Engineering Manager

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to join an Fintech start-up in Bahrain. You'll be a true practitioner of continuous improvement and agile principles, not just someone who facilitates stand-ups. You'll lead a team of approximately 10 engineers, inheriting an existing team and elevating their performance through better processes, clearer goals, and proactive obstacle removal.

You'll be deeply involved in improving their SDLC, implementing metrics-driven improvements, managing stakeholders across the organization, and growing your team members' careers. You should understand engineering at a technical level and be respected by engineers as someone who's been in the trenches building mission-critical systems.

What you'll be doing :

• Lead and grow a team of 10 engineers across backend, frontend, mobile, and DevOps
• Implement and continuously improve agile / lean processes tailored to our startup context
• Use engineering metrics (cycle time, deployment frequency, lead time) to identify and eliminate bottlenecks
• Proactively remove blockers and create an environment where engineers can do their best work
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communications across product, business, and leadership
• Improve SDLC processes, development workflows, and engineering standards
• Conduct 1-on-1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations
• Lead incident response and blameless post-mortems to drive learning and improvement
• Manage hybrid / remote teams effectively across time zones
• Support compliance efforts including ISO27001 and SOC II audits
• Balance technical debt with feature delivery and business needs
• Foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous learning

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What Success Looks like :