# Technical Architect & Engineering Lead - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Luxoft

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Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Type: full_time · Level: senior
Monthly salary: AED 40,000 to 70,000 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-07-16
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## Description

Project Description

• Hands-on Technical Architect / Engineering Lead embedded with IBM Technology feature teams

• Build solutions from scratch while actively contributing to coding

• Drive engineering excellence through best practices such as DDD, TDD, SOLID, Hexagonal Architecture, and Twelve-Factor App

• Develop reusable frameworks, starter kits, and engineering standards

• Mentor development teams and lead engineering community initiatives

Key Responsibilities

Hands-on Engineering

• Develop and deliver scalable applications alongside feature teams

• Implement Domain-Driven Design (DDD), TDD, SOLID principles, and Hexagonal Architecture

• Ensure Twelve-Factor App compliance for cloud-native applications

Software Factory & CI/CD

• Design and enforce CI/CD pipelines using Git and GitLab CI/CD

• Establish code review standards and trunk-based development

• Implement static code analysis using SonarQube

• Define API standards and best practices

• Implement observability with structured logging, distributed tracing, and correlation IDs

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• Design cloud-native architectures using AWS and Azure

• Develop microservices, serverless, and event-driven applications

• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

• Apply cloud security best practices (IAM, Secrets Management, Network Segmentation)

• Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency

Reusable Engineering Assets

• Develop shared libraries, frameworks, starter kits, and project templates

• Standardize engineering practices across development teams

Team Enablement

• Conduct pair programming and code reviews

• Mentor developers on DDD, TDD, SOLID, Hexagonal Architecture, and cloud-native development

• Organize technical workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions

Developer Community

• Lead Communities of Practice (CoP)

• Conduct technical talks, coding dojos, and hackathons

• Create and maintain engineering playbooks, standards, and reference architectures

Expected Deliverables

• Engineering Playbook covering DDD, TDD, SOLID, Hexagonal Architecture, Twelve-Factor App, CI/CD, and API Standards

• Reusable libraries, starter kits, and project archetypes

• Standardized CI/CD pipeline templates

• Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)

• Monthly code quality and engineering maturity reports

• Technical debt register and improvement roadmap

Mandatory Skills

• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience

• Strong expertise in one or more of the following:

• Java (Spring Boot)

• C# (.NET Core)

• Python

• Kotlin

• Expert knowledge of:

• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)

• Test-Driven Development (TDD) / Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

• SOLID Principles

• Hexagonal / Clean Architecture

• Twelve-Factor App methodology

• Experience with:

• Git, GitLab CI/CD

• Docker & Kubernetes

• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Strong cloud experience:

• AWS: EKS, MSK, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, API Gateway, SQS/SNS

• Azure: AKS, Azure DevOps, Service Bus, Key Vault

• Experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka, IBM MQ, SQS, or Azure Service Bus

• API design experience (REST, gRPC, OpenAPI)

• Knowledge of Security-by-Design principles

• Experience with observability, monitoring, and code quality tools (SonarQube, SAST, DAST)

Domain Knowledge

• Capital Markets / Investment Banking

• Trade Lifecycle

• Pricing & Valuation

• Risk Management

• Market Data

Soft Skills

• Strong technical leadership and mentoring skills

• Experience building engineering communities and Communities of Practice (CoP)

• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills

• Strong technical documentation skills (ADRs, playbooks, engineering standards)

• Ability to balance engineering excellence with project delivery

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience in Corporate Finance

• Knowledge of Securities Services

• Experience designing enterprise-scale cloud-native platforms

• Exposure to financial services and investment banking technology ecosystems

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## Requirements

Mandatory Skills: 10+ years of hands-on software development experience. Strong expertise in one or more of the following: Java (Spring Boot), C# (.NET Core), Python, Kotlin. Expert knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD) / Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), SOLID Principles, Hexagonal / Clean Architecture, Twelve-Factor App methodology. Experience with Git, GitLab CI/CD, Docker & Kubernetes, Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Strong cloud experience: AWS (EKS, MSK, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, API Gateway, SQS/SNS) and Azure (AKS, Azure DevOps, Service Bus, Key Vault). Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, IBM MQ, SQS, Azure Service Bus). API design (REST, gRPC, OpenAPI). Knowledge of Security-by-Design principles. Experience with observability, monitoring, and code quality tools (SonarQube, SAST, DAST). Domain Knowledge: Capital Markets / Investment Banking, Trade Lifecycle, Pricing & Valuation, Risk Management, Market Data. Soft Skills: Strong technical leadership and mentoring skills, experience building engineering communities, excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills, strong technical documentation (ADRs, playbooks, engineering standards). Nice-to-Have: Corporate Finance, Securities Services, designing enterprise-scale cloud-native platforms, exposure to financial services tech ecosystems.

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