Head of Engineering

VicTree Solutions is hiring for a Head of Engineering role for an esteemed client, in Bengaluru, Karnataka.Job Title: Head of EngineeringLocation: Bengaluru (WFO)Experience Required: 12-20 yearsKey Responsibilities:Strategic Leadership:- Spearhead the engineering department, aligning the team with the company's mission and product vision. - Drive the execution of the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with customer needs and business goals. - Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and technical excellence within the engineering team. - A visionary mindset that aligns with the company’s core values and culture, and the ability to foster innovation within the engineering team. - A track record of thought leadership in the technology space, contributing to industry discussions, publications, or open-source projects is a plus.Team Development and Management:- Attract, mentor, and retain top-tier engineering talent, providing clear career paths and development opportunities. - Develop a high-performing, agile engineering culture that embraces autonomy and accountability. - Oversee team structure and dynamics to ensure cross-functional collaboration and efficient delivery of projects.Product Delivery and Quality Assurance:- Ensure that engineering deliverables meet quality standards and customer expectations. - Optimize the software development lifecycle for efficiency and predictability. - Drive the adoption of best practices in coding, testing, and security.Technology and Architecture:- Lead architectural discussions, making key decisions that balance immediate needs with long-term scalability. - Stay abreast of emerging technologies and integrate innovative solutions to maintain competitive advantage. - Guarantee platform reliability, scalability, and performance.Operational Excellence:- Manage the engineering budget effectively, ensuring resources are allocated for maximum impact. - Collaborate with Product, sales and other stakeholders to streamline the development and release process. - Oversee the management of internal systems to ensure uptime and performance metrics are met or exceeded.Qualifications:- Demonstrated experience in successfully leading engineering teams in the development and deployment of complex software systems, with a preference for experience in the IoT space. - Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) with a proven track record in designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective systems. - Advanced knowledge of programming languages relevant to the company's tech stack, which may include C, Python, Java, or others pertinent to the IoT and cloud development environments. - Hands-on experience with both front-end and back-end development, including knowledge of modern frameworks, languages, and design patterns. - Proficiency with database management and architecture, including both relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, or others relevant to time-series data. - Expertise in building and managing APIs, implementing microservices architectures, and working with messaging and event-streaming services like Kafka or RabbitMQ. - Strong communication abilities to effectively liaise between technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Strong background in agile methodologies, with the ability to adapt processes to fit the needs of the team and project. - Commitment to automated testing, continuous integration (CI), and continuous deployment (CD) practices, and the maintenance of high code quality and security standards.