Head of Engineering

What the work is

About the Role Prospex Development is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead product direction and engineering delivery for an Arabic-first commerce platform in Saudi Arabia. This full-time role requires a hands-on leader to manage the platform's architecture, implementation, and technical readiness, leveraging AI to achieve speed and quality within a small team. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of experience in a relevant field. Key Responsibilities Make architecture and implementation decisions in alignment with business goals and budget. Lead AI-assisted development, code review, automated testing, deployment, and operational readiness. Ensure payment correctness, reconciliation, merchant account isolation, security, and reliability. Plan and rehearse data migration, recovery, and rollback procedures. Reject unsafe implementations and block unsafe releases to maintain system integrity. Resolve delivery tradeoffs with the Product team and demonstrate progress through working merchant workflows. Write and review code, direct AI agents, and take responsibility for the outcomes. Qualifications and Experience 5-10 years of experience in engineering leadership roles. Hands-on ownership of production commerce, payments, or similar demanding multi-tenant systems. Strong architecture and debugging skills, with demonstrated experience in handling integrations, incidents, and migrations. Proven use of AI coding agents across implementation, review, and testing, with evidence of faster delivery. Required Skills Ability to identify and correct incorrect AI output, challenge weak tests, and independently verify correctness. Independent judgment and clear communication skills. Willingness to build directly with a small team and specialist support. Demonstrated effective AI agent use and engineering judgment to inspect, correct, and take responsibility for generated code. First 90 Days Objectives Establish the technical baseline for the platform. Agree on a credible delivery plan with the Product team. Demonstrate complete priority workflows. Rehearse representative migration and rollback procedures. Commit to a pilot date after assessing readiness and dependencies. Work Type This is a full-time position based in Saudi Arabia.