Director Engineering

Role & responsibilities Create a vision and an executable charter for multiple engineering teams. • Map business objectives to an optimum engineering structure, including correct estimation of resource allocation. • Ensure that the platforms operate at a very high degree of reliability and resiliency by focusing on monitoring/observability, automation, capacity planning, performance testing, etc. • Provide hands-on technical leadership and mentoring to the engineering teams. • Work closely with the Product Managers and help them in getting relevant inputs from the engineering team. • Plan and track the development and release schedules, proactively assess and mitigate risks. • Work individually with engineering managers to help them with correct time estimation and scoping of tasks to timely achieve business objectives. • Drive good coding practices in the team, like good quality code, documentation, timely bug fixing, etc. • Cross-Functional Collaboration, Work closely with senior leadership, sales, finance, operations, and HR to ensure smooth project execution and alignment across departments. • Build teams and hire the best talent with the right dynamics. • Foster a result-oriented, performance-driven culture by setting clear goals, career paths, core competencies, and reward and recognition mechanisms for the engineering team. Requirements • 10+ years of strong experience in full-stack software product development, with at least 3+ years in engineering leadership positions. • Experience with building production systems for a start-up or an organization. • Good command over Node.js and its internals is expected. • Experience in RESTful web services/ APIs using ExpressJS. • Experience with server-side technologies as well - Python, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, etc. • Good command over cloud infrastructure AWS (preferred), MS Azure, or Google Cloud. • Experience working with high-performance technical teams and the ability to create a culture based on those best practices. • Experience in working with Product Managers and UX Designers. • Excellent people manager. Strong in building relationships and collaborating with others. • A strong vision and ability to deliver quickly in a fast-paced start-up culture