable software in Java.
- Help improve existing code quality through quality assurance practices and code reviews.
- Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to technology, algorithms, and product development.
- Contribute to hiring the engineering team for the product you are responsible for.
Requirements
· Previous experience with digital products or in a similar product role at a FinTech company, digital bank, or payment provider.
· At least 3 years of experience as an Engineering Manager or Tech Lead within an engineering organization.
· Extensive experience with cloud technologies, microservices architecture, continuous delivery, and modern human-computer interfaces.
· Strong understanding of Agile methodologies.
· Excellent leadership and project management skills, ideally with experience managing remote teams.
· Solid software design knowledge with the ability to create extensible, reusable, and scalable solutions.
· Demonstrated ability to prioritize, self-start, contribute under pressure, and meet tight deadlines.
· Highly organized, creative, and critical thinker.
· Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment.
· Experience working with core banking software is a plus.
· BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.