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Mashreq Corporate & Investment Banking Group

Global Lead Engineer - Credit Cards

Mashreq Corporate & Investment Banking Group
United Arab Emirates · Full-time · Mid-Senior

To deliver and maintain IT-applications and –services in order to realize the Mashreq strategy in the field of information technology. Engineers in this job category are responsible for the technical aspects of the projects/features and they work with the Group Product Owner and Chapter Lead. They are directly responsible for the governance of Engineers across all countries working withing the scope of the deliverable of Squad.

  • Has a helicopter view and determines priorities based on context
  • Improves themselves in everything he / she does; Is a goto-person for the team when encountering technical challenges
  • Creates and Maintains necessary technical knowledgebase within the squad;
  • Challenges and improves own coding continuously and that of junior and senior Engineers; sets the rules for coding and enhances them
  • Has mastered several frontend engineering languages and techniques as a primary skill, and determines the best use of it depending on the situation;
  • Writes tutorials and provides training Improves themselves in everything he / she does
  • Uses his/her Frontend technical expertise and experience to contribute to frontend engineering excellence across Engineers in Squad.
  • Works with Designated Principal Engineers for the Squad to ensure the best engineering outcome, in terms of reusability, optimization, testability, readability and performance of Code.
  • Works with Product Owner and Chapter Lead to track, govern and implement, the best practices on an ongoing basis.
  • Consults with the team about what is needed to fulfil the functional and non-functional requirements of the IT product to be developed
  • Develops the IT product, performs the unit test in line with the customer’s wishes and IT area’s internal ambitions and reviews colleagues’ IT products.
  • Designs, builds and tests IT products (functional, performance, resilience and security tests) and automates them.
  • Improves the Continuous Delivery process
  • Sets up the IT environment, deploys the IT product on the IT infrastructure and implements the required changes
  • Sets up monitoring of IT product usage by the customer
  • Excellent programming/coding skills
  • Excellent Communication and Presentation skills
  • Excellent working knowledge of Web Technologies HTML/ CSS, and modern frontend JavaScript/css framework, such as ReactJS, TailwindCSS and NextJs
  • Excellent working knowledge of Mobile Technologies, React Native with a sound knowledge of iOS and Android.
  • Well versed in either of Java/Kotlin or Swift.
  • Deep understanding of the CI/CD for Frontend Stack with Azure Devops or Jenkins.
  • Well versed with Performance optimization and practices, for both web and mobile applications.
  • Infrastructure knowledge including RESTful APIs, Single Sign On, LDAP, Search Technologies (Apigee, GraphQL, Swagger, Elasticsearch, Kibana, auth0)
  • Full stack engineer with Java a passion for mentoring other colleagues in the team (Optional)
  • Should be a change agent that always challenges status quo
  • Real passion for development and a demonstrated appetite for continual learning
  • Knowledge of pair programming, continuous integration and test-driven development
  • At least 10 years of software development experience with experience working in Agile teams
  • Experiences with code refactoring, design patterns, design-driven development, continuous deployment, highly scalable applications, application security
  • Working knowledge of DevOps, Docker and infrastructure as code
  • Experience with at least one unit testing framework, such as Jest or Mocha.
  • Community contributions (e.g., open source work, publishing / speaking on technical ideas) is a plus
  • Open to learning new ideas outside scope or knowledge skillset

The leading financial institution in MENA

While more than half a century old, we proudly think like a challenger, startup, and innovator

in banking and finance, powered by a diverse and dynamic team who put customers first.

Together, we pioneer key innovations and developments in banking and financial services.

Our mandate? To help customers find their way to Rise Every Day, partnering with them through

the highs and lows to help them reach their goals and unlock their unique vision of success.

Delivering superior service to clients by leading with innovation, treating colleagues with dignity and fairness while pursuing opportunities that grow shareholders value.

We actively contribute to the community through responsible banking in our mission to inspire more people to Rise.

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product owner devops continuous integration infrastructure as code continuous deployment continuous delivery technical expertise design patterns elasticsearch react native restful apis reactjs graphql docker react java cicd css ios
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Posted
Sep 03, 2025
Type
Full-time
Level
Mid-Senior
Location
United Arab Emirates

Industries

Banking

Categories

Finance Sales

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