Delivery Hero (talabat)
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Company Description
About Us:
talabat is the leading food and grocery delivery platform across the MENA region, serving customers in 9 countries. Our mobile apps are the primary interface for hundreds of thousands of daily orders — and the engineering behind them directly shapes how millions of people eat, shop, and experience convenience. We're part of the Delivery Hero network spanning 50+ countries.
Job Description
About this role:
We're looking for a Mobile Engineering Manager to lead one of our mobile engineering teams building the talabat consumer experience on iOS and Android. You'll own the delivery of features that millions of users interact with daily — from discovery and ordering to real-time tracking and payments.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You won't be writing code daily, but you'll be close enough to the codebase to make informed architectural decisions, unblock your engineers, and maintain high technical standards. You'll lead a team of 6–10 mobile engineers and partner closely with product, design, and backend teams.
We practice eXtreme Programming (XP) principles — including pair programming, TDD, and continuous delivery. If you haven't worked in an XP environment before, that's fine — what matters is that you believe quality enables speed and you're excited to lead in this way.
What you'll do:
What success looks like:
By 90 days : You understand the mobile codebase, the team's delivery rhythm, and key stakeholder relationships. You've completed 1:1s with every team member and have a clear picture of strengths and growth areas.
By 6 months : Your team is shipping incremental value consistently. You've measurably improved at least one dimension of team health — whether that's cycle time, test coverage, onboarding speed, or engineer satisfaction.
By 12 months : You've shaped the technical roadmap for your area, developed at least one engineer toward their next career milestone, and established yourself as a trusted partner to product and design leadership.
Qualifications
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Bonus if you have :
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Additional Information
Your career growth path:
Talabat operates a structured career framework with clearly defined levels for engineering leaders. As a Mobile Engineering Manager, you'll enter an established progression that rewards growing impact, strategic ownership, and people leadership:
Engineering Manager — You lead a single team, own delivery and people development, and build the engineering culture within your squad. Your direct impact is at the squad and domain level.
Senior Engineering Manager — You lead multiple teams or a full domain. You set technical direction across squads, grow the next generation of managers, and own domain-level strategy with a longer planning horizon.
Engineering Director — You lead engineering across a tribe or multiple domains. You define technical vision, partner with senior business leaders, and are accountable for quality and delivery at scale.
Senior Engineering Director — You lead engineering across multiple tribes or an entire product line. You shape company-wide technical strategy, build director-level talent, and represent engineering at the executive level.
