Chennai] Director Of Engineering

Director of Engineering Location - Chennai India About Arrcus Arrcus was founded to enhance business efficiency through superior network connectivity The Arrcus Connected Edge ACE platform offers best-in-class networking with the most flexible consumption model at the lowest total cost of ownership The Arrcus team consists of world-class technologists who have an unparalleled record in shipping industry-leading networking products complemented by industry thought leaders operating executives strategic partners and top-tier VCs The company is headquartered in San Jose California For more information go to or follow We offer a variety of roles in software hardware and cloud environments We are looking for people who are self-motivated creative and agile You will work closely with the top-notch talent in Arrcus in redefining networking Prior work experience in a venture-backed company is a big plus We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Director of Engineering to take on the responsibility of building our Chennai development centre This role involves leading engineering teams scaling organizational capabilities driving execution excellence The ideal candidate will be hands-on people-focused and capable of fostering a high-performance innovation-driven culture We offer a variety of roles in software hardware and cloud environments We are looking for people who are self-motivated creative and agile You will work closely with the top-notch talent in Arrcus in redefining networking Prior work experience in a venture backed company is a big plus Responsibilities Work with customer and product teams to understand and prioritise new requirements Develop a holistic understanding of individual employee skill sets and drive resource allocation for customer requirements Help drive the recruiting process both in terms of attracting new talent as well as defining and streamlining the recruitment process Continuous Process Improvement Solicit feedback drive discussion and implement process and workflow improvements Provide technical guidance and mitigation for engineering projects Build 1 1 rapport with engineers help identify and fulfil personal aspirations by aligning with larger team goals Strong ability to plan execute and deliver multiple projects across worldwide sites Experience with rapidly growing engineering organizations in all aspects of people resources tools and more Education Qualifications BS MS PhD in Computer Engineering Computer Science or equivalent degree Excellent communication presentation and interpersonal skills 5 years of experience leading and managing distributed engineering teams involved in creating complex software products 10 years of relevant experience in managing very senior technical talent in some of the following areas Networking protocols such as OSPF BGP ISIS MPLS BFD MLAG EVPN VxLAN SR-MPLS SRv6 L3VPN Test Harness like Robot framework Jinja2 Familiarity network merchant silicon chipsets and whitebox platforms Software development of Network Data Path Linux virtual and ASIC Virtualization technologies like SR-IOV Intel DPDK FD io NSX OVS High Availability ISSU Linux networking Debian Build Packaging Linux Kernel Kernel Networking Stack Experience with big data distributed systems technology hadoop kafka MongoDB druid elasticsearch spark influxdb redis DevOps experience with AWS GCP Azure or other cloud service Manageability frameworks such as Yang XML Benefits Generous compensation packages including equity Medical Insurance Parental Leave Investors and Funding Arrcus has raised over 160M in funding from top tier Venture Capital firms VCs such as Lightspeed Venture Partners General Catalyst and Clear Ventures as well as strategic investors such as Liberty Global SoftBank Corp and Samsung Next For more information go to or follow Equal Opportunity At Arrcus we re proud to be an equal opportunity employer - We realize the key to creating a company with a world-class culture and employee experience comes from who we hire and creating a workplace that celebrates everyone A strong belief of culture addition will propel us forward together With this we consider qualified applicants without regard to race color religion creed gender national origin age disability veteran status sexual orientation pregnancy sex gender identity gender expression genetic information physical or mental disability HIV status registered domestic partner status caregiver status marital status veteran or military status citizenship status or any other legally protected category This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence benefits compensation and training Powered by JazzHR