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 up-to-date 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.
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📌 (Services) Engineering Director (Hyderabad)
🏢 Backbase
📍 Hyderabad