Tech Lead, One Cloud (Kuwait)

Hiring brief for HR / Talent

Reports to: Group CTO  |  Location: Kuwait (on-site)  |  Level: Senior / Lead

The role in one line

We are hiring a deeply hands-on Tech Lead in Kuwait to act as the Group CTO's right arm on the ground for the One Cloud platform. This is not a manager who reviews work from a distance. This person writes code, owns architecture, sits with clients, and makes the call on what gets built first.

Why this hire matters

Our tech and product team is distributed across Pakistan, Egypt, and the UAE. One Cloud needs a senior technical anchor physically present in Kuwait, our primary client hub, who can translate between clients, the Group CTO, and the build team. The person carries real technical authority and can be trusted to run the technical agenda day to day.

Non-negotiable requirements

A candidate must meet all of the following to be shortlisted. If any one of these is missing, they are not the right fit.

• Hands-on, current: Still writes code today. Not someone who stopped being technical five years ago. They should be comfortable in a codebase, reviewing pull requests, and debugging production issues themselves.
• Hands-on architecture: Has personally led the architecture of real systems, not just drawn diagrams. Has made the trade-off decisions and lived with the consequences.
• Shipped big products: Has launched at least one large-scale application in retail or fintech as the technical lead. We want someone who has shipped something big and seen it run at scale, not just contributed to it.
• Agentic delivery (demo required): Has delivered and shipped a large-scale product using an agentic development process, orchestrating multiple agents. This is core to how we build. A live demo of their agentic work will be required on the first call, so they must be able to show it, not just describe it.
• Product and client exposure: At some point in their career has done product management and has dealt directly with clients. They understand that engineering serves a business outcome, and they can hold a room.
• Communication and prioritisation: Can speak, negotiate, and prioritise. They can sit across from a client, push back when needed, and decide what the team builds next week versus next quarter.
• Location and visa: Based in Kuwait with a legally transferable visa. We need someone who can start without visa complications.

What they will own

• Technical delivery for One Cloud on the ground in Kuwait, working closely with the distributed team in Pakistan, Egypt, and the UAE.
• Architecture decisions for new and existing systems, with the Group CTO as the only person above them on technical calls.
• Prioritisation of the build roadmap in partnership with the Group CTO and the business.
• Direct client conversations on technical scope, feasibility, and timelines.
• Code quality, technical standards, and reviews across the team.

Ideal background

Area

What good looks like

Domain

Retail and/or fintech, ideally both. Familiarity with commerce or enterprise platforms is a strong plus.

Seniority

Roughly 10+ years in engineering, with several of those as a technical lead or principal who still codes.

Scale

Has led delivery of an application with significant user volume or transaction load. Has seen what breaks at scale.

Agentic build

Has shipped a real product built through an agentic development process with multiple agents. Can demo this work live on the first call.

Product

A genuine stint in product management or close product ownership at some point. Comfortable owning outcomes, not just tickets.

Soft skills

Confident communicator. Can negotiate scope and timelines with clients and say no when it is the right answer.

Location

In Kuwait, with a transferable residency visa. On-site role.