Full-Time Director of Engineering

• Lead technical architecture strategy and engineering standards across backend, frontend, mobile, and QA.
• Build, develop, and scale high-performing engineering teams.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices.
• Partner with Product teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Collaborate with the Infrastructure Manager to ensure seamless integration between development and operations.
• Ensure engineering deliverables comply with SAMA regulations and financial services security standards.
• Drive technical innovation while maintaining focus on system reliability.
• Oversee QA strategies including automated testing, performance testing, and security testing.
• Manage technology vendor relationships, development tools, and engineering infrastructure costs.
• Implement engineering metrics and KPIs to drive data-driven decision making.
• Serve as technical escalation point for complex engineering challenges.
• Uphold and champion SiFi's values.

• 12+ years of engineering experience with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven experience in fintech, financial services, or payment systems (mandatory).
• Strong technical background in C#/.NET and Python development (preferred).
• Expertise in microservices architecture, cloud-native development, and distributed systems design.
• Experience with mobile application development, modern frontend frameworks, and QA processes.
• Deep understanding of regulatory compliance requirements including SAMA, PCI DSS.
• Track record managing technology budgets, vendor relationships, and engineering infrastructure investments.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and infrastructure as code.
• Experience working with financial services regulators.

• Technical leader with ability to transition business requirements into scalable solutions.
• Customer-focused with understanding of how engineering decisions impact user experience.
• Data-driven approach to engineering management.
• Collaborative and transparent communicator.
• Committed to building inclusive, high-performing teams.
• Resilient and adaptable leader.
• Mentoring-oriented manager.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous situations.

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