Sr. Engineering Manager

Delivery Hero
Dubai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Emotional intelligence","Cross-functional collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Lead multiple engineering teams (about 4 squads, ~20 engineers) within a single domain, shaping a 12–18 month technical vision, ensuring delivery excellence, scaling through domain-level decisions, and partnering with product/design/business to drive measurable impact while maintaining Talabat’s standards for scalability, security, and performance.

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Sr. Engineering Manager

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Job Summary

Lead multiple engineering teams (about 4 squads, ~20 engineers) within a single domain, shaping a 12–18 month technical vision, ensuring delivery excellence, scaling through domain-level decisions, and partnering with product/design/business to drive measurable impact while maintaining Talabat’s standards for scalability, security, and performance.
Location: Dubai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define domain-level technical strategy and 12–18 month vision in collaboration with product leadership
  • •Foster team health and growth by hiring, mentoring, and creating psychological safety across engineering managers and ICs
  • •Guide delivery through discovery, planning, and iterative execution with small-batch delivery and feedback loops
  • •Translate product objectives into technical solutions and quantify the business impact of your domain
  • •Lead cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and business partners to align on priorities and resolve ambiguity

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of hands-on technical leadership experience managing engineering teams
  • •Demonstrated ability to hire, mentor, and grow engineers with a track record of developing people
  • •Comfort with cross-functional leadership: working with product, design, business partners, and other engineering teams
  • •Emotional intelligence: navigate ambiguity, handle conflict constructively, and create psychological safety for your teams
  • •8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience in production systems
Experience:4+ yearsDeliveryLogisticsMarketplace
Skills:LeadershipMentoringEmotional intelligenceCross-functional collaborationProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TDDPair programmingContinuous deliveryDistributed systemsBackend systemsData platformsWeb-scale infrastructureCloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Company Brief

Delivery Hero
Global online food-ordering and local delivery platform operating multiple regional brands (e.g., Foodpanda, Glovo, Talabat) across 50–70+ countries, supplying food and quick-commerce deliveries via marketplace and logistics services.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Founded: 2011
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