Mobile App Engineering Manager
CygnifyCygnify is seeking a Mobile App Engineering Manager to lead its Dubai app team from the ground up. This senior role will steer multiple agile squads, shape technical strategy, and drive delivery for a portfolio of mobile applications used by millions. The position is onsite in Dubai, and Cygnify needs a leader who can manage vendors, foster collaboration, and raise engineering standards. If you enjoy guiding cross-functional teams and shaping a roadmap that aligns with business goals, this could be for you.
From the Dubai hub, you'll operate with other App Engineering Managers to maintain a consistent approach and robust support for the teams. You'll partner with senior peers to prioritise the team’s interests and work with the SVP and Head of App to deliver broader objectives across the global app organisation. Part of the remit is identifying new technologies, tools and best practices to lift the bar across the mobile domain, and familiarity with mobile apps of robot vacuum cleaners is a helpful bonus.
Steering the Dubai app teams
In daily terms, you’ll oversee the app scrum squads in Dubai and guide the Build-Operate-Transfer of key staff within those teams. You’ll champion a clear vision and a growth plan for the whole mobile group to ensure there's progress across the organisation. You’ll align with your Senior Engineering Manager peers to keep things consistent and ensure solid support for every team to meet their commitments. You’ll collaborate with the SVP and Head of App to translate the global objectives into action for the Dubai teams, while staying on the lookout for new technologies and working practices that raise standards.
The core ingredients to lead mobile apps
Minimally 10 years of experience in software or app development with at least four years in people management.
A strong mobile background as a specialist in iOS or Android, with the ability to mentor developers across both platforms.
If your focus is iOS, you should be fluent in Swift and comfortable with MVVM, RxSwift, SwiftUI and Combine.
If Android is your strength, you bring solid Kotlin expertise and hands-on experience with Volley, RxJava and Dagger.
A proven track record leading teams that build and ship large-scale mobile apps used by millions of users.
Demonstrated proficiency with Agile methods, driving delivery and continuous improvement across multidisciplinary teams.
Experience managing distributed teams across multiple time zones, maintaining alignment, strong communication and delivery quality.
Strong leadership capabilities, including talent development, technical decision-making and promoting engineering best practices within the mobile domain.
Familiarity with mobile apps for robot vacuum cleaners is a plus.
The practical side in Dubai
The role is on-site in Dubai, AE, so you’ll be based at the Dubai office and work with teams across time zones as needed.
You’ll also oversee vendor relationships and the Build-Operate-Transfer of key staff within the Dubai teams.
Tips for applicants
Lead with your 10-plus years in software or app development and four-plus years in people management, plus your strongest mobile platform experience and teams you’ve guided to shipping products used by millions.
When you describe your must-have skills, name the exact tech you’ve worked with on real projects, like Swift with MVVM, RxSwift, SwiftUI or Combine for iOS roles, or Kotlin with Volley, RxJava and Dagger for Android, and show what you built and how it performed.
Be ready to talk through how you’ve aligned multiple teams across time zones, kept stakeholders in the loop, and pushed delivery velocity with Agile practices in multidisciplinary groups.
Ask a targeted question about how the Build-Operate-Transfer flow works with the Dubai teams, how the mobile roadmap ties to global objectives, and what success looks like in the first six to twelve months.