The Job in short

As an Engineering Director at Backbase, you will lead a multi-project engineering organization delivering complex digital banking solutions for leading financial institutions in the Middle East region. You are accountable for building a high-performing engineering organization that consistently delivers predictable, high-quality software while developing future engineering leaders.

This is not only a delivery leadership role. You are expected to continuously improve how engineering operates by introducing modern engineering practices, scaling engineering excellence across teams and driving AI-assisted software development.

You will lead Engineering Managers and Technical Leaders across multiple customer engagements, balancing customer success, engineering quality and organizational growth.

Meet the Job

Lead and grow an engineering organization of 100+ engineers across multiple customer programs.
Coach, develop and raise the bar for Engineering Managers through regular mentoring, feedback and performance management.




Drive engineering excellence by improving delivery predictability, quality, developer experience, operational readiness and engineering metrics.
Establish consistent engineering governance, release readiness, architecture and quality practices across multiple teams.
Partner with customers, Delivery Managers, Technical Leaders, Architects and Product leadership to build trusted engineering relationships and resolve complex delivery challenges.
Build a culture of ownership, accountability, continuous improvement and technical excellence.
Lead engineering transformation through adoption of AI-native development practices, Agentic SDLC, automation and contemporary platform capabilities.
Develop engineering capability for the region through hiring, succession planning, technical communities and career development.

What Success Looks Like

You build an organization where:

Engineering Managers grow into exceptional leaders.
Teams deliver predic

📌 (Services) Engineering Director (Hyderabad)
🏢 Backbase
📍 Hyderabad