Company Description

SAC is the number one in its field, it’s an innovative and technology-driven business which values its employees. SAC is on a journey and we are looking for the best talent to join us to contribute to our success as a business and in doing so provide you with some amazing challenges and career development opportunities.

Job Description

About the Role

We are looking for a Technical Manager who leads through action, someone who codes daily, architects scalable systems, mentors developers, and ensures engineering best practices. In this hands-on leadership role, you’ll manage a high-performing team while staying deep in the codebase, guiding both day-to-day technical execution and long-term architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Write clean, maintainable, scalable code in a modern object-oriented language (PHP preferred).

• Lead system and component design for high-volume, distributed applications.

• Mentor and up-skill engineers, instilling engineering discipline, quality standards, and technical growth.

• Coordinate deployments, debug complex issues, and continuously improve platform reliability and performance.

• Collaborate with Product and other departments to translate business needs into technical solutions.

• Drive Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban), manage sprints using tools like JIRA.

• Own observability, logging, and alerting using tools such as Datadog or NewRelic.

• Ensure proper documentation, secure coding, and compliance with standards like GDPR/PCI.

Qualifications

Must-Have Skills / Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

• Minimum of 8 years experience in software engineering, including technical leadership.

• Passion, energy, and hands-on technical excellence.

• Expert in PHP for large-scale applications.

• Strong experience with MVC frameworks (Laravel, Symfony).

• Deep knowledge of Yii framework.

• Solid skills in CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX.

• Experience with Git, Agile development, and JIRA.

• Basic understanding of Unix/Linux environments.

• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

• Strong attention to detail and quality.

• Familiarity with AngularJS.

• Experience with CRM/ERP software development.

• Proven work on SaaS platforms.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).

• Experience working in the UAE/KSA tech ecosystem.

• Exposure to DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Why Join Us

• Code, teach, and lead—this is a real hands-on technical leadership role.

• Shape architecture and engineering standards from the ground up.

• Work on meaningful systems in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.