Director of Engineering

About the Role:We are seeking a results-driven Senior Engineering Director with expertise in Cloud/Data Engineering, modern architectures, and legacy modernization. The ideal candidatewill have strong experience in product engineering processes, excellent communication skills, and a focus on growth. They should be capable of managing multiple accounts or a large strategic portfolio (100+ team members)Responsibilities:- Provide technical leadership to deliver software solutions that exceed customer expectations for entire software engineering teams. Stepping into codewhere and if needed and be a hands- on leader.- Manage software engineering teams that builds, designs, implements, and maintains products and related services.- Lead complex technical and strategic discussions involving multiple personas including engineering, architect, product, customer, and other stakeholders.- Lead a culture of innovation & experimentation, support full product development lifecycle incorporating the best of technology and delivery methodologies.- In-charge of team building, stimulate hiring, training, performance reviews and career plans for software engineering team.- Manage the software development team, measure, and improve team engagement, engineering excellence, productivity and team velocity.- Coach and develop individual contributors and managers, foster a high-performing engineering culture.- Direct and manage software engineering resource allocation, schedules and budget ensuring on time product releases enabling the core vision of next generation systems compliant with regulatory requirements.- Own the product quality, scalability, security, and performance of applications, systems, and integrations.- Instill a mindset of curiosity and challenging status quo with a goal to drive faster speed to market at a lower cost.- Own the product quality, scalability, security, and performance of applications, systems, and integrations.- Instill a mindset of curiosity and challenging status quo with a goal to drive faster speed to market at a lower cost.- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to enable business value creation, as well as the stability & scalability of our solutions.- Supervise technology trends like emerging standards for fresh technology opportunities. Write white papers, participate in internal/external forums.- Build high awareness of open-source technologies and communities that enable high volume low latency systems.Experience and Expertise- Should have 18+ years of experience of working in product development organizations with a proven experience of developing enterprise scale products in a highly agile/scrum environment.- Strong knowledge of Java based technical stack, databases, AWS/Azure cloud, SaaS, design and architectural patterns and frameworks.- Strong Java / JEE / .Net codingbackground, and willing to design & code.- Technically hands-on.- Very good knowledge of software development tools, patterns, and processes (Agile principles, SCRUM, SAFe, V-model)- Collaborate with architects, product management, and engineering teams to create solutions that increase the platform's value.- Create technical specifications, prototypes, and presentations to communicate your ideas.- Well-versed in emerging industry technologies and trends and the ability to communicate that knowledge to the team and influence product direction.- Own progress of the product through the development life cycle, identifying risks and opportunities, and ensuring visibility to senior leadership.- Partner with product management to define and refine our product road map, userexperience, priorities, and schedule.- Extensive experience in designing applications to work with data and processing data at scale.- Excellent Critical thinking, Analytical, problem solving & Solutioning skillswith a customer first mindset.Preofessional- Prior experience of working as a Engineering Director is mandatory.- Ability to lead by example and inspires the team to perform at a very high level, collaborates very well across different teams.- Highly motivated and has the ability to convert vague and ill- defined problems into well-defined problems, take initiative and encourage consensus building in the team.- Strong written and verbal communication skills.- Demonstrable project management, stakeholder management and organizational skills.- Proven ability to lead in a matrix environment.- Strong interpersonal and talent management skills, including the ability to identify and develop product management talent.