- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Director
- Department
- IT & Technology Systems
- Posted
- Nov 9, 2026
About Chalhoub Group
Founded in 1955 by Michel and Widad Chalhoub, Chalhoub Group has grown into a leading partner for luxury across the Middle East. Headquartered in Dubai, the family-owned group brings together international maisons and homegrown concepts across fashion, beauty and lifestyle, combining regional expertise with retail and distribution capabilities. As an employer, it offers career opportunities spanning client experience, brand management, merchandising, logistics and digital innovation. Its multicultural environment connects employees with the evolving expectations of luxury consumers, while its emphasis on learning, entrepreneurship and sustainability provides a distinctive setting for professionals seeking to shape the region’s luxury landscape.
Chalhoub Group is seeking an Engineering Director to lead software engineering across ecommerce, mobile, APIs, cloud, reliability, security, and quality, setting strategy and governance across its digital platforms. The role owns engineering delivery, budgets, vendor and talent strategies, leadership development, and responsible AI governance. This is a full-time position.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead the Software Engineering organization across ecommerce, mobile, APIs and integration, cloud, reliability, security, and quality engineering.
- Set the strategic direction and govern the full software development lifecycle across digital commerce, mobile, retail supply chain, data, and cloud modernization platforms.
- Define multi-year platform roadmaps that balance innovation with long-term technical sustainability.
- Govern API-first design standards and cloud-native engineering practices across distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architecture; represent Engineering in Design Authority.
- Partner with Omnichannel, Corporate Technology, and Information Security to align engineering priorities, operating rhythms, and delivery standards across customer, corporate, and platform products.
- Govern secure coding, test automation, CI/CD, and observability across the full SDLC to ensure quality, security, and delivery pace across the organization.
- Own delivery governance, engineering metrics, and continuous improvement to ensure predictable, measurable delivery across engineering teams.
- Own the engineering budget and vendor strategy, managing technology and vendor relationships to align spending with business priorities.
- Own engineering talent and organization strategy, including organization design, workforce and headcount planning, capacity management, and the engineering operating model.
- Build and develop the engineering leadership team, mentor Engineering Managers and Senior Managers, and drive capability development across the function.
- Define the engineering AI governance framework, establish responsible AI adoption standards, and champion AI-assisted development such as Claude Code while maintaining quality and security.
- Establish metrics and KPIs to measure the impact of AI tools and engineering practices on development velocity, code quality, and team productivity.
Qualifications
- At least 15 years of software engineering experience, including significant tenure in senior engineering leadership roles within large, multi-team technology organizations.
- Deep expertise in cloud-native development across AWS, GCP, or Azure; Kubernetes; Terraform; SFCC; Shopify; React Native; and Fluent, as well as API-first design across large-scale digital platforms.
- Strong command of engineering excellence disciplines, including secure coding, test automation, CI/CD, observability, and application security across ecommerce, mobile, APIs, cloud, reliability, security, and quality engineering.
- Proven track record building and leading large, multi-team engineering organizations, including manager development, organization design, workforce and capacity planning, and delivery governance.
- Experience owning engineering budgets and vendor management, and governing responsible AI adoption and AI-assisted development at organizational scale.
Skills
Experience
At least 15 years of software engineering experience, including significant tenure in senior engineering leadership roles within large, multi-team technology organizations.
Workplace
This position is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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Benefits
Health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies, and exclusive employee discounts.
Culture
Chalhoub Group combines its heritage as a family-owned business with the dynamism of the Middle East’s luxury sector, fostering a multicultural workplace rooted in collaboration and long-term relationships. Its culture emphasizes continuous learning, entrepreneurial initiative and excellence in customer experience, encouraging employees to develop their expertise while contributing to the evolution of luxury retail.
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