Expert Senior Manager Software Engineering

Expert Senior Manager Software Engineering Please submit your application in English.

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Who You’ll Work with You’ll join our Engineering Experts within the AI, Insights & Solutions team. This team is part of Bain’s digital capabilities practice, which includes experts in analytics, engineering, product management, and design. In this multidisciplinary environment, you’ll leverage deep technical expertise with business acumen to help clients tackle their most transformative challenges. You’ll work on integrated teams alongside our general consultants and clients to develop data‑driven strategies and innovative solutions. Together, we create human‑centric solutions that harness the power of data and artificial intelligence to drive competitive advantage for our clients. Our collaborative and supportive work environment fosters creativity and continuous learning, enabling us to consistently deliver exceptional results.

What You’ll Do As an Expert Senior Manager, Software Engineering, you will lead the development and building of software applications that address complex problems in various industries. You will mentor and guide a diverse engineering team through the entire engineering life cycle. Your responsibilities will include designing, developing, optimizing, and deploying cutting‑edge software engineering solutions and infrastructure at the production scale required by the world’s largest companies.

Collaborate closely with and influence general consulting teams to identify software solutions to client business problems, and to appropriately scope, prioritize and execute those solutions

Provide strategic leadership in designing and development of full stack application software, guiding selection of third‑party software products ensuring seamless integration as needed

Oversee and drive strategic engagements focused on optimizing clients' front‑end architecture, micro‑services, build processes, security frameworks, etc.

Champion establishing front‑end development best practices and standards

Guide the development of scalable libraries and software components to accelerate the delivery of client solutions

Oversee the full software development life cycle including architecture design, reviewing documentation and unit / integration tests, guiding issue resolutions, driving quality and consistency for code reviews, and mentoring other Engineers

Lead the collaboration between web designers and developers to create modern UI / UX web applications

Coach front‑end engineers to develop full‑stack capabilities and advance their careers

Work with the team and other senior leaders to create a great working environment that attracts other great engineers

Coach engineering teams at our clients and partners to raise their capabilities and ensure that our work is successfully deployed to the highest standards

Drive best demonstrated practices in software engineering, and share learnings with team members in AAG about theoretical and technical developments in software engineering

Drive industry‑leading innovations that translate into great impact for our clients in case work

Act as PD Advisor as needed

Lead recruiting and onboarding for other team members

Travel is required. This position requires regional travel away from your home office / primary working location. Travel frequency and destinations will vary based on project needs

About You Technical Skills & Knowledge

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

10 years minimum experience

3 years minimum leading and managing engineers

Track record of leading and collaborating on strategic initiatives

Deep experience with designing and building full‑stack applications

Experience (7+ years) with web application development and technologies such as React, Angular, Vue.js, HTML and CSS

Experience (6+ years) with server‑side development with frameworks and technologies such as FastAPI, Node.js, Flask, Django, .NET Core or Java Spring Boot

Experience building applications with Cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)

Experience (5+ years) with micro‑service API development (RESTful, GraphQL, gRPC)

Experience with UI / UX analytics platforms for engagement analysis (Amplitude, Mixpanel, Google Analytics)

Strong knowledge in front‑end development best practices (component libraries, testing frameworks, package management, and CSS pre‑processors)

Knowledge of modern integration practices for front‑end and enterprise level system to system integrations (sync vs async, event‑based patterns etc.)

Experience with data architecture, database schema design, database scalability and SQL

Experience with SQL or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or SQL Server)

Understanding of data security and privacy regulations, key topics in cybersecurity, authentication and authorization mechanisms (including cloud IAM)

Strong computer science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, automated testing, object‑oriented programming, performance complexity, and implications of computer architecture on software performance.

Experience working according to agile principles

Professional fluency in English

Interpersonal Skills

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to explain and discuss technicalities of solutions, algorithms and techniques with colleagues and clients from other disciplines

Curiosity, proactivity and critical thinking

Ability to collaborate with people at all levels and with multi‑office / region teams

Ability to work independently and juggle priorities to thrive in a fast paced and ambiguous environment, while also collaborating as part of a team in complex situations

Other Experience

Relevant professional hands‑on experience in web development, programming languages, version control, software design pattern, infrastructure and deployment, integration and unit testing implementation

Commercial acumen and understanding of business models

Experience leading multiple projects independently and growing and developing more junior engineers

Location : Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Salary and benefits are competitive and align with market standards. Applicable equity options may be a part of the compensation package. Support for relocation and travel costs is provided as appropriate.

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