Summary:

The Cloud team at Lucid is currently seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineering role. In this position, the individual will be responsible for providing
reliability to the cloud infrastructure that enabled Lucid Motors' cloud-based services and internal systems.

Responsibilities:

• Provide Reliability Engineering to cloud services deployed and managed in the region of KSA.
• Continuous delivery (CI/CD) using ArgoCD, Jenkins, Maven, and Docker.
• Architect cloud systems in highly available design, ensuring Disaster Recovery (DR) measures are in place.
• Containerization and deployment of microservices and data pipeline on Kubernetes using Helm installation.
• Advocate for a DevOps culture of automation and engineering best practices to enable development teams.
• Auto-scale and monitoring performance for Kubernetes and running applications using Prometheus and Grafana or similar tools.
• Performing SRE activities such as availability and reliability monitoring and reports.
• Deploy, configure and maintain tools such as Kafka, Spark, Trino, Airflow, MQTT, and Microservices.
• Setting up infrastructure as a service using Terraform.
• Work and deploy using the codebase repositories in GitLab, along with participation in the peer review activities.
• Support No-SQL databases such as Elastic Search, Mongo, Cassandra, and other open sources services.
• Setup and monitor various applications and services. Continuously enhance the alerts and automate the recovery process.
• Articipate in the on-call rotation to keep up the service SLA per the business needs.
• Work with Product Owners, engineering managers, and other team members in Agile Scrum and Kanban mode.
• Take appropriate actions by doing impact analysis during the incidents.

Requirements and Skills:

• B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent field.
• Can speak English fluently to communicate with teams across geographical regions.
• +6 years of experience in SRE or DevOps Engineering.
• +5 years of experience deploying and maintaining systems on Oracle cloud (OCI), and Amazon web services (AWS).
• +3 years of experience in Terraform.
• +3 years of experience in Kubernetes.
• +3 years of experience with tools such as Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc. to build automation and CI/CD pipelines.
• Professional experience in Programing or scripting languages using Python, Go, Bash/Shell, or others.
• Experience in administrative operations knowledge in RDBMS (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL), and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB).
• Moderate experience in distributed computing for running data systems using Spark, Hive, Zookeeper, and Kafka.
• Moderate experience in debugging tools and troubleshooting performance bottlenecks at the infrastructure or at the application tier.
• Good to have experience with Config Management using Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or others.

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 the region and partners with leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, noon, IKEA and Amazon, as well as small and medium businesses.

Tamara is Saudi Arabia’s first fintech unicorn and is backed by Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), SNB Capital, Checkout.com, amongst others. The company operates from its headquarters in Riyadh, with additional regional and global support offices.

Your Role 

We're seeking an Engineering Manager II to lead a critical area of our engineering organization. In this role, you will be accountable for the delivery and technical strategy across multiple complex and related domains within our product. You will lead a high-performing team of 6-10 senior engineers, potentially structured across two squads, driving the execution of team-level goals that are directly aligned with broader organizational priorities.

Drawing on your deep expertise in software development and proven leadership, you will guide the architectural evolution of your team's systems, ensuring they are reliable, scalable, and performant. You will be a key partner to product and business leadership, influencing medium- and long-term strategy and ensuring your teams are focused on delivering measurable impact.

Your ultimate responsibility is to orchestrate technical excellence, foster the growth of senior engineers and future leaders, manage complex cross-team dependencies, and transform how millions of users engage in shopping, payment, and banking activities.

You are a driven, determined, and curious leader, who knows 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.

Your Responsibilities

• Leadership & Strategy: Inspire and guide a group of senior engineers, setting a clear direction that aligns with the company vision. Drive alignment between technology goals and product priorities, advocating for long-term technical quality alongside short-term delivery.
• People Leadership & Development: Develop both direct reports and skip-levels for future leadership roles. Create growth opportunities for senior engineers, mentor those aspiring to become Engineering Manager I's, and support the success of new managers. Drive team structure decisions, hiring plans, and succession planning while effectively managing performance across all levels.
• Technical Excellence: Lead architectural discussions for your team's systems. Drive continuous improvements to system reliability, performance, and scalability. Monitor technical health and ensure the team maintains a healthy balance between new feature delivery and technical investment.
• Execution & Delivery: Define and own the delivery plans for initiatives that span multiple teams. Own resource allocation and hiring strategy for your area. Proactively identify and resolve complex cross-team delivery challenges, making strategic trade-offs between short- and long-term value. Provide clear visibility to leadership on project status, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Product & Business Partnership: Partner directly with Product and business leadership to influence medium- and long-term product strategies. Ensure your teams are focusing on measurable outcomes and ROI, and encourage a culture of thoughtful experimentation aligned with strategic goals.
• Team Health & Collaboration: Build a healthy, inclusive environment of trust, ownership, and accountability. Foster a strong collaboration and knowledge-sharing culture. Work closely with peer Engineering Managers and the architecture board to ensure alignment and drive standards across the engineering organization.

Your Expertise

• You have at least 4+ years of experience managing one or more engineering teams, with a proven track record of managing senior individual contributors and leading projects of medium-to-high complexity.
• Demonstrated experience owning delivery for initiatives spanning multiple teams or complex product domains.
• Strong technical background in modern software development (e.g., Java/Go, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Messaging Queues, Cloud Services), with experience leading architectural discussions and driving technical strategy.
• Experience partnering with product managers to influence product roadmaps and align technical strategy with business objectives.
• Proven ability to develop engineering talent, including mentoring senior engineers and aspiring managers.
• Expertise in Agile methodologies and experience resolving complex, cross-team delivery challenges in a fast-paced environment.
• Fintech or eCommerce experience is a strong plus.

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.

Your Responsibilities

• Leadership: Inspire and motivate a team of 4-6 engineers within a single squad. Provide clear direction for the team, aligning their goals with the company vision and strategy. Build a healthy environment of trust, feedback, and a strong sense of ownership.
• People Development: Develop talent through ongoing coaching, mentoring, and providing challenging growth opportunities. Give candid and constructive feedback frequently. Run effective 1:1s, assess performance, and play a key role in helping us attract, develop, and retain great engineering talent for your team.
• Technical Contribution & Ownership: As a significant technical contributor, you will maintain a strong understanding of your team's software architecture. You will provide technical direction, facilitate technical decision-making in collaboration with senior engineers, and drive quality practices like code reviews and testing. You will support the adoption of engineering best practices such as CI/CD and observability.
• Execution & Delivery: Plan and manage your team's execution to deliver on roadmap commitments. Help the team break down complex topics into smaller, manageable tasks in collaboration with Product and UX. Identify risks early, communicate them to stakeholders, and work actively to mitigate them.
• Team Performance: You are accountable for your team's on-time delivery. You will help define and refine team-level processes to improve effectiveness and ensure alignment with broader organizational goals.
• Collaboration: Partner with Product and business leadership to influence product strategy and drive alignment between technical goals and product priorities. Work closely with other Engineering Managers and the architecture board to ensure consistency and shared learning.

Your Expertise

• You have 1-3 years of experience in an engineering leadership role (e.g., Team Lead, Tech Lead, or Engineering Manager), guiding a team of at least 4 engineers.
• You have a strong technical background in software development (e.g., Java, Go, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Messaging Queues, Cloud Services).
• You are motivated by working in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment.
• You have a good understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Fintech/eCommerce experience is a plus.

Responsibilities:

Expectations:

Advantages:

• VMCE certification is beneficial; employees can obtain VMCE and VMCA after starting the job.
• Knowledge in Kubernetes technologies platforms is an advantage.
• Knowledge in DBs (Oracle, SQL, DB2, SAP) is an advantage.

• Understanding of data and privacy and security standards such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, PDPL, NDMO, NCA, SAMA.

  Familiarity with data security frameworks including DSPM (Data Security Posture Management) .

We Offer:

Artefact is a new generation of data service providers, specialising in data consulting and data-driven digital marketing. It is dedicated to transforming data into business impact across the entire value chain of organisations. We are proud to say we’re enjoying skyrocketing growth.The backbone of our consulting missions, today our Data consulting team has more than 400 consultants covering all Artefact's offers (and more): data marketing, data governance, strategy consulting, product owner…

About the role ...

As a Cloud Architect Manager at Artefact, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing robust, scalable, and secure cloud solutions that support our clients’ data and technology ecosystems. You will collaborate closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure cloud architecture is aligned with business needs, optimizing tool selection, cost efficiency, and scalability. Additionally, you will lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to Artefact’s growth by driving innovation and promoting best practices in cloud technology.

What you'll be doing ...

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure architectures (cloud, on-premise, hybrid) aligned with business requirements.
• Define and enforce best practices for cloud platform deployment and configuration, security, networking, operations and tools selection.
• Oversee the integration of cloud platforms with data pipelines, storage, and compute services.
• Standardize coding, deployment, and monitoring practices across cloud environments.
• Design and implement automated solutions to set up, monitor, and adjust cloud infrastructure efficiently.
• Lead problem-solving initiatives for complex technical challenges related to cloud environments.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple cloud projects, ensuring efficient resource management.
• Foster teamwork by mentoring, coaching and guiding cloud engineers and ensuring knowledge transfer.
• Manage client relationships regarding project expectations, timelines, and outcomes.
• Contribute to Artefact's growth by maintaining tech partnerships, leading technical proposals to support project planning and identify potential growth areas with existing accounts.

What you'll need ...

• Proven track record in architecting and deploying large-scale Google Cloud solutions
• Deep expertise in GCP security, networking, and compliance best practices (VPC Service Controls, IAM, Organization Policy)
• Designed end-to-end GCP environments that are highly available, secure, and cost-efficient—leveraging Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run, Compute Engine, and Cloud SQL
• Defined global DR/HA strategies using Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud CDN, and automated failover with multi-region Bigtable/Spanner or persistent disk replication, achieving sub-hour RTOs for critical workloads
• Architected end-to-end data pipelines—built both streaming and batch ETL workflows using Pub/Sub, Dataflow (Apache Beam), and Dataproc to ingest high-throughput events into BigQuery for real-time insights.
• Designed scalable data models in BigQuery—implemented dimensional schemas with partitioning and clustering to achieve sub-second query times on petabyte-scale datasets.
• Orchestrated and scheduled workflows leveraging Cloud Composer (Airflow) and Workflows—added automated retries, data-quality validations, and alerting to guarantee pipeline reliability.
• Automated infrastructure lifecycle via Terraform and Cloud Build pipelines—implementing auto-scaling, patch management, and monitoring workflows that boosted operational efficiency
• Mastery of cost control in GCP: committed-use discounts, custom machine types, billing export analytics, and budget alerts, plus high-availability patterns for resilience
• Partnered with data teams to fine-tune architectures on Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Dataflow, and Dataproc—delivering performant, scalable analytics platforms
• Proven leadership in guiding cross-functional teams and steering complex, multi-phase cloud projects to on-time delivery
• Exceptional communicator, adept at crafting business-focused presentations and leading stakeholder workshops on GCP strategy
• Strong problem-solver, experienced in diagnosing and resolving architectural challenges across compute, data, and networking domains
• Skilled at stakeholder management, from technical deep dives with engineering teams to strategic discussions with C-level executives
• Mentorship & coaching: developing cloud engineering talent through hands-on training, code reviews, and best-practice evangelism
• Business growth driver, recognized for leveraging GCP innovations to unlock new revenue streams and streamline operations

Artefact is a new generation of data service providers, specialising in data consulting and data-driven digital marketing. It is dedicated to transforming data into business impact across the entire value chain of organisations. We are proud to say we’re enjoying skyrocketing growth.The backbone of our consulting missions, today our Data consulting team has more than 400 consultants covering all Artefact's offers (and more): data marketing, data governance, strategy consulting, product owner…

About the role ...

As a Cloud Architect Manager at Artefact, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing robust, scalable, and secure cloud solutions that support our clients’ data and technology ecosystems. You will collaborate closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure cloud architecture is aligned with business needs, optimizing tool selection, cost efficiency, and scalability. Additionally, you will lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to Artefact’s growth by driving innovation and promoting best practices in cloud technology.

What you'll be doing ...

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure architectures (cloud, on-premise, hybrid) aligned with business requirements.
• Define and enforce best practices for cloud platform deployment and configuration, security, networking, operations and tools selection.
• Oversee the integration of cloud platforms with data pipelines, storage, and compute services.
• Standardize coding, deployment, and monitoring practices across cloud environments.
• Design and implement automated solutions to set up, monitor, and adjust cloud infrastructure efficiently.
• Lead problem-solving initiatives for complex technical challenges related to cloud environments.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple cloud projects, ensuring efficient resource management.
• Foster teamwork by mentoring, coaching and guiding cloud engineers and ensuring knowledge transfer.
• Manage client relationships regarding project expectations, timelines, and outcomes.
• Contribute to Artefact's growth by maintaining tech partnerships, leading technical proposals to support project planning and identify potential growth areas with existing accounts.

What you'll need ...

• Proven experience designing and implementing cloud architectures on Azure at scale
• Strong expertise in cloud security, networking, and compliance frameworks.
• Led the end-to-end design of highly available, secure, and cost-optimized Azure environments for enterprise customers, leveraging services such as Azure Virtual Network, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure App Service.
• Defined multi-region DR/HA architectures using Azure Traffic Manager, paired regions, and Azure Site Recovery, achieving RTOs under 1 hour for mission-critical workloads.
• Enable automated patching, scaling, and monitoring tasks via Azure DevOps YAML pipelines and PowerShell DSC, improving operational efficiency.
• Deep understanding of cloud cost optimization, monitoring, and high availability design patterns.
• Collaborated with data engineers to optimize architectures on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Synapse, and MS Fabric
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience managing technical teams and large-scale projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience creating business-focused presentations.
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities for complex, multi-disciplinary cloud projects.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders and navigating client discussions effectively.
• Ability to mentor, coach, and develop technical teams in cloud engineering best practices.
• A track record of contributing to business growth through technical innovation and strategic initiatives.

Job Summary

Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that power Hala services web and mobile platforms.
Build and optimize scalable, secure, and high-performance systems to support growing user and data demands.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that power Hala services web and mobile 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.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

• Experience: 1+ years of backend development experience in a production environment.

• Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (.NET, Node.js, Python, 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 (OCI, 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.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, teamwork, and communication abilities.

• Strong focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.