Senior Director of Engineering

Job Title : Sr. Director of Engineering

Role Overview : Sr. Director of Engineering

We are seeking a seasoned and dynamic Sr. Director of Engineering to lead our core product engineering organization.

This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for shaping technology strategy, driving architectural direction, and ensuring world-class engineering execution across backend, frontend, and data engineering teams.

You will partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and Business stakeholders to build scalable, intelligent, and high-performing systems that power our next-generation decisioning platform.

The ideal candidate brings a blend of deep technical expertise, strong execution discipline, and a passion for building and mentoring exceptional engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities :

Team Leadership :

- Lead, coach, and scale a high-performing engineering team across multiple technical domains.

- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

- Collaborate with HR and Talent teams on recruitment, onboarding, and capability development.

Technology & Architecture :

- Drive architectural direction for scalable, distributed, cloud-native systems.

- Work closely with architects to evolve platform and application architecture.

- Uphold engineering excellence across code quality, design reviews, testing, observability, and infrastructure best practices.

Engineering Delivery :

- Own roadmap execution in close partnership with Product and cross-functional leaders.

- Ensure timely, reliable, secure, and high-quality delivery of product features and platforms.

- Advance engineering velocity through automation, tooling, and refined development processes.

Cross-Functional Collaboration :

- Align engineering priorities with Product, Data Science, Design, and Go-to-Market teams.

- Represent Engineering in strategic planning and organization-wide initiatives.

- Translate product vision into actionable engineering plans and measurable outcomes.

Operational & Technical Excellence :

- Champion a metrics-driven engineering culture (SLAs, availability, latency, error rates, etc.

- Own system reliability, incident management, scalability, and technical debt governance.

- Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives, tooling advancements, and innovation.

Required Qualifications :

- 16+ years of experience in software engineering, including 5+ years leading high-performing engineering teams.

- Demonstrated success delivering large-scale, production-grade platforms or applications.

- Strong hands-on expertise in backend development, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures (AWS/GCP/Azure).

- Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams (backend, frontend, data engineering).

- Deep knowledge of engineering management, agile delivery, and architectural best practices.

- Ability to blend technical depth with strategic leadership and organizational influence.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience in SaaS or AI/Data-driven platforms.

- Familiarity with Generative AI, agentic systems, and modern AI-driven architectures.

- Understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, and automation practices.

- Strong communication skills, with experience partnering with executive leadership