Superseva - Senior Director - Engineering

Description :

We are seeking a results-driven Senior Engineering Director with expertise in Cloud/Data Engineering, modern architectures, and legacy modernization. The ideal candidate will 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 They should also have experience working in financial domain in a product / services organization.

- Provide technical leadership to deliver software solutions that exceed customer expectations for entire software engineering teams. Stepping into code where 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.

The Person :

Pivotal Experience & 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 coding background, 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, user experience, priorities, and schedule.

- Extensive experience in designing applications to work with data and processing data at scale.

- Excellent Critical thinking, Analytical, problem solving & Solutioning skills with a customer first mindset.

Professional :

- 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.