Head of Engineering

Requirements:

• Ideally, 10+ years of experience in successfully building, deploying, and running complex, large-scale web or data products.
• Proven Management Experience: Demonstrated success managing a team of 5+ engineers for at least 2 years (managing timelines, performance, and hiring).
• You know how to transition a team from 'startup chaos' to 'structured agility'.
• Full-stack Authority: Deep expertise with JavaScript, Node.js, MySQL, and Python.
• You must have world-class expertise in at least one area, but possess a solid understanding of the entire stack in a multi-tier environment.
• Architectural Track Record: Has built at least two professional-grade products as the tech owner/architect and led the delivery of complex products from conception to release.
• Program Management Skills: Ability to estimate complex projects accurately, manage stakeholder expectations, and hold the team accountable to deadlines.
• Creative Engineering: A creative mind with an uncanny sense of design thinking and principles.
• Values: Most importantly, the kind of values you have as a person.
• Experience in working with REST APIs, Machine Learning, Algorithms and AWS.
• Familiar with visualisation libraries and database technologies.
• Your reputation in the technology community within your domain.
• Your participation and success in competitive programming.
• Work on unusual/extraordinary hobby projects during school/college that were not a part of the curriculum.
• The school that you come from and the organisations where you have worked earlier.

Personality Expectations:

• We believe that it takes a certain type of personality to do a certain kind of role well.
• Thoughtful and Analytical: Unlike a sales role, this role requires deep analytical ability and thoughtfulness. You don't just "hit goals at any cost"; you architect sustainable solutions that prevent future debt.
• The "Pack Leader" Mentality: You are competitive, but you understand that your team's win is your win. You shift from getting a dopamine hit from solving a bug yourself to getting a hit from unblocking your team to solve ten bugs.
• High Ownership of Outcomes: You don't just care that the code was written; you care that the feature was delivered, works for the customer, and didn't break production. You expect very highly of yourself, and being less than ideal anywhere almost pains you.
• Resilience: You possess the mental endurance to push through complex technical constraints and tight deadlines without losing your cool.
• Uncompromising Values: On the other side, there is only one thing that we care for apart from performance - your values. We have room for mistakes on the performance side; we have no room for mistakes on your values.