Business Introduction
Majid Al Futtaim Holding is the leading shopping mall, retail, communities, entertainment developer and operator in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia regions. With over 43,000 people, revenues of over US$ 11 Billion, and operations in 18 countries. Some of the iconic brands we carry include Mall of the Emirates, Carrefour, All Saints, Lego, City Center, Abercrombie & Fitch, & Vox Cinemas. We believe in making Great Moments for Everyone, Every day.
Job Title : Manager - Engineering | Majid Al Futtaim Retail
We’re expanding our core engineering team and need a hands-on technical leader who can architect, deliver, and own business-critical platforms end-to-end. If you love turning bold ideas into reliable, high-throughput systems that directly move the P&L needle—we want to meet you!
What You’ll Do :
- Own architecture & delivery of payment, catalog, logistics, and growth services handling tens of thousands of requests per second
- Design, build, and tune Java 17+ / Spring Boot microservices, Kafka event pipelines, distributed caches, and cloud-native deployments (Kubernetes on either AWS / GCP / Azure)
- Drive engineering excellence : establish coding standards, automate CI / CD, champion observability and SRE practices
- Lead & mentor a squad of senior engineers; facilitate architecture reviews and hands-on pair design
- Translate features into business impact : partner with Product & Data teams to optimize conversion, retention, and unit economics
What We’re Looking For :
8-12 years of production software experience, with 3+ years in a staff / principal or tech-lead capacityProven success delivering high-scale, low-latency systems in e-commerce, quick commerce, food-tech, fintech, or similar domainsDeep expertise in Java 17+, Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis, SQL / NoSQL (PostgreSQL / MongoDB), Kubernetes, and AWS / GCPSolid command of DDD, clean architecture, CAP trade-offs, chaos testing, cost optimizationPassion for mentoring and a true “you build it, you run it” mindsetBonus : exposure to real-time analytics, streaming ML, serverless, or LLM / RAG workflowsWhy You’ll Love It Here :
Green-field autonomy : influence roadmap and tech stack from day 0Direct P&L impact : your work visibly moves revenue, margins, and customer NPSHigh-performance peers who value clean code, rapid iteration, and psychological safetyCompetitive package, fast growth, and dedicated learning budgets