Engineering Head at LoveLocal formerly mPaani · Mumbai, Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 8 - 10 years · ₹35L - ₹45L / yr (ESOP available) · Raised funding · Posted 20 Jul 2021

Key Responsibilities
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Lead and inspire high-performing engineering teams to build and scale highly reliable, secure and responsive architecture for all LoveLocal products
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Build highly Scalable platforms using Python, ReactJS, NodeJS, Kafka, Distributed Caching, SQL and No SQL Databases
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Take full ownership of the people related aspects of the Engineering team engagement, recruiting, retention, compensation, promotions, individual performance management and organizational structure
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Should be actively involved in hunting and recruiting new talent
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Manage the engineering pipeline at all levels from planning the product implementation with the developers, distributing and managing work of the engineering team and ensure code quality across products and services
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Should continuously plan and build for increasing scale of the product and ensure full hygiene of the tech infrastructure and code sanity
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Should be the primary point of contact of functional heads for all tech dependencies
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Take ownership of overall tech budget, reviewing expenses and planning for future costs
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Work closely with CTO and Product Head on the Tech roadmap of the organisation
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Become an integral part of the core team and be strongly aligned with the mission and values of the company
Main Qualifications
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8+ years of experience in Software Development with end-end implementation of products (Preferably in a product driven organisation)
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Minimum 3 years of experience leading a team of at least 15 developers, either as an EM or a Tech Lead
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Should have worked in a well scaled and fast paced working environment (Startups beyond Series B or a major tech organisation)
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Comfortable handling multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
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Well versed with cloud computing and infrastructure management AWS / GCP
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Has worked extensively on designing and implementing Microservices architecture
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Should have experience working with NoSQL data stores such as MongoDb, Cassandra, HBase, DynamoDB, etc.
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Should have experience working with Big Data streaming services such as Kinesis, Kafka, RabbitMQ etc
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Should be highly skilled in Python and have solid exposure to JavaScript
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Should have solid exposure to Web development and have had familiarity working with Android and IOS engineers
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Excellent understanding of software engineering practices and Design Patterns
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A Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or equivalent engineering degree from top engineering institutes.

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Reports to: SVP
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Job Overview:
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Job Responsibilities:
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Technology & product leadership
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If you've only ever executed someone else's roadmap, this isn't the right fit. If you've ever built something from scratch and felt personally responsible for whether it worked.
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- Define and drive the architectural roadmap
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- 7–10 years of engineering experience, with at least 3 years leading teams.
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- You've written or enforced SLOs, SLAs, and incident management processes.
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- Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure beyond just deploying services, cost optimisation, right-sizing, architecture decisions that meaningfully reduced spend
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- You've identified a systemic problem and fixed it without being asked
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Flexible work setup, including hybrid options. Monday to Friday. Learn more about us at https://www.solarsquare.in.
Job Description
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The Senior Principal Software Engineer – Full Stack is a key technical leader responsible for defining and driving the technical strategy across the entire engineering function. You will own complex, high-impact systems, deliver enterprise-scale SaaS products at Champion Pace, and serve as a recognized internal subject matter expert — providing thought leadership to redefine the supply chain through an intelligent, adaptive platform.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Architectural Ownership: Design, implement, and lead the development of robust frontend frameworks and backend services, taking end-to-end ownership of critical, cross-functional components.
- Technical Strategy: Apply deep expertise in highly specialized domains to develop complex systems, contribute to company objectives, and drive creative and effective goal achievement.
- Problem Resolution: Proactively debug, diagnose, and resolve highly complex technical issues and performance bottlenecks across the stack with minimal guidance.
- System Design: Apply conceptual thinking to understand advanced technical implications and construct highly scalable system architectures.
- Technical Mentorship: Act as an internal subject matter expert — mentor senior and principal engineers, lead cross-team code reviews, and establish high standards for quality and performance.
- Policy & Principles Guidance: Direct the application of existing technical principles and actively guide development of new policies and engineering standards.
- Code Optimization: Translate complex product and technical requirements into clean, efficient, maintainable code; optimize system architecture for scale and performance.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build formal networks across organizational groups and collaborate closely with Product, QA, and DevOps to deliver world-class SaaS products.
- Strategic Influence: Convey advanced technical concepts and persuade diverse stakeholder audiences to drive cross-organizational alignment and technical adoption.
- Functional Accountability: Determine methods and procedures on new assignments, taking ultimate responsibility for results that impact the entire engineering function.
Qualifications
MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS
- 12+ years of professional software development experience (8+ with a Master's; 5+ with a PhD).
- Expert-level proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Node.js, Python, and RESTful APIs.
- Deep experience with microservices, SQL/NoSQL databases, and modern frontend frameworks.
- Proven ability to own and drive complex, cross-functional technical architecture end-to-end.
- Strong track record of mentoring senior engineers and leading technical standards across teams.
- Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, Agile product development, OOP fundamentals, and data structures & algorithms.
NICE-TO-HAVE
- Experience with agentic or AI-powered platform engineering.
- Familiarity with manufacturing or supply chain SaaS domains.
- Background in AI governance, evaluation, and observability.










