Associate Director, Software Engineering

**Associate Director, Software Engineering**:

- Gurgaon, India; Bangalore, India; Noida, India
- Information Technology
- 316243

**Job Description**:
**About The Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**:
12

**The Team** -**

As an **Associate Director -**Full Stack.NET Engineer**, you will play a pivotal role in our agile development team, leading initiatives that drive innovation and efficiency. You will collaborate closely with UI/UX designers, fellow engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable software solutions. You will also be responsible for ensuring alignment with business goals, technical excellence fostering an inclusive environment, and promoting best practices in software development.

We foster an open, inclusive environment where all perspectives are valued. Our team is focused on driving innovation, leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies, and maximizing engineering efficiency. We prioritize clean architecture, real-time performance, and data quality.

**What we are looking for -**
- Define and communicate the technical strategy for full stack development within the organization, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
- Lead the development and execution of a multi-year roadmap for technology initiatives, focusing on scalability, performance, and innovation.
- Facilitate architecture reviews, design walkthroughs and technical deep dives to ensure sound engineering decisions.
- Champion the adoption of design patterns and architectural best practices across teams.
- Collaborate with senior management to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the success of development projects and initiatives.
- Drive strategic partnerships with external vendors and technology providers to leverage new tools and technologies that enhance development capabilities.
- Cultivate a culture of innovation by encouraging experimentation with new technologies and methodologies, particularly in AI and cloud computing.
- Facilitate regular strategic planning sessions with the development team to assess progress, identify challenges, and adjust priorities as needed.

**Core Technical Qualifications** -**
- Expert in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and Microservices with solid understanding of Event-driven architecture
- Proven ability to create and review high-level and low-level technical designs, including data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, and system interaction models.
- Hands-on experience in Angular for building responsive and component driven UIs with strong command in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Proven experience in working with SQL Server, as well as NoSQL technologies like MongoDB or Cosmos DB including data modelling and optimization techniques
- Familiarity with cloud-native architecture and deployment on platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP, including containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and serverless computing.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a team of developers in an Agile/Scrum environment, perform code reviews, enforce coding best practices, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders for successful end-to-end delivery

**AI & Productivity Tooling (Modern Skills)** -**
- Demonstrated experience using **AI-enhanced development tools** (e.g., **GitHub Copilot,**Replit** AI, ChatGPT, Amazon**CodeWhisperer**, or equivalent) to improve code quality, automate repetitive tasks, and speed up development cycles.
- Familiarity with **prompt engineering, LLM-assisted development or testing, or using AI to automate documentation, code reviews, or monitoring**.

**Additional Preferred Qualifications** -**
- Proven experience in **monitoring, analyzing, and**optimizing** large-scale distributed systems in a cloud environment.
- Background in managing **Windows** and**web**based** production systems**, network configurations, and server performance in the cloud.
- Strong **scripting and automation skills** (PowerShell, Bash, Python) — bonus if paired with AI-based infrastructure tools.
- AWS certification or similar credentials are a plus.
- Experience on working in the technical design/architecture for problem solving and present technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience using AI to accelerate **DevOps, CI/CD pipelines,** or **observability tooling** is a major advantage.

**Soft Skills** -**
- Strong **problem-solving skills** with a growth mindset and openness to AI-powered innovation.
- Excellent communication and **cross-functional collaboration** abilities.
- Capable of managing priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, continuously evolving environment.

**Education & Experience** -**
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
- ** 1**2**-**14 years** of experience** as a Full Stack Developer/Lead, with deep expertise in **.NET technologies** and modern software