Director of Engineering

In partnership with a 1500 CR Conglomerate, we will be launching a combination of FinTech & Retail Marketplace focused on empowering Kirana Stores.  Formal registration, Business Plan finalization and  kick off  activities are work-in progress. We are looking for 15+ years experienced technology specialists for the role of Head of Engineering.

You will lead this new value stream help the platform scale up to servce over a 3 million user base in the next 3-5 years

Location ; Bangalore / Chennai 

Travel  : Would be required in the initial stages 

Compensation  - Industry standard (open for discussion)

You

• 9+ years experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products and services in Java or similar languages
• 3+ years of experience in team management, including hiring, building key projects and career management.
• Deep understanding of how distributed resilient software is built and deployed
• Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality
• Strong desire to work in an unstructured, fast moving startup environment
• Passionate Tech architect, retains narrow focus on research, system performance and scalability

Technology

Good knowledge of languages like Java, Python and web technologies (e.g. Javascript, HTML, CSS)

Expertise in front end and backend JS frameworks (e.g React JS, Angular, Node.js,)

Experience working in Agile frameworks and project management tools (e.g. Atlassian, Git)

Knowledge of deployment of distributed RESTful search platforms (like Elastic or Solr)

Experience in designing hyperscale architecture

Exposure to Microservices, AI/ML and Bigdata

Worked on at least one 0-1 initiative preferably IT product firms

Hands on ready to code any time (candidates who are interested only in advisory model, please excuse)

Candidates with good exposure working with OR algorithms would be given preference

Reasonably networked to be able to attract tech talent and build a large Engineering team independently

- Key responsibilities include:

• Deliver software products that delight our customers and accelerates our business growth.
• Be a combination of technical hands-on software engineer and a leader who has the ability to influence, guide, and inspire those around you.
• Empower the team to achieve a high level of productivity, reliability and simplicity.
• Hire and retain a team of high-performing engineers and managers.
• Understand the market and our end customers.
• Stays current on leading industry trends.
• Conduct performance reviews, calibration sessions and feedback discussions for direct reports.

Responsibilities :

·      You will manage a team of backend engineers to deliver a valuable and delightful product for our users.

·      You will be responsible for liaising with external stakeholders such as product, acquisition and retention teams to come up with a charter for a certain vertical(game), and then execute on it. You will be responsible for the evolution of an already bleeding-edge tech stack and keep it current.

·      You will be responsible for setting the correct set of processes in engineering that help you get very high efficiency in the organisation.

·      You will be required to make decisions quickly, and work under strict timelines.

·      You would need to demonstrate an ability to stay objective while creating an appropriate decision-making framework for the entire organisation.

·      You will believe in measure-ability of the success of the tech stack and processes adopted.

Requirements:

·      B.E/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

·      10+ years or more of progressive software technology experience with at least 3 years in management role.

·      Completely hands on with technology and architecture. Start-up experience is a huge plus.

·      Excellent and robust understanding of scalable product system architecture(s), platforms and core technologies

·      Demonstrated problem-solving and leadership skills to pursue correct engineering process in adverse conditions. Ability to embrace and demonstrate leadership beyond ownership

·      Provide thought leadership to setup and manage processes.

·      Ability to work in a very agile, fast-paced environment with changing requirements.

·      Ability to work efficiently in an entrepreneurial and in a start-up environment

·      A good understanding of Java/Spring/Akka, Javascript or Golang.

·      Hands on knowledge of some of these technologies - MySQL, NodeJS, message brokers such as Kafka/RabbitMQ, NoSQL datastore such as Mongo, Cassandra, Arango, distributed caches such as Redis/memcached, container technology such as Docker and Kubernetes etc. is a big plus.

·      Great proficiency in distributed systems design, with an ability to make the right trade-offs for creating future-proof solutions.

·      Ability to build a product end-to-end with the help of multiple engineering teams.

About 6sense : The 6sense Account Engagement Platform helps B2B organizations achieve predictable revenue growth by putting the power of AI, big data, and machine learning behind every member of the revenue team.

https://hub.6sense.com/welcome/6sense-funding-announcement">In one of the latest news,6sense Raises $125 Million in Series D Funding, Increases Valuation to $2.1 Billion https://hub.6sense.com/welcome/6sense-funding-announcement.

In the other news,6sense was named one of https://twitter.com/Inc">@Inc's Best Workplaces for the third year in a row.

As an Engineering Manager at 6sense ,you will have the opportunity to-

• Recruit and retain top-tier software engineering talent. 
• You will nurture an atmosphere of continuous improvement by serving as a coach, mentor, and technical advisor, while planning and supporting career development  
• You will diagnose and resolve systemic obstacles that prevent your team from delivering high-quality software. 
• You will meet 1-1 with team members on a regular basis.
• Recruit and retain top-tier software engineering talent 
• Work cross functionally with other Engineering Managers to strategize and execute on crucial business objectives along with managing upstream and downstream dependencies 
• Work with the Product Managers on project planning and roadmap 
• Apply distributed computing and map-reduce knowledge to compute, dedupe, and derive insights from billions of records daily 
• Intellectually contribute to the software, data, process, and growth of other team members 
• Participate in writing applicable patents for your ground-breaking work 
• Promote and set examples for high code quality like unit testing, good variable naming, modularity, etc. 
• Own products/features at multiple levels: code, data, metrics, reduction of support frequency, etc. 
• Ensure new features are properly tested at scale prior to release 

Required qualifications and must have skills 

• 5+ years of experience managing a team of 5+ engineers 
• 10+ years of experience in delivering software 
• BS / MS in Software Engineering or an equivalent degree 
• Experience leading by influence in multi-team, cross-functional projects 

About Company

A fast-growing SaaS commerce company based in Bangalore with offices in Delhi, Mumbai, SF, Dubai, Singapore, and Dublin. We have three products in our portfolio: Plum, Empuls, and Compass. works with over 1000 global clients. We help our clients engage and motivate their employees, sales teams, channel partners, or consumers for better business results.

Engineering Manager 

Requirements:

Education - B.Tech/MCA or equivalent.

Overall 10 to 12 years of experience.

Agnostic/Polyglot with multiple tech stacks.

Worked on open source technologies – NodeJS, ReactJS, MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Columnar DBs

Good experience with Front-end technologies like JavaScript frameworks, React, AngularJS.

Backend exposure – good knowledge of building API using Node or Lambda or python.

Good understanding of ELK, Kafka, Redis and CDN.

Worked on serverless technologies and good understanding of CMS.

Efficient in building microservices in combining server & front-end.

Good understanding of AWS and its technologies.

Should be innovative and communicative in approach and should be hands on coding guru

Will be responsible for the functional/technical track of a product.

Experience with Scaling SAAS products and ability to design from scratch.

Ability to manage a small team of 5 -10 Developers/QA Engineers and guide them on the design and coding best practices

Design and develop SaaS-based applications based on microservices architecture.

Work on the core backend and ensure it meets the performance benchmarks.

Work on the front-end with ReactJS.

Designing and developing APIs for the front-end to consume.

Constantly improve the architecture of the application by clearing the technical backlog.

Meeting both technical and consumer needs.

Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages).

• Responsible for the product engineering road map, quality assurance, and various services organizations.
• Responsible for delivering high-quality software products, on time and within budget.
• Work with the CTO, Directors, PM, and Business to develop a long-term product plan, products and manage the release planning cycles for all products
• Responsible for managing the staffing requirements and skillsets for the Customer Interaction Team, assuring that sub-teams are staffed with sufficient skilled resources and meeting product deliverables.
• Responsible for developing and managing a skills escalation and career trajectory path for the product engineering organization.
• Responsible for implementing tools and processes to optimize product engineering throughput and quality.
• Ensuring that key milestones are met and that solutions delivered are of the highest quality possible
• Delivery on project timelines emphasis key deliverables
• Ensure legacy application platform and a stable production environment.
• Ensure controlled releases to production, with amongst other measures, stringent code reviews from standards and performance perspectives. Use metrics to demonstrate success.
• Decisive with team decisions and lead and support the team
• Understand all products with their interrelationships and collective relevance to business and ensure appropriate availability and stability to the Business.
• 7-10 Yrs/Industry -Internet/ Educational Qualification - B.Tech (Computer science mandatory) from prem. institute

Experience & Skills Required

• Excellent communication skills, fluent English - Communicates effectively in all situations and creates an environment of open and effective communication.
• Strong decision-making skills, metric-driven operations, and ability to motivate and maximize productivity in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of various Development practices and programming languages
• Ability to work with multiple levels in the organization with key business holders
• Preferred if has past experience around Customer Account Mgmt System.
• Preferred if worked Supply - Chain Model.Specifically around Demand and different dimension of demand generation and management
• Excellent with Tech Stack like Java
• Should have awareness of best practices for Software development
• Should be keen on delivering a top-notch product.
• 9-15 years of software development experience, with managerial capacity

• Lead a small group of highly talented engineers to build platform components to power various micro services.
• Responsible for end-to-end architecture of Platform. Leads High- & Low-level design of critical components.
• Mentor other Senior & Lead engineers
• Lead a small group of highly talented engineers to build platform components to power various micro services.
• Responsible for end-to-end architecture of Platform. Leads High- & Low-level design of critical components.
• Mentor other Senior & Lead engineers