29 Software Team Lead jobs in Saudi Arabia

• Lead the entire testing lifecycle, including: planning, scoping, scheduling, coordinating, executing and reporting.
• Develop detailed test plans and test cases for all phases of the testing lifecycle to include system testing, unit testing, performance testing, 508 testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Responsible for administration of testing tools to track defects, automate testing, and manage test cases and requirements traceability.
• Prioritize tasks and determine what to test, how deeply to test it, and the risks incurred by how it is tested.
• Create test documentation and resulting artifacts for training as needed.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related degree.
• Three (3) years of software testing experience, delivering enterprise software preferred.
• Experience working with .NET, SQL, web services, API calls, and XML preferred.
• Practical testing expertise to include regression testing on complex, multi-tiered web-based applications.
• Experience coordinating system, integration, UAT, full end-to-end/operational readiness testing, task tracking, and testing tools (such as JIRA or Microsoft Team Foundation Services).
• Must work well in a team environment and possess strong communication skills.
• Excellent verbal communication skills, as well as strong problem-solving abilities and an aptitude for learning new technologies.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of accountability.

Mozn is a rapidly growing technology firm revolutionizing the field of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It aims to realize Vision 2030 and has a proven track record of supporting and growing the tech ecosystem in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region. Mozn is a trusted AI technology partner for major government organizations, large corporations, and startups.

We are in an exciting stage of scaling our company to deliver AI-powered products and solutions both locally and globally, fostering the growth and prosperity of digital innovation. This is an exciting time to work in AI and create a lasting impact.

We are seeking a Software Engineering Team Lead to join us. You will be pivotal in maintaining and enhancing our customer screening modules, working closely with various teams to ensure successful onboarding, client satisfaction, and product adoption. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and possess excellent communication and project management skills.

• Define your team's strategic direction and contribute to the technical strategy for screening modules.
• Guide and mentor a team of engineers, fostering technical and non-technical growth to build stable, scalable, and reliable features.
• Support team members in their career development and promote an autonomous, agile team environment.
• Establish and improve engineering practices to enhance engagement, delivery speed, and quality.
• Collaborate with product managers to lead projects, manage stakeholders, dependencies, roadmaps, and budgets.
• Identify necessary changes, create a compelling vision, and execute change effectively.
• Contribute to the evolution of our architecture, especially for systems managed by your team.
• Scale organizational processes, including hiring and onboarding engineers.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience, including a minimum of 2 years in a leadership role.
• Expertise in coaching, mentoring, and evolving team structures using Agile methodologies, with a proven record of hiring top international talent.
• Strong understanding of product and business KPIs, converting them into objectives via OKRs, and managing priorities and deadlines.
• Proficiency in building complex applications with knowledge of Domain-Driven Design and microservice architecture.
• Experience in selecting design patterns and principles for software architecture and algorithms.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on quality and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexible and adaptable to change.

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Job Summary

We are hiring for our client – A well-known governmental entity in Riyadh Region; Software Testing Team Lead who will be responsible for leading and organizing the testing team, managing test planning and execution, identifying and mitigating risks, and ensuring effective communication across stakeholders. The role focuses on achieving high-quality deliverables by overseeing team performance and maintaining thorough documentation throughout the test lifecycle.

Job Summary

We are hiring for our client – A well-known governmental entity in Riyadh Region; Software Testing Team Lead who will be responsible for leading and organizing the testing team, managing test planning and execution, identifying and mitigating risks, and ensuring effective communication across stakeholders. The role focuses on achieving high-quality deliverables by overseeing team performance and maintaining thorough documentation throughout the test lifecycle.

Job Responsibilities

• Assemble the test team and define the scope of testing.
• Predict and log risks and develop plans to avoid or minimize them.
• Coordinate meetings with stakeholders to ensure proper workflow of testing activities.
• Conduct regular team meetings to identify challenges and provide support when needed.
• Document meetings through official minutes.
• Submit necessary reports on the status of testing activities.
• Record and document issues and lessons learned.
• Ensure that all team members have access to the required information.
• Resolve problems and challenges professionally.
• Document and share test files with stakeholders.
• Review and analyze business requirements and prepare the test readiness plan and time estimates.
• Design and write test scenarios linked to all business requirements and types of testing.
• Execute required tests across systems and integration channels.
• Create and provide necessary test data.
• Build and automate regression tests (Regression Testing).
• Raise system defects to the development team, ensuring they are understandable, reproducible, and verified after resolution.
• Execute and maintain automated tests.
• Submit daily and summary test reports.
  
  

• Saudi National
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in the same or similar role.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or any related technical field.
• Preferred certifications: ISTQB, Agile testing, communication management, and relationship management.
• Strong communication and planning skills.
• Risk management capabilities.
• Professional problem-solving ability.
• Time management skills.
• Team leadership experience in the field of testing.
• Practical understanding of application development and the software lifecycle.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Hands-on experience in executing and managing different types of system and integration tests.
• Strong experience in designing and writing test scenarios.
• Ability to analyze impacted areas and execute necessary tests for any change or new request.
• Proficiency in test automation.

• Seniority level Not Applicable

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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Job Summary

We are hiring for our client – A well-known governmental entity in Riyadh Region; Senior Software Testing Team Lead who is responsible for supervising testing operations across multiple projects, supporting team leaders and test engineers, ensuring test quality and timelines, and acting as the primary link between testing teams and stakeholders. The role involves strategic oversight, reporting, and driving improvements in test planning and execution.

Job Summary

We are hiring for our client – A well-known governmental entity in Riyadh Region; Senior Software Testing Team Lead who is responsible for supervising testing operations across multiple projects, supporting team leaders and test engineers, ensuring test quality and timelines, and acting as the primary link between testing teams and stakeholders. The role involves strategic oversight, reporting, and driving improvements in test planning and execution.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee task distribution and follow-up across test teams and team leaders.
• Monitor the progress of testing activities in projects, evaluate their status, and provide necessary support for correction.
• Guide the testing team and provide technical direction.
• Prepare the required reports on the status of testing activities.
• Evaluate testing performance and enforce test controls.
• Document meetings through official minutes.
• Review and analyze business requirements and prepare test readiness plans with estimated effort.
• Supervise the design and writing of test scenarios linked to all business requirements and types of testing.
• Ensure execution of required tests on systems and integration channels.
• Ensure the creation and provision of necessary test data.
• Build and automate regression tests (Regression Testing).
• Raise system defects to the development team, ensuring clarity, reproducibility, and verification after resolution.
• Supervise the implementation and maintenance of automated tests.
• Provide daily reports, summaries, and any additional performance-related test reports.
• Attend meetings and ensure alignment with other teams and center policies.
• Ensure consistent leadership of the testing team and regularly review and assess their output.
  
  

• Saudi National
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the same or similar role.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or any related technical field.
• Preferred certifications: ISTQB, Agile testing, communication management, relationship management.
• Strong communication, planning, and risk management skills.
• Ability to resolve obstacles professionally.
• Time management and leadership experience in test management.
• In-depth understanding of application life cycles and software testing procedures.
• Experience in Agile environments.
• Deep knowledge in executing all types of system and integration tests.
• Strong experience in test scenario design and scripting.
• Analytical ability to assess impacted system areas and define required tests for changes or new requests.
• Expertise in test automation.

• Seniority level Not Applicable

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring a Lead Golang Software Engineer at any seniority level, who strives for the highest engineering quality, seeks improvements, continuously develops their skills, and applies them at work. This is an exciting opportunity to work with many popular software systems, integrations technologies, and exciting open-source solutions.

The Commercial Systems unit is conceived as seven engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical business and Golang plays an integral role in it. We are looking for software engineers for these teams:

The Billing team designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that provides a standardized and scalable capability to turn metrics into billable amounts, enable customers to see their current spend with Canonical at any time, and ensure accurate, reliable, and timely billing. The service further integrates with other engineering, business, payment systems. This team is an excellent match for any software engineer interested in growing their skills in the billing and payment processing domain.

The Contracts team designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that will become the single source of truth for all contracts with all customers. The service provides a standardized CPQ capability and stores signed contracts in a structured format. The service further integrates with other engineering and business systems including a CRM system and an accounting system. This team is an excellent match for any software engineer interested in understanding sales and revenue processes and growing their skills beyond software engineering.

The Livepatch team designs and develops a service for the delivery of Linux kernel patches to shrink the exploit window for critical and high severity Linux kernel vulnerabilities, by patching the Linux kernel between security maintenance windows, while the system runs. The engineering team behind this product develops Golang based client and backend components, while another Canonical team, the Kernel team, develops the security patches. This team is a great opportunity for a software engineer interested in security and with a strong focus on engineering quality and reliability.

The Ubuntu Pro backend team designs and develops backend services for the delivery of Ubuntu Pro, the most comprehensive subscription for open-source software security. The engineering team behind this product develops Golang based backend components, while the Security team at Canonical develop security patches. This team is a great opportunity for a software engineer with a strong focus on engineering quality, software performance, and reliability of operations.

Location : This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region (all teams except for Ubuntu Pro) or the AMER region (Ubuntu Pro).

The role entails

• Develop engineering solutions leveraging Golang
• Lead technical designs, code reviews, and implementation
• Deploy and operate services developed by the team
• Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback to colleagues
• Develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
  
  

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Experience with software development in Golang
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
  
  

• Performance engineering and security experience
• Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring a Lead Python Software Engineer who strives for the highest engineering quality, seeks improvements, continuously develops their skills, and applies them at work. This is an exciting opportunity to work with many popular software systems, integrations technologies, and exciting open source solutions.

The Commercial Systems unit is conceived as seven engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical business and Python plays an integral role in it. We are looking for Python Software Engineers for the Integrations team.

The Integrations team is responsible for the automation of SAAS user management and onboarding of new data sources to the data mesh. The team designs, develops, and operates a Python based solution to automate SAAS seat management and track spend across the application portfolio. Furthermore the team integrates internal and external data sources into the data mesh using open-source ETL solutions, enabling more data driven decisions in the organization.

Location : This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role entails

• Develop engineering solutions leveraging Python
• Collaborate with colleagues on technical designs and code reviews
• Deploy and operate services developed by the team
• Depending on your seniority, coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
  
  

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Experience with software development in Python
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
  
  

• Performance engineering and security experience
• Experience with Airbyte, Ranger, Temporal, or Trino
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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Job Summary

We are hiring for our client – A well-known governmental entity in Riyadh Region; Software Test Automation Team Lead who will be responsible for leading the design, development, execution, and maintenance of automated testing frameworks and processes. This role ensures the delivery of high-quality software by aligning automation efforts with business requirements, managing regression testing, and supervising the execution of system and integration tests. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in test automation, strong leadership skills, and a solid understanding of Agile practices to drive continuous improvement and ensure efficient, scalable testing operations.

Job Summary

We are hiring for our client – A well-known governmental entity in Riyadh Region; Software Test Automation Team Lead who will be responsible for leading the design, development, execution, and maintenance of automated testing frameworks and processes. This role ensures the delivery of high-quality software by aligning automation efforts with business requirements, managing regression testing, and supervising the execution of system and integration tests. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in test automation, strong leadership skills, and a solid understanding of Agile practices to drive continuous improvement and ensure efficient, scalable testing operations.

Job Responsibilities

• Review and analyze business requirements and test readiness plans, including estimated timelines and resources.
• Supervise the design and writing of test scenarios linked to business requirements for all types of tests.
• Oversee the execution of all required tests on systems and integration channels.
• Ensure the creation and provision of necessary test data.
• Build and automate regression tests (Regression Testing).
• Raise system defects to the development team, ensuring they are clear, reproducible, and validated after being fixed.
• Ensure proper execution and ongoing maintenance of automated tests.
• Provide daily and summary reports related to automated testing.
• Attend meetings to ensure coordination with other teams according to center policies and procedures.
• Ensure the automated tests are activated and functioning correctly.
• Perform automated tests and share test results.
• Share knowledge with the testing team.
• Propose development solutions to improve automation and reduce execution time.
  
  

• Saudi National
• Minimum of 9 years of experience in the same or similar role.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or any related technical field.
• Preferred certifications: ISTQB, Agile testing, communication management, and relationship management.
• Strong communication and planning skills.
• Risk management and professional problem-solving.
• Time management and the ability to lead testing teams.
• Practical understanding of testing processes and software development life cycle.
• Experience with Agile methodology.
• Hands-on experience in designing and writing automated test scenarios.
• Skilled in analyzing impacted areas and performing necessary testing for system changes or new requests.
• Solid experience in system and integration test automation.
• Proven ability to build and maintain automated test scripts for various systems and smart applications.

• Seniority level Not Applicable

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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Job Summary

We are hiring for our client – A well-known governmental entity in Riyadh Region; Software Performance Test Team Lead who will be responsible for managing the execution and automation of performance testing across systems and integrations. This role ensures the proper design, execution, and documentation of performance tests while guiding the team, analyzing results, and proposing enhancements to improve testing efficiency and accuracy.

Job Summary

We are hiring for our client – A well-known governmental entity in Riyadh Region; Software Performance Test Team Lead who will be responsible for managing the execution and automation of performance testing across systems and integrations. This role ensures the proper design, execution, and documentation of performance tests while guiding the team, analyzing results, and proposing enhancements to improve testing efficiency and accuracy.

Job Responsibilities

• Review and analyze business requirements and prepare a test readiness plan including effort estimation.
• Supervise the design and writing of performance test scenarios linked to business requirements across all types of testing.
• Oversee the execution of required performance tests on systems and integration channels.
• Ensure the creation and provision of required test data.
• Build and automate regression tests.
• Raise system defects to the development team, ensuring they are clear, reproducible, and verified after resolution.
• Ensure proper implementation, execution, and maintenance of automated tests.
• Provide daily test summary reports and all performance testing-related reports.
• Attend meetings to ensure alignment with other teams according to the center’s processes and rules.
• Ensure proper activation and functionality of automated tests.
• Perform automated tests and share results.
• Share knowledge with the testing team.
• Propose improvement solutions to optimize performance testing and reduce execution time.
  
  

• Saudi National
• Minimum of 9 years of experience in the same or similar role.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or any related technical field.
• Understanding of Agile and DevOps methodologies.
• Strong communication skills.
• Planning and risk management.
• Problem-solving professionally.
• Time management.
• Team leadership in testing.
• Experience in automating system and integration testing.
• Experience in building and maintaining automated tests for various systems.
• Hands-on experience with the software development life cycle.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Solid knowledge in designing and writing test scenarios.
• Ability to analyze impacted areas and perform required testing for changes or new requests.

• Seniority level Not Applicable

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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Job Purpose

To lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native architectures and high-performing software engineering teams. This role is responsible for building customer-centric applications, with a strong focus on the retail and e-commerce sectors, by leveraging AWS services to develop resilient, secure, and highly available systems. The position combines engineering leadership with solution architecture, driving strategic decisions for cloud infrastructure, microservices, and mobile solutions to ensure innovative, reliable, and business-aligned technology outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:
Software Development & Delivery
• Lead end-to-end software development lifecycle for consumer-facing and internal platforms including mobile apps, APIs, and integrations.
• Manage a team of engineers and oversee the development, deployment, and release of apps on App Store and Google Play Store.
• Own the development roadmap and coordinate closely with crossfunctional teams (Product, QA, UX) to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
• Implement and enforce engineering best practices (CI/CD, code reviews, Agile methodology).

Cloud & Solution Architecture
• Design scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure using AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, and CloudWatch.
• Develop architectural blueprints and design documents for internal systems and customer-facing apps used by millions of users.
• Establish microservices and API-first architecture with high availability and failover strategies.
• Ensure seamless integration of third-party systems such as CRM, loyalty platforms, and payment gateways.
• Ensure real-time integration with retail ERP and other core enterprise systems through secure APIs and event-driven messaging, maintaining data consistency across the end-to-end commerce stack.
• Drive personalization and AI/ML initiatives by deploying recommendation engines and MLOps workflows on AWS to boost conversion and customer lifetime value.

DevOps & Infrastructure Management
• Oversee infrastructure automation using Terraform or similar IaC tools.
• Monitor system health, logs, and metrics to proactively identify performance bottlenecks or anomalies.
• Design disaster recovery plans and scaling strategies to support peak load events in retail and e-commerce.

Stakeholder Communication & Leadership
• Serve as the technical liaison between business leaders and engineering teams.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment on priorities and timelines.
• Coach and mentor engineers; drive career development and performance management within the team.
• Define and track KPIs related to delivery efficiency, system reliability, and user experience.
Cloud & Architecture Expertise (AWS-Focused )
• Expertise in AWS ecosystem: EC2, Lambda, CloudFormation/Terraform, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route 53, IAM, VPC, Auto Scaling, SNS, SQS.
• Strong understanding of serverless architecture and event-driven systems.
• Experience with container orchestration (ECS, EKS, Docker).
• Ability to architect for scalability, security, and fault tolerance across distributed systems.
Security & Compliance
• Ensure strict compliance with GDPR and PCI-DSS, and regional data-protection laws through privacy-by-design architecture, encryption, and continuous audit of all customer-data flows