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About Us
Tamara is the leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region with a mission to help people make their dreams come true by building the most customer-centric financial super-app on earth. The company serves millions of users in KSA, UAE and Kuwait, and partners with leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, noon, Amazon, IKEA, eXtra and Farfetch as well as small and medium businesses.
Tamara is Saudi’s first fintech unicorn and is backed by Sanabil Investments, SNB Capital, Checkout.com, amongst others, operating out of its headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with other regional and global support offices.
Your Role
We're seeking an Engineering Manager I for one of our core engineering teams. As an Engineering Manager I, you will be crucial in leading a team to develop and enhance our payment solutions. You will guide your team in building and owning a meaningful segment of our platform, ensuring the delivery of high-quality features that create the unique experiences only Tamara can offer.
Drawing on your proficiency in software development and team leadership, you will be responsible for providing technical direction for your team, fostering a culture of quality, and driving the execution of your team's roadmap. You will lead a focused team of 4-6 engineers (Backend, Frontend, QA) and collaborate closely with designers, analysts, and product experts. Your responsibilities will center on guiding technical decisions, ensuring on-time delivery of the team's roadmap, and fostering the career growth of your engineers.
You are a driven, determined, curious team player, knowing that collective strength means we all win. With a positive outlook, you are solution-oriented–persevering regardless of circumstances, always finding a way through, no matter the challenges. You will effectively find a way to work with everyone through empathy and respect. You will be driven and comfortable with responding quickly with urgency, with the ability to change course without losing momentum and energy, resulting in great success.
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Who Are We
HALA is a leading fintech player in the MENAP region that aims to redefine financial services and build the future bank of SMEs. HALA aims at empowering SMEs to start, run, and grow their businesses by providing them with cutting-edge financial and technological tools.
HALA currently holds multiple entities in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt (including HALA Payments and HALA Logistics) and offers solutions that enable merchants to digitize their payments as well as manage their sales and operations.
Founded in 2017, HALA is currently licensed by the Saudi Arabian Central Bank.
Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that power Hala's platforms.
Build and optimize scalable, secure, and high-performance systems to support growing user and data demands.
Collaborate closely with product managers, frontend engineers, and other teams to define technical requirements and deliver end-to-end solutions.
Integrate with third-party systems, internal APIs, and external services to enable seamless functionality.
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices and team standards.
Implement authentication, authorization, and data protection mechanisms to ensure system security and integrity.
Contribute to architecture discussions and technical design reviews to ensure scalable and future-proof backend solutions.
Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement performance improvements.
Participate in code reviews, mentoring, and continuous improvement of engineering processes.
Collaborate in deploying and maintaining services in staging and production environments (e.g., via CI/CD pipelines).
Support troubleshooting, debugging, and resolving production issues in a timely manner.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
Experience:
3–5+ years of backend development experience in a production environment.
Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., C#, Go, or Java).
Experience with RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL design and development.
Solid understanding of microservices architecture and event-driven systems.
Familiarity with databases (SQL and NoSQL), such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or Redis.
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern DevOps practices.
Understanding of security principles, authentication (OAuth2, JWT), and data privacy best practices.
Skills :
Excellent problem-solving skills, teamwork, and communication abilities.
Strong focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.
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Role Summary
We are seeking a Lead SOC Validation & Adversary Simulation Engineer to strengthen the effectiveness of our Security Operations Center (SOC / VSOC) by continuously validating detections, response workflows, and telemetry using adversary-informed testing techniques.
This role is SOC-owned and SOC-driven. The primary objective is to improve detection fidelity, reduce blind spots, and increase SOC readiness across vehicle, cloud, and other environments. Adversary simulation and Purple Team techniques are used as methods to harden SOC operations not as standalone Red Team activities.
Key Responsibilities
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Leadership & Collaboration
Additional Compensation and Benefits: Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)
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