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Director Software Engineering Innovation Lab
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The Director of Software Engineering - Innovation Lab is responsible for leading a team of innovators that drive experimentation initiatives on emerging technologies, with a focus on Generative AI, automation, and next-generation software architectures. This role drives rapid prototyping, proof-of-concept (PoC) development, and pilot implementations to explore high-impact innovations for the firm. By fostering a culture of experimentation, the Director ensures that new ideas are rigorously tested for technical feasibility, business value, and scalability.
This position collaborates closely with product, business, and technology teams to identify opportunities, de-risk innovations, and transition successful experiments into production-ready solutions. Additionally, the role oversees a secure and scalable Innovation Lab sandbox to enable fast, low-risk technology exploration.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Emerging Technology Experimentation & Prototyping
- Identify and evaluate emerging technologies (AI/ML, cloud-native solutions, blockchain, quantum computing, etc.) for business impact.
- Lead rapid prototyping and PoC development, ensuring experiments are structured to test key hypotheses.
- Design and build proofs of concepts in an Innovation Lab sandbox to facilitate secure, scalable experimentation.
Software Development & Innovation Best Practices
- Establish best practices for quick iteration, responsible AI/ML experimentation, emerging tech, and scalable software architectures.
- Advocate for fail-fast, learn-fast methodologies to accelerate insights from experiments.
- Develop reusable frameworks and patterns for experimentation to streamline future innovation efforts.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with business leaders, product teams, and technology groups to identify and prioritize innovation opportunities.
- Communicate key learnings and recommendations from experimentation efforts to senior leadership.
- Engage with external partners, academia, and industry consortiums to stay ahead of technology trends.
Technical Leadership & Team Development
- Lead a team of software engineers, AI researchers, and data scientists focused on emerging technology innovation.
- Mentor engineers on experimental methodologies, modern software development practices, emerging tech and AI/ML capabilities.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
Experience
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and technology leadership roles.
- Proven track record of leading innovation initiatives and delivering proof-of-concept projects on emerging technologies.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern software architectures (microservices, serverless, event-driven).
- Expertise in AI/ML, engineering, and rapid prototyping methodologies is highly desirable.
- Cloud and AI/ML certifications (e.g., Generative AI, AWS, Azure, etc. ) beneficial.
- Agile, Scrum, or innovation-related certifications a plus
- Ownership of Innovation Lab technology team in India, experimentation activities, and vendor partnerships.
- Authority to select and integrate new tools, frameworks, and platforms in alignment with innovation strategy.
- Member of Innovation Leadership Team , contributing to firmwide innovation strategy and initiatives.
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
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