Senior Data Engineering Manager

About Tamara

Tamara is a fintech platform operating in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region. The company provides financial solutions across various sectors, including retail, travel, education, and healthcare, serving over 25 million customers and 130,000 partner merchants daily. Tamara is supported by investors such as Sanabil Investments (a wholly-owned company of the Public Investment Fund) and SNB Capital.

Role Overview

Tamara is seeking an Engineering Manager II to lead a key area within its engineering organization. This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves leading a team of 6-10 senior engineers, potentially structured across two squads, and driving the execution of team-level goals aligned with broader organizational priorities. The Engineering Manager II will be responsible for the delivery and technical strategy across multiple complex product domains.

Key Responsibilities

• Inspire and guide senior engineers, establishing clear direction aligned with the company vision.
• Drive alignment between technology goals and product priorities, balancing long-term technical quality with short-term delivery.
• Develop direct reports and skip-levels for future leadership roles, creating growth opportunities for senior engineers and mentoring aspiring Engineering Manager I's.
• Lead architectural discussions for team systems and drive continuous improvements to system reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Define and own delivery plans for initiatives spanning multiple teams, managing resource allocation and hiring strategy for the area.
• Partner with Product and business leadership to influence medium- and long-term product strategies, ensuring teams focus on measurable outcomes and ROI.
• Foster a healthy, inclusive environment of trust, ownership, and accountability, promoting strong collaboration and knowledge-sharing.

Qualifications and Experience

• 2-5 years of experience in a relevant engineering leadership role.
• Deep expertise in software development and proven leadership capabilities.
• Ability to guide architectural evolution of systems, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Experience in managing complex cross-team dependencies and making strategic trade-offs.
• Demonstrated ability to foster technical excellence and develop senior engineers.

Required Attributes

The ideal candidate is a driven, determined, and curious leader who values collective strength. This individual maintains a positive outlook, is solution-oriented, and perseveres through challenges. The role requires effective collaboration through empathy and respect, quick response with urgency, and adaptability to achieve objectives.

Application Process

Further details regarding the application process and salary will be disclosed during the recruitment stages.