Senior Technical Lead (UAEN)

About the role

A client of Black Pearl Consult is looking for an experienced Senior Technical Lead to drive the design, delivery and engineering excellence of its next-generation technology platforms. The role sits at the intersection of architecture, engineering leadership and execution, and involves working closely with Product, AI/ML and senior stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Define and own the end-to-end system architecture, lead design reviews and set coding standards and reliability best practices
• Evaluate emerging technologies and make build vs. buy decisions
• Lead and mentor engineering teams, support hiring, onboarding and performance management, and establish code reviews and quality benchmarks
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions, partner with Product on roadmaps and manage technical risks
• Oversee system performance, monitoring and logging, and work with DevOps/DevSecOps on CI/CD pipelines and security
• Collaborate with AI/ML teams and align frontend, backend and data layers

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• 8-12+ years of software engineering experience, including 3-5+ years in a technical leadership or architecture role
• Experience building scalable backend systems and on AI/ML-powered applications
• Preferred: enterprise-scale or government-grade systems, security and compliance familiarity, and startup/fast-paced environment experience

Required skills

• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud)
• Distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, APIs and databases (SQL and NoSQL)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills