Software Engineering Manager

Lean is looking for a hands-on Software Engineering Manager to lead and grow our Client Experience (CX) engineering team. This is a player-coach role: youll be writing and reviewing production code, setting architectural direction, and leading a team often in the same week. Youll own the platform components, APIs, and standards that define the quality of every client integration, and partner closely with Product to ship meaningful improvements to client activation and experience. This is a rare opportunity to build a team from the ground up into a genuine pillar of Leans engineering organisation.

Lean is the leading financial infrastructure provider in the Middle East. We power some of the regions largest companies with APIs that enable payments, account verification, financial data access, and other critical financial infrastructure.

What started as the regions pioneering Open Banking platform and quickly became the de facto leader in account aggregation and payment initiation in the region is now becoming something bigger: a multi-product infrastructure company powering payments, data, and lending across MENA.

Weve processed billions of dollars in transactions. Were trusted by 350+ clients from Binance and Careem to Etisalat and backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq. Our $67.5M Series B was just the beginning. Were expanding into new markets, opening offices, acquiring businesses, and building capabilities that didnt exist here before.