Director of Engineering

2 weeks ago

pune, India Amber Full time

About us:

Long-term accommodation booking platform for students (think booking.com for student housing). Amber helps 80M+ students worldwide , find and book full-time accommodations near their universities, without the hassle of negotiation, non-standardized and cumbersome paperwork, and broken payment process. We are the largest and fastest-growing student housing platform globally, with 1M+ units listed in 6 countries and across 100+ cities, and backed by $21 million in institutional funding led by Gaja Capital. We are growing rapidly and targeting $1B in annual gross bookings value by 2025.


If you are passionate about making international mobility and living, seamless and accessible, then - Join us in building the future of student housing

(We are amogst the fastest growing companies in Asia Pacific as per Financial times )


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About the role:


We, at Amber, are looking to hire a Director of Engineering , who is a thought leader, and a world-class engineer who has a proven record of creating an impact on business and engineering with little or no help. You will own the technology vision and significantly contribute to building the engineering team and culture. You will partner with the product and business teams to understand product features and specifications, translate them into high-level and low-level designs, thereby facilitating the team in building mission critical applications.


Key responsibilities

  • To build next-generation web applications which are efficient, reliable, and scalable.
  • Explore and design dynamic and compelling consumer experiences.
  • Analyze system function and performance requirements to support design concepts.
  • Actively participate in design and code reviews to build robust applications and prototypes.
  • Work closely with Product managers, designers, and the business team to implement solutions.
  • Maintain a very high standard of product quality, ensuring a delightful experience for users.
  • Endorsing upcoming standards, launching, iterating, and making a difference.


Technical Skills:


  • 6+ years of experience , working with web technologies and building scalable and distributed software products and infrastructure
  • Exposure to complete product development cycles - From inception to production to scaling up, supporting new requirements, re-architectures
  • Sound knowledge of design patterns and practices for writing clean, linted, maintainable, and reusable code
  • Experience in working with both backend and frontend web technologies
  • Experience with infrastructure deployment and maintenance
  • Keeps an eye on new platform and ecosystem changes



We Value

  • Entrepreneurial spirit - Everywhere you go, you can’t help but mobilize people, build things, solve problems, roll up your sleeves, go above and beyond, raise the bar. You are self-starter, an insatiable doer and driver.
  • Strong execution and organization - Your team will be working with engineers and product leads at the bleeding edge of the development cycle. To be successful in this role, you should be comfortable executing with little oversight and be able to adapt to problems quickly
  • Strategic mindset - you’re comfortable thinking a few steps ahead of where the team is at now
  • Obsession - with what you are building, and with an eye for detail
  • High Ownership - taking complete responsibility for the growth via the respective channels
  • Ability to Hustle - can multi-task, work in a fast-paced start-up environment, and get-things-done


What will you get from Amber

  • Fast-paced growth (can skip intermediate levels)
  • Total freedom and authority (everything under you, just get the job done)
  • Great Compensation and ESOPs
  • Amazing work culture. Checkout:


How to apply

  • Reach-out to / or visit the following link - amberstudent.com/careers

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