CAW Studios - Vice President - Engineering Management

Description :

We are seeking a highly skilled, architecture-focused VP of Engineering to lead our engineering organization at our Hyderabad office. You will have approximately 6-8 direct reports (staff engineers), each managing their own sub-teams and leading an organization of roughly 32-40 members. This role blends strategic architectural leadership with hands-on technical involvement and client-facing collaboration.

Responsibilities :

- Architectural Leadership : Drive the technical architecture of our applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability. Mentor staff engineers to enhance their architectural prowess.

- Hands-On Technical Engagement : Be ready to dive into the codebase, troubleshoot production issues, and work directly with teams to debug and optimize. Whether it's resolving slow APIs or analyzing logs, lead by doing.

- AI Transformation and Innovation : Champion our shift to an AI-first organization by experimenting with tools firsthand and fostering a culture of innovation throughout the team.

- Sales and Client Collaboration : Work closely with the sales teams to join customer calls, assist in initial solutioning, and help craft technical proposals. Additionally, engage in ongoing client collaborations to manage technical aspects and ensure successful project delivery.

- Team Leadership and Mentorship : Oversee a team of 6 to 8 direct reports, each leading their own sub-teams, fostering growth, and ensuring engineering excellence.

Requirements :

- Proven experience in leading engineering teams with a strong focus on architecture and hands-on coding.

- Ability to collaborate with sales and clients on technical pre-sales and project delivery.

- A leader who leads by example, embracing new technologies and encouraging the team to do the same.

Technical Skills & Expertise :

- Strong expertise in system architecture and design for large-scale, distributed, and high-availability systems.

- Hands-on experience with modern backend technologies such as Java, Python, Node.js, or Go (at least one required).

- Deep understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and event-driven systems.

- Proficiency in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including architecture, deployment, and cost optimization.

- Strong experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.

- Solid knowledge of databases - both SQL and NoSQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB).

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and DevOps best practices.

- Ability to analyze and optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.

- Familiarity with observability tools (logging, monitoring, tracing) such as ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent.

- Exposure to AI/ML platforms, LLM-based applications, and AI-enabled development tools is highly desirable.

- Strong understanding of security best practices, including authentication, authorization, and data protection.