Software Engineering Team Lead Job Riyadh area,Riyadh Region Saudi Arabia,Software Development

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Employment Type: Full-Time

Team: Storefront Engineering / Technology

At Zid, we’re building commerce experiences that empower merchants to run and grow their businesses while delivering seamless experiences to their customers.

We’re looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead to lead Zid’s Storefront Engineering team, which builds and maintains customer-facing commerce experiences including checkout, authentication, themes, and other storefront capabilities.

You’ll lead engineers while remaining hands‑on in the design and delivery of reliable, secure, and scalable software. You’ll set technical direction, translate product goals into practical engineering plans, and work closely with Product, Design, QA, and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions across interconnected storefront journeys.

What You’ll Work On:
In this role, you will:

Lead the Storefront Engineering team’s day-to-day delivery, clarify priorities, break down work, manage dependencies, and remove blockers
Own the technical direction and quality of checkout, authentication, themes, and related storefront systems
Balance new feature development with reliability, scalability, performance, and maintainability
Design and review solutions for complex user journeys, APIs, data flows, and integrations
Document technical decisions and guide engineers through implementation
Write and review production code while remaining hands‑on with complex technical challenges
Support difficult debugging and uphold practical standards for testing, code review, security, and observability
Partner with Product and Design to shape requirements and identify technical constraints early
Deliver accessible, responsive, and reliable experiences across devices
Coordinate with other Engineering teams on shared services, dependencies, and releases to ensure storefront flows work end‑to‑end
Improve system performance, availability, resilience, and scalability
Investigate production incidents, identify root causes, and drive follow‑up improvements
Mentor engineers through feedback, pairing, delegation, and technical guidance
Help engineers strengthen their technical judgment, ownership, and problem‑solving capabilities
Plan delivery with realistic estimates, clear milestones, and manageable execution plans
Communicate progress, dependencies, risks, and technical trade‑offs clearly across teams
Make informed technical and delivery trade‑offs when priorities change
Use automation and AI‑assisted development where useful while maintaining accountability for correctness, quality, and security

What We’re Looking For:

Core

Qualifications:

3+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience leading projects or mentoring engineers
Strong hands‑on experience building and operating modern web applications and backend services in production
Experience designing APIs, integrating services, and working with databases and distributed systems
Strong understanding of software architecture, code review, automated testing, CI/CD, and release practices
Ability to diagnose production issues using logs, metrics, traces, and customer reports
Experience identifying root causes and driving improvements following production incidents
Strong understanding of web security, authentication, and authorization
Understanding of safe handling of sensitive customer data
Ability to lead cross‑functional initiatives and communicate technical decisions and trade‑offs clearly
Experience mentoring and coaching engineers through constructive feedback
Strong ownership of technical quality, delivery, reliability, and production outcomes
Advanced English skills in writing and speaking

Nice to Have:

Experience with e-commerce checkout, payments, or high-traffic…