Director of Engineering For an AI Powered B2B Platform

Direct a team of engineering managers and developers creating highly scalable, performant, easily maintainable & well-tested product features
Lead a team of 40+ based out of Bangalore largely, extended in the US
Develop and maintain an extremely strong culture of engineering innovation
Exude a strong sense of feature & delivery ownership, agility, and an urge for continuous learning
Ensure the delivery of multiple technical initiatives, from design to agile development & delivery phases. Collaborate closely with the DevSecOps team to help optimize the operations pipeline.
Help creatively solve business problems by supporting the necessary backend, frontend, and API infrastructures
Empower the delivery teams to self-organize
Constantly lookout for engineering talents that can help us scale newer heights. Deeply involved in talent acquisition practices
Evaluate engineering requirements and design proposals in a technical capacity, in collaboration with Product Management, System Architecture, QA & Customer Success teams
Effectively collaborate with other teams across the organization to meet the release expectations
Be in touch with the latest frameworks in the industry, and be influential in all choices related to the SaaS application stack
Evaluate requirements and work with PMO to create delivery plans
Effectively facilitate daily stand-ups, early risk identification, and mitigation, dependency resolution, follow-ups for gap-closure, etc.
Drive the execution and delivery of features by collaborating with many cross-functional teams, architects, product owners, and engineer
Make critical decisions that attribute to the success of the product
Proactive in foreseeing & resolving issues before they occur
Responsible for operating a development process that enforces best practices
Constantly scout for and operationalize the necessary tools required to enable a highly efficient engineering process

Requirement:

15+ years of professional software development experience, which includes substantial & demonstrable implementation expertise using Stack: Java + Microservices + Distributed Systems
6+ years of direct people management experience in a techno-managerial capacity
Node.JS/ Golang preferred
NoSQL / MongoDB preferred
React.js preferred
Strong HLD/LLD + Agile/Scrum/Jira
Any Cloud exp is mandatory (4+ yrs) / AWS preferred
Strong ability to write and evaluate code
Strong track record of delivering complex projects on time
Extensive prior work with cloud-based SaaS platform(s); broad experience developing high-throughput backend systems, microservices, API layers, etc.
Working experience in Spring, Spring Boot, or related java frameworks, RESTful API design and development, event-driven architecture
Knowledge of distributed systems, proficiency working in Linux environment
Strong Software development fundamentals, architecture, algorithms, and problem-solving skills
Deep understanding of observability concepts and tooling.
Excellent written and verbal communication, strong organizational skills, and attention to details
Preferred :
Experience working with HTML/CSS, React/Angular frameworks
Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB
Experience working in a load-balanced, large, stateless microservices environment
Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related field