Director of Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Lead our backend or full-stack engineering team.
• This team builds the API's and services to power our back-end experiences across web, as well as front-end web development.
• You not only have the technical chops to roll up your sleeves and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also build and manage a team of 10-15 top-notch engineers.
• You not only optimize your own code but also make sure engineers are able to optimize theirs.
• As DOE, you manage your business goals, contribute to product strategy, and help develop your team.
• Create clear career paths for team members and help them grow with regular and deep mentoring.
• Perform regular performance evaluations and share and seek feedback.
• Operating with scale and speed amidst flux, there is just a LOT happening.
• Our world-class software engineers are just getting started -- and as a manager, you guide the way.
• You are their default mentor.
• You work closely with Product Management, Business Development, and the Operations team and enable them by providing scalable and high-quality technology solutions at a rapid pace.
• Set up best practices for development and champion their adoption, and at the same time.
• Architect and design technically robust, flexible, and scalable solutions.
• Work with designers, business analysts, and product managers to estimate and plan projects in an Agile environment.
• Perform well in uncertainties and collaborate and work with unclear interfaces to other teams in our rapidly evolving organizations.

Requirements:

• Above 9 years of experience with technology depth, as well as good people skills.
• 3+ years of combined professional software engineering experience as an engineering manager or tech lead.
• A BE/BTech in Computer Science or some equivalent academic qualification.
• Good experience in Product development using Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Redis Cache, JavaScript ( Reactjs/Redux.js ), etc.
• Excellent leadership skills to mentor the engineers under you.
• Deep understanding of technologies and architecture in a highly scalable and available setup.
• Deep understanding & expertise with highly transactional, large relational, and complex systems.
• Strong object-oriented design skills, and an uncanny ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces.
• Superior project management skills to manage multi-engineer projects and experience in delivering high-quality projects on time.
• Able to establish credibility with smart engineers quickly and provide a longer-term vision and motivation.