Employment: Full Time
As the Head of Software Engineering, you will be tasked with the overall responsibilities of the software development function from platform inception, development and scale-up.
You will be responsible for establishing the most effective, cost optimising and profitable online marketplace and software roadmap for the business.
Client Details
An established organisation in the region that is now looking to launch a brand-new eCommerce marketplace to further drive their exciting expansion plans.
Description
* Drive software development and technology strategy across the online marketplace platform, including investment vendor and stakeholder management.
* Lead internal or external software development team to develop, document and maintain cutting-edge web and mobile based platform.
* Drive improvements in the development practice of continuous delivery and promote enhancements and upgrades where applicable.
* Design strategies for future development projects based on the company’s overall objectives and resources.
* Provide leadership, management, and technical vision to entire engineering team.
Job Offer
* Opportunity to join an established Middle East organisation that is looking to launch a brand-new eCommerce marketplace.
* Generous tax-free salary and family benefits
* Bachelor’s degree in computer science with a minimum of 10 years relevant software development experience, with at least 5 years in a start-up environment.
* Ability to step into a senior leadership position responsible for building, motivating and leading high performing development team.
* Previous successful track record of building and scaling web and mobile based applications.
Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:
Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal
The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.
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