Director of Engineering, India
Company Overview
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Job Summary
We’re seeking an accomplished Director of Engineering to lead and grow our engineering team in India. You’ll initially oversee 5 engineers across product development, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Information Security (InfoSec), scaling further as we expand. If you’ve led high-performing engineering and product teams, have a growth mindset, and bring at least 5 years of people-management experience, we’d love to talk.
Responsibilities
- Technical Vision & Execution: Own the roadmap for products, solutions, internal tools, and operational capabilities, ensuring scalable, secure, and performant delivery.
- Lead & Scale: Manage an initial team of 5 engineers, structuring, mentoring, and scaling effectively as we grow. Foster a culture of continuous learning, hiring top talent, holding rigorous technical discussions, and promoting high standards.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate closely with US stakeholders in product, data science, infrastructure, and the executive team to align engineering efforts with strategic business goals.
- Operational Excellence: Implement best practices for engineering workflows including scalability, observability, incident response, and reliability of all applications.
- Strategic Innovation: Drive innovative architectural decisions and platform evolution to support product differentiation and speed to market.
Qualifications
- A business mindset that involves thinking strategically to align engineering efforts with the overall business goals, prioritizing high-ROI projects, and cultivating an entrepreneurial spirit of ownership and continuous improvement within the team.
- 5+ years leading engineering teams (managing 10+ people), ideally within fast-growth tech environments.
- Experience building teams in India for US-based organizations.
- Hands-on technical fluency in Python, Golang, React, and Amazon Web Services (AWS); comfortable enough to be a credible voice in system design without being a bottleneck.
- Proven track record of building and scaling high-functioning teams with high hiring and retention standards.
- Experience in API-based products in a Software as a Service (SaaS) environment is a big plus.
- Strong communicator; capable of collaborating across product, data, and executive functions.
- Bonus: Experience in fintech, fraud/risk, or identity systems.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in building engineering teams in a SaaS environment.
- Knowledge of modern agile methodologies and practices.
Experience
- Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience in engineering roles, specifically managing teams in a technological environment.
Environment
- Location: Gurugram or Bengaluru (India).
- Model: Hybrid working model; in-office presence expected.
- Reporting To: Chief Technology Officer (US-based).
- Team: Engineering, India.
Salary
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Growth Opportunities
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Benefits
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