Experience: 5+ years
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, SRE and 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.
- 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 executive team to align engineering efforts with strategic business goals.
- Operational Excellence : Implement best practices for engineering workflows- 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.
- 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 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 SaaS based 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.
- Impact at Scale : Shape the technological direction and team culture at a critical growth stage.
- High Performing Team: Join a team with shared vision and purpose, transparency, open and trusted communication, clear roles and accountability, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation.
- Collaborative Culture : Join a team dedicated to grit, transparency, and impactful products.
- Autonomy with
Responsibility : Trusted to make and execute decisions with high visibility and meaningful outcomes.
- Location: Gurugram or Bengaluru (India). Hybrid working model; in-office presence expected
- Reports to: Chief Technology Officer (US-based)
- Team: Engineering, India
- Employer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents
- 401(k) plan with employer match (or equivalent for non US-based roles)
- Flexible paid time off
- Regular company-wide in-person events
- Home office stipend, and more!
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