Software Engineering Team Lead

About the Role

Zid is seeking a Software Engineering Team Lead to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves leading the Storefront Engineering team, which is responsible for developing and maintaining customer-facing commerce experiences, including checkout, authentication, themes, and other storefront functionalities. The ideal candidate will have 2-5 years of relevant experience.

Role Overview

The Software Engineering Team Lead will guide engineers while actively participating in the design and delivery of reliable, secure, and scalable software solutions. This position requires setting technical direction, translating product goals into engineering plans, and collaborating with Product, Design, QA, and other Engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions across interconnected storefront journeys.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Storefront Engineering team's daily delivery, clarify priorities, break down work, manage dependencies, and remove blockers.
• Own the technical direction and quality of checkout, authentication, themes, and related storefront systems.
• Balance new feature development with reliability, scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Design and review solutions for complex user journeys, APIs, data flows, and integrations.
• Document technical decisions and guide engineers through implementation.
• Write and review production code while addressing complex technical challenges.
• Support debugging efforts and uphold standards for testing, code review, security, and observability.
• Partner with Product and Design to define requirements and identify technical constraints early.
• Deliver accessible, responsive, and reliable experiences across devices.
• Coordinate with other Engineering teams on shared services, dependencies, and releases to ensure end-to-end storefront functionality.
• Improve system performance, availability, resilience, and scalability.
• Investigate production incidents, identify root causes, and drive follow-up improvements.
• Mentor engineers through feedback, pairing, delegation, and technical guidance.
• Help engineers strengthen their technical judgment, ownership, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Plan delivery with realistic estimates, clear milestones, and manageable execution plans.
• Communicate progress, dependencies, risks, and technical trade-offs clearly across teams.
• Make informed technical and delivery trade-offs when priorities change.
• Utilize automation and AI-assisted development where beneficial, while maintaining accountability for correctness, quality, and security.

Impact of the Role

• Contribute to building customer-facing commerce experiences that support thousands of merchants and their customers.
• Oversee critical storefront journeys, including checkout, authentication, themes, and related capabilities.
• Lead and mentor engineers while engaging with technical challenges.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, QA, and Engineering teams.
• Influence technical direction, engineering quality, and the Storefront team's delivery at scale.
• Play a role in developing reliable commerce experiences that support the retail sector in Saudi Arabia and beyond.