Senior Manager – Technology | Microservices

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

AED 45,000 – 60,000 per month

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Senior Manager – Technology | Microservices

Function: Technology / Engineering
Level: Senior Management
Employment Type: Full-Time
Industry: Banking / Financial Services / FinTech
Experience: 10–15+ Years
Location: UAE / Middle East
Work Model: Full-Time

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager – Technology (Microservices) to provide technical leadership across the design, development, delivery and operational management of modern enterprise technology platforms.

The role will be responsible for leading engineering teams and driving the adoption of microservices, API-led integration, event-driven architecture and cloud-native technologies to deliver secure, scalable, resilient and high-performing digital solutions.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical expertise with people leadership, architecture oversight and delivery management. You will work closely with product, business, architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, operations and other technology stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technology solutions.

This is an opportunity for a technology leader who can operate effectively across architecture, engineering, delivery and production operations, while continuously improving engineering standards and technology capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technology & Engineering Leadership

Lead technology engineering teams responsible for the development, enhancement and support of enterprise applications and microservices platforms.
Provide technical direction, architectural guidance and engineering leadership across multiple initiatives.
Establish engineering standards, development practices, coding guidelines and technology governance.
Drive continuous improvement in application quality, scalability, resilience, maintainability and performance.
Provide technical oversight across the complete software development lifecycle from requirements and design through deployment and production support.
Ensure technology solutions are aligned with enterprise architecture, security and governance standards.

2. Microservices & API Architecture

Lead the design and implementation of scalable microservices-based architectures.
Define reusable, modular and loosely coupled services aligned with enterprise architecture principles.
Drive API-first and API-led integration strategies across internal and external platforms.
Oversee the design and management of RESTful APIs and enterprise integration services.
Promote appropriate use of synchronous and asynchronous communication patterns.
Drive adoption of event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks where appropriate.
Review application blueprints, solution designs, technical specifications and architectural decisions.
Support application modernization initiatives, including decomposition of legacy/monolithic applications into modern services.

Modern banking engineering environments increasingly emphasise API-first, event-driven and cloud-native architectures, with microservices, Kafka and Kubernetes forming common elements of enterprise platforms.

3. Application Development

Provide technical leadership for development using modern enterprise technology stacks.
Strongly understand Java and Spring Boot-based application development and enterprise integration.
Guide teams in developing secure, reusable, testable and production-ready services.
Establish and enforce appropriate software development and code-review standards.
Promote automated testing, quality engineering and continuous integration.
Identify opportunities for application performance improvement and technical debt reduction.
Ensure solutions are designed for high availability, scalability and operational resilience.

4. Cloud, Containers & DevOps

Drive adoption of cloud-native application development and deployment practices.
Work closely with DevOps and infrastructure teams on containerised application platforms.
Provide technical oversight of technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
Support implementation and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines.
Promote Infrastructure-as-Code, automation and repeatable deployment practices.
Establish appropriate monitoring, logging, tracing and application observability.
Ensure applications are designed for scalability, fault tolerance and high availability.

5. Delivery & Programme Execution

Lead technology delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives.
Translate business requirements into actionable technology roadmaps and delivery plans.
Work with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architects and Project Managers to establish priorities and delivery milestones.
Manage technical dependencies, delivery risks, resource requirements and escalation points.
Ensure projects are delivered within agreed timelines, quality standards and governance frameworks.
Balance new feature delivery with platform stability, technical debt and operational priorities.
Support Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies and continuous improvement.

6. Production Support & Operational Excellence

Provide senior technical oversight for critical production applications and services.
Act as an escalation point for complex technology incidents and performance issues.
Drive root-cause analysis and permanent corrective actions for recurring issues.
Establish proactive application health, performance and capacity monitoring.
Improve system reliability, availability and operational resilience.
Ensure appropriate disaster recovery, business continuity and high-availability considerations are incorporated into technology solutions.

7. Security, Risk & Compliance

Ensure applications and APIs comply with enterprise cybersecurity and technology-risk requirements.
Embed secure-by-design principles throughout the development lifecycle.
Work with Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance and Architecture teams to address technology risks.
Ensure appropriate authentication, authorisation, encryption, secrets management and API security practices.
Support internal and external technology audits and remediation activities.
Ensure technology solutions meet the governance and regulatory expectations applicable to financial services environments.

8. People Leadership

Lead, mentor and develop software engineers, technical leads and technology professionals.
Establish clear objectives, performance expectations and development plans.
Build a high-performing engineering culture focused on ownership, innovation and continuous improvement.
Identify capability gaps and support technical upskilling.
Participate in recruitment, succession planning and talent development.
Encourage knowledge sharing, technical communities of practice and engineering excellence.

9. Stakeholder & Vendor Management

Collaborate effectively with senior business and technology stakeholders.
Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Work with enterprise architects, product teams, cybersecurity, infrastructure, operations and data teams.
Manage relationships with technology vendors, implementation partners and external service providers where required.
Evaluate technology solutions and provide recommendations based on scalability, security, maintainability and business value.

Core Technology Expertise

Candidates should demonstrate strong experience across several of the following areas:

Microservices Architecture
Java / J2EE
Spring Boot / Spring Framework
RESTful APIs
API Management / API Gateway
Event-Driven Architecture
Apache Kafka / Enterprise Messaging
Docker
Kubernetes / OpenShift
Cloud Platforms – AWS, Azure or equivalent
CI/CD and DevOps
Git-based Development
Automated Testing
Application Performance & Observability
Distributed Systems
Enterprise Integration
SQL / Relational Databases
NoSQL technologies
Security & API Authentication
High Availability & Disaster Recovery

Required Experience & Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.
Typically 10–15+ years of overall technology/software engineering experience, with significant experience in enterprise application development.
Proven experience in a technology leadership, engineering management, application management or senior technical leadership position.
Strong hands-on understanding of microservices architecture and enterprise application development.
Strong experience with Java/Spring Boot or comparable enterprise technology stacks.
Experience designing and implementing APIs and distributed systems.
Experience working with cloud, containers and modern DevOps practices.
Experience managing and mentoring technology teams.
Demonstrated experience delivering complex enterprise technology programmes.
Experience working in banking, financial services, fintech or another highly regulated enterprise environment would be highly advantageous.

Preferred Experience

Experience with large-scale digital transformation or application-modernisation programmes.
Experience migrating monolithic applications towards microservices architectures.
Experience with API gateways and API management platforms.
Experience with Kafka or other enterprise messaging technologies.
Experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift and cloud-native platforms.
Understanding of Domain-Driven Design, distributed systems and resiliency patterns.
Experience implementing observability, distributed tracing and application monitoring.
Exposure to Agile, Scrum, DevSecOps and SRE practices.
Experience working with enterprise security, risk and compliance teams.
Experience managing technology vendors and strategic technology partners.

Leadership Competencies

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

Strategic Technology Thinking – Ability to translate business objectives into technology strategy and execution.
Technical Leadership – Strong credibility with engineering and architecture teams.
People Leadership – Ability to build, mentor and motivate high-performing teams.
Execution Excellence – Strong ownership of delivery, quality, reliability and operational outcomes.
Problem Solving – Strong analytical and structured approach to complex technology challenges.
Stakeholder Management – Ability to influence senior stakeholders across business and technology.
Innovation Mindset – Willingness to evaluate and adopt relevant emerging technologies.
Risk Awareness – Strong appreciation of security, resilience, governance and regulatory requirements.

What Success Looks Like

Within the role, success will be demonstrated through:

Reliable delivery of scalable and secure microservices platforms.
Improved application performance, resilience and availability.
Increased adoption of modern engineering and DevOps practices.
Strong API and integration capabilities across enterprise platforms.
Effective modernization of legacy technology environments.
High-quality delivery across multiple technology initiatives.
Strong engineering team capability and succession development.
Reduced operational incidents and improved production stability.
Effective alignment between technology strategy and business objectives.

Candidate Profile

This opportunity is particularly suited to professionals currently working as:

Candidates from banking, financial services, fintech, payments, digital banking, telecommunications and large-scale enterprise technology environments with strong microservices and API engineering backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Interested professionals may share their updated profile/CV for a confidential discussion.

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