Head of Development-KSA

Urgent: Head of Development

Saudi Arabia (On-site)

6-Month Extendable period Potential Permanent Conversion

Industry Experience: Fintech Remittance or Digital Banking

Immediate Candidate Must be reside in KSA GCC nationality also preffered

Overview

Our client in KSA is seeking a Head of Development to lead engineering strategy and execution for a regulated remittance platform with a clear mandate to scale a secure high-availability transaction environment accelerate delivery and build a high-performance engineering function to support sustained growth within a regulated fintech landscape.

Key Responsibilities

-Define and execute the engineering strategy aligned with business growth regulatory obligations and long-term platform scalability

-Provide executive leadership to multi-disciplinary engineering teams building a performance-driven culture focused on accountability delivery excellence and technical depth

-Ensure architectural integrity system resilience and secure high-volume transaction processing across a regulated infrastructure

-Establish robust engineering governance quality frameworks and operational standards to support sustainable scale

-Partner with Product Compliance Risk and Operations leadership to align technology investments with commercial priorities and regulatory requirements

-Own end-to-end technology delivery risk mitigation and execution discipline across the engineering function

-Develop succession capability and strengthen organisational design to support future growth

Requirements

10 years experience in software engineering including senior leadership responsibility

Proven track record within fintech remittance or regulated digital banking environments

Strong expertise in microservices architecture supporting large-scale transaction systems

Technical depth in Java or Go with focus on performance reliability and secure system design

Demonstrated success leading high-performing Agile engineering organisations

Strong executive stakeholder engagement and strategic decision-making capability

Currently based in Saudi Arabia and available for on-site engagement

Saudi or GCC National (Bahrain Oman UAE Kuwait Qatar) or Expat with transferable Iqama

Business Visit and Family Visit visas are not eligible

Application Process

Senior technology leaders ready to shape strategic outcomes are invited to apply via email at CC: quoting the job title in the subject line.