Senior Expert - Software Engineering

Qiddiya Digital is seeking highly experienced and hands-on Senior Expert - Software Engineering (Digital Platforms - Catalog) to take technical ownership of critical digital product domains across Qiddiya’s ecosystem. 

This is a senior individual contributor role with strong technical authority. While the position has no direct line-management responsibility, it will provide technical leadership to vendor engineering teams and remain accountable for the quality, resilience, reliability, security, performance, and operational readiness of the assigned platform. 

A key objective is to eliminate black-box delivery, retain critical knowledge within Qiddiya, and ensure Qiddiya remains in full control of its digital platforms.

• Take end-to-end technical ownership of the assigned digital domain. 
• Define and maintain the target architecture, engineering standards, and technical roadmap. 
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across design, implementation, integration, release, and production operations. 
• Lead and challenge vendor engineering teams, ensuring compliance with Qiddiya Digital standards. 
• Review and approve architecture, APIs, data models, integrations, code quality, and major technical decisions. 
• Validate vendor deliverables using clear acceptance criteria and measurable technical evidence. 
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