Lean is the leading financial infrastructure provider in the Middle East. We power some of the region’s most ambitious companies. What started as the region’s pioneering Open Banking platform and quickly became the de facto leader. We’ve processed billions of dollars in transactions. We’re trusted by 350+ clients – from Binance and other global names to the region’s largest banks and fintechs.

About the role: Lean is looking for a hands-on Software Engineering Manager to lead and grow our Client Experience (CX) engineering team. This is a player-coach role: you will write and review production code, set architectural direction, and own the platform components, APIs and standards behind client integrations, while growing the team from 2 engineers toward 5-8 reports through 2027.

What you’ll own: CX delivery – lead project management and technical execution for the CX squad as a true player-coach: writing and reviewing production code, setting architectural direction, and driving delivery with urgency and ownership; Platform ownership – maintain and evolve CX-owned platform components, ensuring reliability, quality, and continuous improvement; API standards – act as the authoritative standards-setter for Lean’s APIs across all products; provide tooling and guardrails to improve consistency and quality; People leadership – manage, coach, and develop a team of 2 engineers today, with a clear mandate to grow the team to 5-8 reports through 2027; and Team building – make the case for headcount growth, hire great engineers, and build CX into a standalone pillar within Lean’s engineering org.

What we’re looking for: Must-have: 8+ years of engineering experience, with 3+ years in a management or equivalent role demonstrating both technical depth and people leadership; Full-stack engineering capability – comfortable writing and reviewing production code across frontend and backend; Strong proficiency with React, TypeScript, Java, and Spring Boot; Experience in backend systems design and architecture; Deep familiarity with API design principles and best practices; A quality-first mindset – testing frameworks are visible in your work history and you have a clear, principled approach to software quality; Ability to manage observability, monitoring, and incident response for production services; Track record of building and growing engineering teams through hiring and internal development; Strong communicator – able to translate technical decisions for non-technical audiences and vice versa; Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-ambiguity environments and making good decisions with incomplete information. Nice to have: Experience in fintech or regulated industries; Prior experience scaling a team from a small group to 5+ direct reports.

Why Join us? We’re building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact. Since 2019, we’ve become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the region. Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn’t just validation: it’s fuel. We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also offer a range of benefits that support our people. Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer.

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This is a full-time role with Lean Technologies. Published 2026-11-09.

Source: Lean Technologies careers (Ashby). Apply here: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/LeanTech/3a4a08a0-5d53-4312-9214-8c3fa695b67d