Manager Engineering

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Manager EngineeringFull-timeCompany DescriptionAbout Us:talabat is the leading food and grocery delivery platform across the MENA region, serving customers in 9 countries. Our mobile apps are the primary interface for hundreds of thousands of daily orders — and the engineering behind them directly shapes how millions of people eat, shop, and experience convenience. We're part of the Delivery Hero network spanning 50+ countries.Job DescriptionAbout this role:We're looking for a Mobile Engineering Manager to lead one of our mobile engineering teams building the talabat consumer experience on iOS and Android. You'll own the delivery of features that millions of users interact with daily — from discovery and ordering to real-time tracking and payments.This is a hands-on leadership role. You won't be writing code daily, but you'll be close enough to the codebase to make informed architectural decisions, unblock your engineers, and maintain high technical standards. You'll lead a team of 6–10 mobile engineers and partner closely with product, design, and backend teams.We practice eXtreme Programming (XP) principles — including pair programming, TDD, and continuous delivery. If you haven't worked in an XP environment before, that's fine — what matters is that you believe quality enables speed and you're excited to lead in this way.What you'll do:Lead a team of 6–10 mobile engineers (iOS and Android) through planning, building, and shipping customer-facing featuresOwn mobile release quality — drive testing strategy, monitor crash rates and performance metrics, and maintain release cadencePartner with product managers and designers to shape what gets built, balancing user impact with technical feasibilityMake architectural decisions on mobile patterns (modularisation, dependency injection, reactive patterns, navigation architecture)Coach and develop engineers through regular 1:1s, pairing sessions, and career development conversationsManage cross-team dependencies with backend, platform, and infrastructure teamsContribute to mobile engineering standards and practices across talabatWhat success looks like:By 90 days: You understand the mobile codebase, the team's delivery rhythm, and key stakeholder relationships. You've completed 1:1s with every team member and have a clear picture of strengths and growth areas. By 6 months: Your team is shipping incremental value consistently. You've measurably improved at least one dimension of team health — whether that's cycle time, test coverage, onboarding speed, or engineer satisfaction. By 12 months: You've shaped the technical roadmap for your area, developed at least one engineer toward their next career milestone, and established yourself as a trusted partner to product and design leadership.QualificationsYou must have6+ years of hands-on mobile engineering experience (iOS, Android, or Flutter)2+ years leading and managing mobile engineering teams (hiring, performance, career development)Deep understanding of mobile app architecture — you can evaluate trade-offs between native vs cross-platform, modular vs monolithic, and different state management approachesExperience shipping mobile apps at scale (100K+ DAU) with a focus on performance, reliability, and user experienceStrong automated testing mindset — you believe in CI/CD for mobile and have driven testing culture in a teamExperience with mobile release management, feature flagging, and gradual rolloutsComfort working in a fast-paced, iterative environment where priorities shift based on customer...