We don’t think about job roles in a traditional way. We are anti-silo. Anti-career stagnation. Anti-conventional.
Beyond ONE is a digital services provider radically reshaping the personalised digital ecosystems of consumers in high growth markets around the world. We’re building a digital services aggregator platform, with a strong telco foundation, and a profitable growth strategy that empowers users to drive their own experience—subscribe once, source from many, and only pay for what you actually use.
Since being founded in 2021, we’ve acquired Virgin Mobile MEA, Friendi Mobile MEA and Virgin Mobile LATAM (with 6.5 million subscribers) and 1600 dedicated colleagues across Chile, Colombia, KSA, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan and UAE.
To disrupt for good takes a rebellious spirit, a questioning mind and a warm heart. We really care about how to get things done and not who manages who. We benefit from our diversity, and together, we disrupt the way we and others thinking about our lives for good.
Do you want to exchange ideas, learn from each other and leave your mark on our journey? This is the place for you.
Role Purpose
Why this role matters:
As an Engineering Manager, you’ll play a key role in enabling our engineering teams to deliver high-quality digital experiences at scale. You’ll focus on solving technical challenges, improving team effectiveness, and guiding architectural decisions that support our fast-changing platform. Your contributions will help shape how we build scalable systems, grow engineering talent, and deliver value to millions of users.
What success looks like:
In your first year, you will:
- Build and scale secure, high-performance systems and applications that support our growing user base across global markets.
- Improve engineering velocity and software quality by championing cross-platform best practices.
- Cultivate an environment of technical excellence, collaboration, and mentorship across diverse engineering teams.
Why this is for you:
If you're energized by scaling tech products, mentoring talented engineers, and architecting future-proof solutions—not just on one platform, but across the stack—this is your opportunity. We’re looking for someone who thrives at the intersection of code, leadership, and meaningful product delivery.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance systems, ensuring they support millions of users across global markets.
- Collaborate with product, design, QA, and engineering teams to deliver integrated, seamless user experiences.
- Manage system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimizations to improve reliability, security, and efficiency at every layer.
- Drive the full development lifecycle—from requirements gathering and architecture to implementation, testing, and deployment.
- Mentor and develop engineers within your team, providing technical guidance and fostering a culture of learning, experimentation, and innovation.
- Ensure teams follow secure software development practices, with rigor in areas such as data handling, quality control, and release management.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and engineering trends relevant to your domain, bringing new ideas to enhance our platforms and delivery.
Qualifications & Attributes
We’re seeking someone who embodies the following:
Education:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
Experience:
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 2–3 years leading engineering teams.
- Demonstrated success in delivering production-grade platforms—whether backend, frontend, or mobile—in fast-paced, tech-driven environments.
Technical Skills:
Must-haves:
- Strong expertise in scalable system design, performance optimization, and platform reliability.
- Proven experience working with modern architecture patterns (e.g. microservices, APIs, responsive UI frameworks, real-time systems).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and testing strategies.
- Deep understanding of application security, data flows, and scalability principles in either web, mobile, or cloud environments.
Nice-to-haves:
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ), or serverless computing (e.g., AWS Lambda).
- Exposure to both backend and client-side technologies, even if primary expertise lies in one domain.
- Contributions to open-source projects or an active presence in the engineering community.
Unique Attributes:
- Thrives in dynamic environments that require thoughtful technical decisions and rapid iteration.
- Brings strong mentoring, coaching, and team-building capabilities.
- Balances hands-on technical insight with strategic thinking and delivery ownership.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity while fostering clarity and alignment across stakeholders.
What we offer:
- Rapid learning opportunities - we enable learning through flexible career paths, exposure to challenging & meaningful work that will help build and strengthen your expertise.
- Hybrid work environment - flexibility to work from home 2 days a week in our UAE & Pakistan offices.
- Healthcare and other local benefits offered in market.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
- 8+ years professional software development experience with at least 2-3 years leading engineering teams.
- Proven expertise in scalable system design, performance optimization, and platform reliability.
- Experience with modern architecture patterns (microservices, APIs, responsive UI frameworks, real-time systems).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and version control (Git).
- Experience with testing strategies and ensuring software quality and release management.
- Deep understanding of application security, data flows, and scalability principles.
- Strong mentoring, coaching, and team-building capabilities; ability to develop engineers and foster technical excellence.
- Experience delivering production-grade platforms (backend, frontend, or mobile) in fast-paced environments.
- Experience with containerization, orchestration, event-driven systems, or serverless architectures (nice-to-have).
- Exposure to both backend and client-side technologies (preferred).
- Contributions to open-source projects or active presence in engineering community (preferred).
What We Do
Beyond ONE is a digital services provider radically reshaping the personalised digital ecosystems of consumers in high growth markets around the world. We’re building a digital services aggregator platform, with a strong telco foundation, and a profitable growth strategy that empowers users to drive their own experience—subscribe once, source from many, and only pay for what you actually use. Since being founded in 2021, we’ve acquired Virgin Mobile MEA, Friendi Mobile MEA and Virgin Mobile LATAM, and launched Virgin Connect globally. We have around 1600 dedicated colleagues across Chile, Colombia, KSA, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan and UAE. To disrupt for good takes a rebellious spirit, a questioning mind and a warm heart. We really care about how to get things done and not who manages who. We benefit from our diversity, and together, we disrupt the way we and others think about our lives for good. Do you want to exchange ideas, learn from each other and leave your mark on our journey? This is the place for you.
