[Hiring] Head of Engineering @Bokra Holding

Role Description

Bokra is looking for a Head of Engineering to own the architecture and technical delivery of its investment platform. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll design the systems, set the technical direction, and stay close to the code, while leading a small, high-trust engineering team and growing it as Bokra scales.

• Architect and design Bokra's platform, making the key technical decisions for a regulated financial product: reliability, security, scalability, and data integrity
• Stay hands-on (about 60% of your time): reviewing and writing critical code, solving hard technical problems, and setting the engineering bar
• Lead and develop the engineering team (1 tech lead, 2 frontend, 2 backend): hiring, mentoring, performance, and career growth (about 40% of your time)
• Own delivery with Product, Design, and the Group Product Manager, turning priorities into clear technical plans and predictable releases
• Drive engineering standards: code quality, testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and incident response
• Build security, data privacy, and regulatory compliance into how the team works, as expected of an FRA-licensed platform
• Plan for scale as Bokra launches new products and expands into new markets
• Report on engineering health, delivery, and risk to leadership

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in technical leadership (Head of Engineering, Engineering Manager, or Tech Lead managing a team)
• Strong hands-on experience with Elixir is a huge plus
• Proven fintech experience (payments, banking, investing, or other regulated financial products)
• Demonstrated ability to architect and design systems end-to-end, not just implement them
• Experience leading and growing a small engineering team, balancing coding with people management
• Strong communicator, able to work across Product, Compliance, and Business teams

Requirements

• Experience with high-security, compliance-heavy environments
• Experience scaling a platform across multiple MENA/GCC markets
• Familiarity with Sharia-compliant financial products or Islamic finance
• Experience building and hiring engineering teams in a startup or scale-up