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Director of Engineering - Financial Services

Job in Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Listing for: Publicis Sapient
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-02-28
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer, Cloud Engineer - Software, Full Stack Developer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 200000 - 300000 SAR Yearly SAR 200000.00 300000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Overview

Director of Engineering - Financial Services

The Director of Engineering is a hands-on software engineering expert with an agile mindset who is accountable for high-quality delivery of the software across all phases of the SDLC. They possess deep understanding and experience of driving enterprise-level modern architecture, robust software engineering practices and cloud adoption. They also collaborate with senior clients across technology and business domains and wider Publicis Sapient delivery and consulting teams to achieve business outcomes.

Qualifications
  • Engineering Expertise:
  • Extensive experience in defining end-to-end enterprise architecture
  • Experience in leading large-scale, complex, and distributed applications development of Cloud-native solutions (at least one of AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI)
  • Excellent knowledge and understanding of software design/architectural concepts like Event-driven Architecture, Microservices, Domain-driven design, SOLID, DRY, SoC, etc.
  • Software development background of large-scale distributed systems with exposure to multiple languages (like Java, C#, Go, Scala, Python etc.)
  • Hands-on experience with frameworks like Spring Boot, Node.js
  • Experience with/exposure to frontend technology frameworks like React, Angular etc
  • Experience in API styles such as Async API, REST, SOAP, Graph Ql, gRPC. Understanding of the various data solutions (like OLAPs, OLTP, graph, no-SQL etc.) and respective applications.
  • Containers and building container-based platforms using Docker, GKE, AKS etc.
  • Dev Ops/automation experience (CI, CD, Observability, Aggregated Logging & Engineering Metrics)
  • Quality Engineering (e.g., Test Pyramid, Automated Testing etc.)
  • Non-functional testing (e.g., performance, accessibility, multilingual, multi-device etc.)
  • People, Consulting and Delivery profile:
  • People Management – You will have proven experience of leading distributed teams of 30+ engineers and be responsible for their growth, learning and mentorship
  • Consulting experience and Communication skills – You will be experienced in managing senior stakeholders on the client side and responsible for building client advocates. You will also be experienced in running workshops with clients in a collaborative manner and achieving outcomes
  • Agile Delivery experience – You will be experienced in agile-based delivery across the entire SDLC and have good hands-on experience in managing the agile ceremonies and practices
  • Working with unknowns – You’ll have the ability to navigate the unknown and lead from the front in helping structure work and drive solution options and estimations at different RFP stages
  • Delivering Business Outcomes – You will be experienced in delivering end-to-end outcomes for clients starting from ideation to value realisation
Additional Information
  • An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
  • Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
  • Competitive compensation and benefits package.
  • Flexibility to support work-life balance.
  • Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
  • Generous paid leave and holidays.
  • Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organisations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value

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