Technical Director B2B2C Social & Lifestyle Platform | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia We’re building a scalable social and lifestyle platform connecting consumers and businesses across Saudi Arabia. We’re looking for a Tech Director to own technical execution, scale the platform, and lead a growing engineering team across backend, web, and mobile.
This is a senior, hands-on leadership role for someone comfortable owning architecture, delivery, and people — and wearing multiple hats, including coding when needed.
Responsibilities Lead and scale engineering teams across backend, frontend, mobile, and QA. Own platform architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance. Oversee development of web and mobile applications with shared logic and consistent delivery. Drive backend systems built on stateless services designed for horizontal scaling. Own secure, high-throughput media pipelines and global content delivery strategies. Establish engineering standards, CI/CD practices, observability, and operational readiness. Partner closely with founders to align technical execution with business goals. Ensure platform security and compliance with relevant Saudi data and platform regulations. Step in hands-on: prototype, review critical code, unblock teams, and contribute directly when needed. Requirements8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in engineering leadership. Strong backend experience designing scalable APIs and distributed systems. Solid experience delivering web and mobile applications in production. Experience with cloud infrastructure, load balancing, auto-scaling, and CDN-based delivery. Comfortable owning media-heavy platforms (uploads, storage, delivery, optimization). Proven ability to hire, mentor, and lead senior engineers. Startup mindset: adaptable, fast-moving, and comfortable with ambiguity and switching priorities. Fluent in Arabic and English