Director of Software Engineering

Director - Modern Product EngineeringA Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for pioneering intelligent business outcomes, leading complex AI-native software engineering initiatives with revenue accountability as a Strategic execution leader .What are we looking forreal solver?Solver? Absolutely. But not the usual kind. We're searching for the architects of the audacious & the pioneers of the possible. If you're the type to dismantle assumptions, re-engineer ‘best practices,’ and build solutions that make the future possible NOW, then you're speaking our language.- Improver. Solver. Futurist. - Great sense of humor. - ‘Possible. It is.’ Mindset. - Compassionate collaborator. Bold experimenter. Tireless iterator. - Natural creativity that doesn’t just challenge the norm, but solves to design what’s better. - Thinks in systems. Solves at scale.This Isn’t for Everyone. But if you’re the kind who questions why things are done a certain way—and then identifies 3 better ways to do it — we’d love to chat with you.Your Responsibilitieswhat you will wake up to solve.This isn't a ‘diagrams-and-decks’ role. You're the founder, visionary leader, and Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for both strategizing and executing transformative client business outcomes as the technical spearhead of an AI-native, engineering-led modern tech consultancy.Your mission is clear: partner with visionary clients, leverage our ‘solver DNA’ to disrupt traditional processes, and genuinely futurify clients' business operations. Your work will create real, measurable value through the design and delivery of cutting-edge, AI-powered software solutions that redefine what's possible.Drive Strategic Technical Impact & Business Growth- You'll own technical solution delivery, directly fuelling client revenue and success through precise strategy and execution. - This means architecting scalable AI solutions to accelerate adoption and build trust. - You'll forge strategic technical alliances for competitive advantage and serve as the authoritative technical voice in executive-level client conversations, translating complex challenges into elegant engineering solutions.Architect & Deliver Intelligent, Transformational Outcome- You'll champion our proprietary 'evlos' methodology, fostering rapid, fearless iteration in designing groundbreaking systems. - Your critical role is to be the chief technical translator and innovator, bridging client challenges with our intelligent, AI-powered software engineering solutions for seamless understanding and optimal delivery. - You'll direct the design of AI-native, cloud-forward solutions grounded in process intelligence to drive true value, replacing "nice slides" with pleasant surprises for clients through working, real outcomes.End-to-End Delivery Ownership- You will assume comprehensive accountability for the end-to-end delivery of all software engineering projects. This includes meticulously overseeing adherence to timelines, managing budgets effectively, and ensuring impeccable engineering quality across all deliverables. - Your role involves providing timely resolution and maintaining effective, proactive communication with all stakeholders.Lead by example & impact, Not control.- At Searce, leadership is action. - You're the DRI for intelligent, impactful client outcomes via robust software architecture. - You'll mentor engineers, fostering top talent and an "Always in Beta" mindset. Model extreme ownership, radical clarity, and calm in chaos, prioritizing truth and learning in the AI/Cloud landscape. - Contribute to a culture of self-managed, happier doers through technical excellence.Welcome to SearceThe ‘process-first’, AI-native modern tech consultancy that's rewriting the rules.We don’t do traditional.As an engineering-led consultancy, we are dedicated to relentlessly improving the real business outcomes. Our solvers co-innovate with clients to futurify operations and make processes smarter, faster & better. We build alongside our clients. Not for the vanity metrics. But for the transformation to embed lasting competitive advantage for our clients.The result? Modern business reinvention, built on math, tech, and clarity of purpose.The DNA of a ‘Searcian’superpowers we value.The ‘happier’ core- happier-at-heart: humble, adaptable, positive, passionate, innovative, excellence-minded, responsible. - happier-in-action: Not just a poster on the wall; It's how we make decisions, treat each other, show up for clients & hire or promote people. - Thinks like a founder. Acts like an owner. - Always in Beta: Relentless curiosity. Openness to learn, un-learn, and re-learn. - Real Optimist: Views all setbacks as opportunities. - Believes in truth over comfort. Ideas over titles. Learning over knowing. - Embraces chaos with calm. Evolves faster than the market.Functional Skills- Strategic Architectural Leadership: Drives deeply impactful modern software architectural consultative guidance, directly fuelling significant, revenue-generating client engagements. - Executive Discovery & Opportunity Identification: Listens incisively to uncover core business challenges and translate them into robust, future-ready technical requirements and system opportunities. - Architectural Storytelling & Clarity: Articulates complex modern software architectural designs and intelligent solutions into compelling, technically accurate CXO/CTO-level narratives. - Strategic Technical Negotiation & Influence: Skillfully guides and negotiates optimal, mutually beneficial modern software architectural decisions, balancing innovation, scalability, and performance to achieve high-impact technical consensus. - Regional Engineering Excellence & Governance: Provides strategic technical leadership and functional oversight, establishing and enforcing architectural standards and quality benchmarks across regional software engineering teams to ensure consistent, impactful solution delivery and foster technical growth. - Cross-Functional Engineering Catalyst: Thrives in collaborative environments (product, engineering, data, delivery), sharing deep modern software engineering knowledge to inspire technically sound, intelligent solutions.Tech Superpowers- AI-Driven Software Architecture: Designs and scales robust software leveraging AI capabilities (ML, NLP, vision, generative AI) for intelligent outcomes, focusing on practical AI integration. - Modern Software Engineering Mastery: Deep expertise in Cloud-Native, Data-driven, and AI-enabled Software Engineering, translating insights into scalable designs with measurable business value. - Cloud-Native & Platform Capability: Proven impact in architecting resilient, high-performance cloud-native solutions, adeptly selecting optimal tools for robust delivery. - Business-Driven Architecture: Links architectural decisions directly to tangible client outcomes, translating business requirements into elegant, future-ready software architectures. - Product-Oriented Design for Scale: Combines a strong product mindset with consulting acumen to design reusable, scalable AI-enabled platforms, moving beyond one-off solutions. - Impact-Engineering Innovation: Actively impact-engineers cutting-edge technologies (including AI) into actionable roadmaps, redefining enterprise value through intelligent software delivery.Experience & Relevance- Architectural Pedigree: 12+ years of progressive experience in overseeing software engineering teams , modern software engineering solutions architecture, specifically driving AI-driven, cloud-native, and data-centric transformation journeys with a strong process-first mindset. - Technical Growth Leadership: Proven track record of architecting and delivering complex, high-impact software solutions that directly enable significant net-new services revenue and expand client engagements. - Client-Facing Technical Lead: hands-on experience as a Product engineering manager and technical architect in client-facing roles, directly building, implementing, and advising on complex solutions, consistently acting as the trusted technical authority for strategic clients. - Locally Tuned Ecosystem Navigation: Possesses deep understanding of the regional technical terrain—including client environments, hyperscaler platforms (e.g., Google Cloud, AWS), key ISVs, and AI platforms—enabling immediate impact and effective solution design from day one.Bonus Points (you will thrive if you have)- Brings CTO Energy: Brings a potent mix of technical vision, high ownership, relentless execution, and a clear bias for driving real-world impact through engineering solutions. - Impactful Contributor to Transformation at Scale: Played a pivotal role in driving large-scale technical transformations for significant enterprises (e.g., within major business units of $1Bn+ organizations), delivering tangible engineering outcomes beyond mere slideware. - Production-Ready Automation Engineering: Has engineered and delivered production-grade software solutions for horizontal automation across functions across diverse domains like telecom, fintech, healthcare, or retail, moving beyond theoretical concepts to real-world, operational systems. - Scaling Expertise (0→1, 1→10): You understand what it takes to build and grow software solutions, products, or engineering initiatives with speed and intent, from inception to significant scale.Join the ‘real solvers’ready to futurify?If you are excited by the possibilities of what an AI-native engineering-led, modern tech consultancy can do to futurify businesses, apply here and experience the ‘Art of the possible’. 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