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Ayoub R.

Sr. Director of Software Engineering (Digital, AI, Cloud)
10.8 yrs experienceHigher Education
Jun 2025

The move

MoveBankDhofar → Miral
TitleHead of IT Infrastructure & Platforms → Sr. Director of Software Engineering
LocationMasqaţ → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · Oman → United Arab Emirates
Native languageFrançais, Arabe
Years in UAE3.9
Total experience10.8 years
Miral headcount51-200 employees
Miral industryEntertainment Providers
Miral HQAbu Dhabi
Miral founded2011
Miral typePrivately Held

Career arc

  1. Sr. Director of Software EngineeringJun 2025 — Present
    Miral
  2. Head of IT Infrastructure & PlatformsFeb 2025 — Jun 2025
    BankDhofar· Masqaţ, Oman
  3. Head of Infrastructure (Anghami/OSN+)Jan 2022 — Feb 2025
    Anghami· United Arab Emirates
  4. CTOAug 2020 — Jul 2021
    Freterium· Casablanca, Morocco
  5. Head of EngineeringJan 2020 — Dec 2022
    360Alumni· United States
  6. Solutions ArchitectSep 2019 — Aug 2020
    INTELCIA· Casablanca, Morocco
  7. Engineering ManagerNov 2018 — Sep 2019
    Lyve Global· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  8. Senior Full Stack DeveloperJan 2018 — Oct 2018
    NL Fisher Supervision and Engineering Ltd.· Canada
  9. Tech LeadJun 2016 — Aug 2018
    OnPrint A/S· Denmark
  10. Full Stack DeveloperJun 2014 — May 2015
    DOTHOME LTD· United Kingdom

Education

Languages

  • Français · Native or bilingual
  • Anglais · Professional working
  • Chinese · Elementary
  • Arabe · Native or bilingual
  • Espagnol · Professional working

Top skills

Budget ManagementCloud MigrationZero TrustOracle CloudLinuxFlutter

About

Engineering & Platform Leader with 15+ years of experience across software development, cloud infrastructure, data, and AI. I have led the definition of technology and platform strategy, translating business objectives into scalable, secure, and cost-efficient architectures. I’ve scaled high-performance platforms and engineering organizations in both startups and large enterprises, with direct ownership of infrastructure budgets (CAPEX & OPEX), cloud financial governance, and long-term capacity planning. My experience includes optimizing cloud spend, driving FinOps practices, and making build-vs-buy decisions aligned with growth and regulatory constraints. Combining deep hands-on expertise with strategic and people leadership, I build and manage high-performing teams, ensure operational

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