Raytex IT Services

Description
Location : Hyderabad

Mode of work : On-site (5 days a week)

Timings : 12pm - 9pm

Position Overview
The Vice President of Product Engineering is responsible for the end-to-end engineering strategy, execution, and delivery of the companys product portfolio. This role leads engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps, and operations to ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure products.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineering & Product Development Leadership :
• Lead the full engineering lifecycle from concept ? design ? development ? testing ? deployment ? support.
• Partner with Product Management to translate product vision, requirements, and roadmaps into engineering plans.
• Drive architecture decisions, technical design reviews, and engineering standards.
• Ensure products meet strict criteria for performance, scalability, reliability, usability, and security.
• Team Leadership & Talent Development :
• Hire, develop, and mentor a world-class engineering team.
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.
• Establish best practices for performance reviews, succession planning, and skill development.
• Promote collaboration between product, design, engineering, QA, DevOps, and security teams.
• Engineering Operations & Delivery Excellence :
• Implement industry-standard methodologiesAgile, CI/CD, DevSecOps, TDD, automated QA, observability, SRE principles.
• Oversee sprint planning, release management, velocity reporting, and delivery metrics.
• Optimize engineering processes for predictability, quality, and faster time-to-market.
• Technology, Architecture & Innovation :
• Evaluate and modernize technology stacks, tools, and cloud infrastructure.
• Make build-vs-buy decisions based on long-term ROI.
• Ensure strong system architecture guidelines, API standards, and data governance practices.
• Drive innovation initiatives in AI/ML, automation, integrations, and cloud modernization.
• Security, Compliance & Risk Management :
• Work with security teams to integrate DevSecOps and ensure products meet compliance requirements (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR, etc., as applicable).
• Oversee incident response, SLAs, disaster recovery, and business continuity practices.
• Build secure-by-design engineering frameworks.
• Stakeholder & Executive Collaboration :
• Act as the primary voice of engineering to the C-suite, board, and cross-functional leaders.
• Present engineering roadmap, progress, risks, staffing needs, and budget recommendations.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Support to ensure customer-centric releases and ongoing reliability.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience
• 6+ years leading engineering/product engineering teams
• Strong technical background in cloud, API, DevOps, distributed systems
• Proven success delivering enterprise-grade software at scale
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional alignment skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in regulated industries (healthcare, life sciences, fintech, SaaS)
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity and compliance frameworks
• Experience modernizing architecture and scaling engineering teams

KPIs For Success

• On-time delivery & roadmap execution
• System uptime, reliability, quality, and performance
• Security posture and compliance readiness
• Team velocity, productivity, and retention
• Cost efficiency & resource optimization
• Customer satisfaction and business impact

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