Director of Engineering - Microservices Architecture

We are looking for a Director of Engineering for an AI Powered B2B Platform. Job Profile : - 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. - 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. Skills : - Java,microservices,saas,cloud,agile development,scrum master. (ref:hirist.tech)

Location: bangalore, IN

Posted Date: 11/24/2024