Director of Engineering

5 days ago

Remote, India Weekday Full time ₹ 12,00,000 - ₹ 36,00,000 per year

This role is for one of our clients

Industry: Technology, Information and Media

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Min Experience: 10 years

JobType: full-time

We are looking for a Director of Engineering to join our leadership team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our technology organization. This role combines deep technical expertise with proven leadership skills, requiring someone who can inspire high-performing teams, scale engineering functions, and drive innovation across products and platforms.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker and hands-on leader who can balance long-term vision with day-to-day execution. You'll work closely with product, design, and business leaders to deliver scalable, reliable, and customer-focused solutions while fostering a culture of excellence, ownership, and growth within the engineering organization.

What You'll Do

Lead Engineering at Scale: Oversee multiple engineering teams, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and seamless execution of technical strategies.

Inspire & Develop Leaders: Mentor engineering managers and senior engineers, providing coaching, guidance, and career development opportunities.

Drive Technical Excellence: Provide architectural direction and ensure systems are secure, maintainable, and scalable to meet current and future business demands.

Shape Engineering Practices: Define, implement, and continuously improve engineering processes, tools, and best practices to maximize team efficiency and product quality.

Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with product, design, operations, and business stakeholders to deliver high-impact outcomes.

Balance Priorities: Manage short-term delivery needs while investing in long-term technical capabilities and reducing technical debt.

Build & Scale Teams: Attract, hire, and retain top engineering talent while fostering an inclusive and high-performance culture.

Measure What Matters: Define and track KPIs to assess engineering productivity, quality, and impact on business outcomes.

Be the Voice of Engineering: Represent engineering priorities to leadership and communicate vision, goals, and progress across the organization.

What You'll Bring

Experience: 12–15 years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles.

Leadership Track Record: Proven ability to manage and grow large, distributed, and diverse engineering teams.

Technical Depth: Strong foundation in modern software engineering practices, scalable architectures, and system design.

Hands-On Understanding: While not a daily coder, you can dive deep into technical discussions and guide teams toward sound decisions.

Strategic Mindset: Ability to align technology strategy with business goals while balancing tactical execution.

People Leadership: Excellent coaching, mentoring, and team-building skills with a passion for developing future leaders.

Collaboration Skills: Strong communicator who can influence and align cross-functional stakeholders.

Agility: Comfortable working in fast-paced, product-driven environments with evolving priorities.

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