Director of Engineering at Delivery Hero

Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

28 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

30 Oct, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Engineering Leadership, Team Management, Strategic Vision, Collaboration, Product Development, Scalable Solutions, Complex Systems, Performance Culture, Transparency, Continuous Improvement, Data Science, Machine Learning, Algorithms, Mathematics, Technical Strategy, Business Impact

Industry

technology;Information and Internet

Description

Company Description HungerStation is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. Job Description We are looking for a highly talented Director of Engineering to join us. If you're eager to make a significant impact, collaborate with a highly skilled and diverse team, and thrive in a dynamic B2C environment, this could be the perfect opportunity for you! As a Director of Engineering at Hungerstation, you’ll: You’ll tackle high-impact challenges that make last-mile delivery efficient, affordable, and sustainable. Your work will directly improve experiences for riders, end customers, and vendors across Saudi Arabia. Each enhancement you contribute will help HungerStation optimize delivery operations, supporting expansion into new areas like grocery and retail. Lead and Scale High-Performing Teams: Directly manage 3-6 engineering managers, staff+ level individual contributors, and oversee an organization of 30+ engineers, fostering a high-performance culture, clarity of expectations, and alignment with organizational goals. Define and Execute Strategic Vision: Develop and implement technical and team strategies that align with business objectives, ensuring your tribe delivers impactful and scalable solutions. Drive Business Impact Through Collaboration: Build and maintain strong partnerships with Product and Operations leaders to align on priorities, OKRs, and roadmaps, ensuring your tribe’s work directly contributes to business success. Promote a Culture of Transparency and Growth: Foster open communication, accountability, and continuous improvement by providing 360-degree feedback and sharing achievements and failures across the engineering community. Qualifications Experience with Product lead companies in a senior leadership Engineering role. Demonstrated expertise in leading highly performing engineering teams, preferably within KSA-based technology start-ups. Proven track record of designing and delivering scalable products. Prior experience in building and managing complex systems. A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is preferred. Tenured people leader: experience leading senior people (staff & principal engineers, senior managers) [nice to have] Strong Computer Science fundamentals: algorithms, mathematics, academic background, a basic understanding of data science, machine learning

Responsibilities

As a Director of Engineering, you will tackle high-impact challenges to improve last-mile delivery efficiency and support expansion into new areas. You will lead and manage engineering teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives and fostering a high-performance culture.