Manager - Engineering

Business IntroductionMajid Al Futtaim Holding is the leading shopping mall, retail, communities, entertainment developer and operator in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia regions. With over 43,000 people, revenues of over US$ 11 Billion, and operations in 18 countries. Some of the iconic brands we carry include Mall of the Emirates, Carrefour, All Saints, Lego, City Center, Abercrombie & Fitch, & Vox Cinemas. We believe in making Great Moments for Everyone, Every day.Job Title: Manager - Engineering | Majid Al Futtaim RetailWe’re expanding our core engineering team and need a hands-on technical leader who can architect, deliver, and own business-critical platforms end-to-end. If you love turning bold ideas into reliable, high-throughput systems that directly move the P&L needle—we want to meet you!What You’ll Do:• Own architecture & delivery of payment, catalog, logistics, and growth services handling tens of thousands of requests per second• Design, build, and tune Java 17+ / Spring Boot microservices, Kafka event pipelines, distributed caches, and cloud-native deployments (Kubernetes on either AWS/GCP/Azure)• Drive engineering excellence: establish coding standards, automate CI/CD, champion observability and SRE practices• Lead & mentor a squad of senior engineers; facilitate architecture reviews and hands-on pair design• Translate features into business impact: partner with Product & Data teams to optimize conversion, retention, and unit economicsWhat We’re Looking For:• 8-12 years of production software experience, with 3+ years in a staff/principal or tech-lead capacity• Proven success delivering high-scale, low-latency systems in e-commerce, quick commerce, food-tech, fintech, or similar domains• Deep expertise in Java 17+, Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis, SQL/NoSQL (PostgreSQL/MongoDB), Kubernetes, and AWS/GCP• Solid command of DDD, clean architecture, CAP trade-offs, chaos testing, cost optimization• Passion for mentoring and a true “you build it, you run it” mindset• Bonus: exposure to real-time analytics, streaming ML, serverless, or LLM/RAG workflowsWhy You’ll Love It Here:• Green-field autonomy: influence roadmap and tech stack from day 0• Direct P&L impact: your work visibly moves revenue, margins, and customer NPS• High-performance peers who value clean code, rapid iteration, and psychological safety• Competitive package, fast growth, and dedicated learning budgets

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