Director Engineering

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Experience: 12+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru

As a Director Engineering, you will pilot a high-performing initiative that transforms our technology platform and delivery model, ensuring that our software products are scalable, resilient, and aligned with customer needs. You will lead all facets of product engineering-from architecture and design to deployment and operations-while championing a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and learning. This role requires a strategic mindset, deep expertise in cloud-native technologies, and a proven ability to inspire and grow engineering talent across multiple distributed teams. You will collaborate closely with product, design, data, and ops stakeholders to define roadmaps, set priorities, and deliver high-impact outcomes on time and within budget. The Director Engineering will act as a decisive technical steward, translating vision into executable plans, and fostering cross-functional partnerships that drive business success.

Requirements

• Define, articulate, and execute the engineering vision and roadmap in alignment with business strategy.
• Build and sustain a high-performing engineering organization, recruiting, mentoring, and scaling talent across multiple squads.
• Own architecture, design, and implementation of cloud-native, microservices-based systems that meet reliability, performance, and security objectives.
• Drive adoption of modern DevOps practices, continuous delivery pipelines, and automated testing to accelerate time-to-market.
• Champion engineering excellence through code quality, design reviews, and the introduction of best-practice standards.
• Collaborate with product management to refine product requirements, validate prototypes, and prioritize features.
• Establish and monitor metrics for system health, team velocity, and operational resiliency, using data to inform decisions.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration with data, data-science, and analytics teams to enable data-driven product capabilities.
• Lead incident response and post-mortem processes, fostering a blameless culture that turns failures into learning.
• Represent engineering in executive discussions, ensuring technical feasibility, risk management, and alignment with corporate objectives.
• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in software engineering, including directing large, distributed teams.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native ecosystems (Kubernetes, Docker, serverless) and modern infrastructure as code tooling.
• Proven track record of delivering highly scalable, security-compliant products at enterprise scale.
• Strong background in establishing engineering processes, setting clear performance metrics, and driving continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to build diverse, inclusive teams that empower collaboration, ownership, and professional growth.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives that integrate data science, analytics, and product functions.
• Familiarity with agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe) and a hands-on approach to coaching teams on iterative development.
• A passion for mentoring, professional development, and fostering a culture of innovation and learning.
• Resilience, adaptability, and a forward-thinking mindset that thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.