Head of Engineering/Senior Product Manager

About the role

You will be a pivotal member of the leadership team, responsible for driving the company's product and platform strategy while overseeing engineering excellence across AI, data, platform, DevOps and infrastructure. This is a mission-critical role for an engineering leader who is both strategic and hands-on, and who can build scalable technologies for global enterprise clients in a fast-paced innovation ecosystem.

Reports to: CEO · Location: Bengaluru, India — hybrid, 3 days a week in office

What you will do

Technology & product leadership

• Define and drive the technology vision, architecture and long-term platform roadmap.
• Oversee the architecture, design and delivery of highly scalable enterprise systems.
• Ensure engineering excellence, velocity and reliability across the product lifecycle.

Engineering & platform management

• Lead platform engineering, product technology, DevOps, infrastructure and Quality Engineering.
• Build robust cloud-native systems using the Azure, AWS and GCP ecosystems.
• Oversee operational effectiveness, including uptime, production reliability and cost optimisation.

Innovation & AI strategy

• Spearhead Mission AI by developing scalable, production-grade AI/ML and GenAI capabilities.
• Own the GenAI/LLM solutions architecture.
• Core specialisation in AI agents and autonomous workflows, data extraction and intelligent automation.
• Direct hands-on architectural oversight of large language models, applied AI and multi-layered deep learning products.
• Extensive expertise in building intelligent document automation systems — similar in complexity to patent parsing, legal workflow automation and structured decision intelligence tools.

Technical leadership

• A proven track record overseeing product architecture, tech strategy and cross-functional engineering execution across core full-stack and AI platforms.
• Collaborate with executive leadership on business strategy, client requirements and product delivery.
• Build, mentor and scale high-performing engineering teams with a growth mindset.
• Establish a strong technology culture grounded in ownership, innovation and continuous learning.

What success looks like

• Mission AI: build a world-class AI system leveraging GenAI, ML and enterprise-grade data engineering.
• Hyper-scaling: architect and scale the platform to match global industry leaders in the IP space.
• Culture building: develop a strong engineering organisation with high ownership, performance and innovation DNA.

Qualifications & experience

• Preferably under 15 years of enterprise software engineering experience across B2B SaaS or technology-first companies; fewer is fine for an exceptional engineer.
• A proven track record of taking early-stage AI/ML prototypes and scaling them into robust enterprise SaaS platforms featuring multi-agent orchestration, complex workflows and decision intelligence.
• Experienced in building and mentoring agile, lean startup teams of full-stack and machine learning engineers from the ground up.
• Proven leadership in defining and executing technology strategy and platform roadmaps.
• Extensive cloud-native engineering experience with Azure, AWS and GCP.

Technical expertise

• Strong full-stack engineering background (Java, Python, JavaScript frameworks).
• Expertise with JS frameworks such as React, Angular and Node.js.
• Experience building and scaling distributed systems and microservices.
• Strong knowledge of databases (SQL, NoSQL), data modelling and unstructured data management.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and tools (Atlassian, Git, CI/CD pipelines).

Behavioural & leadership competencies

• Product and delivery management expertise, end to end, including delivery and customer support.
• Excellent communication, with the ability to influence executive stakeholders.
• High technical proficiency combined with strong business acumen.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.

Celeco Labs is hiring a hands-on Head of Engineering on behalf of a confidential client in the housing-finance sector.

This is a role for an engineer who wants to own delivery, not only manage it. You will set the technical direction, build and maintain production systems, and work closely with the business team. You should be comfortable taking a requirement from the first discussion through technical planning, implementation, release, and production support.

What you will do

• Own the engineering roadmap and help decide what should be built first.

• Design, build, and maintain reliable customer-facing products and internal systems.

• Write production code and review code written by others.

• Turn business requirements into clear technical plans and releases.

• Choose practical architecture, tools, and vendors that fit the company's needs.

• Set working standards for testing, deployment, monitoring, backups, and access control.

• Protect customer and company data through practical security controls.

• Investigate production issues and make sure the same problems do not repeat.

• Help hire and guide a small engineering team as the company grows.

What we are looking for

• 3–5 years of professional software-engineering experience.

• Experience building and running production systems.

• Strong backend skills, including APIs, databases, and cloud services.

• Enough frontend knowledge to work across a product when needed.

• Good judgment about system design, security, reliability, and cost.

• The ability to explain technical choices in simple language.

• Comfort working independently and taking full ownership of delivery.

Experience in lending, housing finance, fintech, or another regulated industry is useful, but not required. Experience leading engineers or working directly with founders and business leaders is also useful.

How to apply

Please share your CV or LinkedIn profile and two short examples of production systems you have owned. This is a confidential search. More information about the company will be shared with shortlisted candidates during the interview process.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the software development function, including developers, technical leads, architects, and QA engineers.
• Define and execute the software development roadmap in alignment with the company's business strategy and growth objectives.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and high-performance software applications.
• Lead the development and enhancement of fintech platforms, financial applications, payment solutions, and digital financial products, as applicable.
• Drive API development, third-party integrations, banking integrations, payment gateway integrations, and other financial technology integrations.
• Establish software architecture standards, coding practices, development methodologies, and engineering best practices.
• Ensure application security, data protection, system reliability, scalability, and performance across software platforms.
• Drive the adoption of modern technologies, cloud-based solutions, DevOps practices, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Oversee software development life cycles, sprint planning, release management, quality assurance, and production support.
• Establish engineering KPIs, monitor team performance, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Collaborate with Product, Business, Compliance, Information Security, and Operations teams to translate business requirements into effective technology solutions.
• Ensure software development processes adhere to applicable regulatory requirements, security standards, internal policies, and IT governance practices.
• Manage technology budgets, external development partners, software vendors, and resource allocation.
• Mentor and develop engineering leaders, build a high-performing technology team, and foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization, technical debt reduction, and improvement in software delivery efficiency.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 15–20+ years of experience in software development, engineering, and technology delivery, with approximately 20 years preferred.
• Significant experience in leading software development teams and managing large-scale application development initiatives.
• Strong expertise in software architecture, system design, API development, databases, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with modern programming languages, frameworks, cloud platforms, DevOps, CI/CD, and software engineering tools.
• Proven experience in developing scalable, secure, and high-availability applications.
• Experience in fintech, banking, payments, digital lending, financial services, or related technology domains is preferred.
• Understanding of financial data security, application security, regulatory compliance, and secure software development practices.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, engineering teams, delivery timelines, and technology priorities.
• Excellent leadership, strategic planning, analytical, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Work Location: In person

Director of Engineering (AI Solutions & Delivery)

About the Role

We are looking for a Director of Engineering to lead engineering execution and delivery across our enterprise AI solutions. This role combines strong engineering leadership with operational discipline, ensuring AI products move from technical design to production with predictable timelines, high quality, and reliable performance.

You will lead Engineering Managers and Tech Leads, oversee multiple engineering teams, and drive delivery excellence across AI-powered applications and platforms. The focus is on execution, technical quality, and organizational accountability, ensuring teams deliver scalable, production-ready AI systems without compromising reliability or engineering standards.

Key Responsibilities

1. Engineering Delivery & Execution

• Own engineering delivery schedules, translating product roadmaps into achievable sprint plans and release milestones.
• Establish measurable delivery targets, aiming for at least 85% on-time delivery across engineering teams.
• Identify and resolve cross-team dependencies, technical bottlenecks, and resource constraints before they affect delivery.
• Drive engineering process improvements across Agile development, CI/CD, automated testing, and release management.
• Monitor delivery metrics, sprint commitments, and release readiness to maintain predictable execution.

2. AI Quality, Evaluation & Governance

• Establish automated AI evaluation pipelines to measure hallucinations, relevance, groundedness, and contextual accuracy before production releases.
• Define quality benchmarks and evaluation criteria for LLM-powered applications and AI-driven workflows.
• Implement safety mechanisms, validation filters, circuit breakers, and human-in-the-loop fallbacks to manage unpredictable AI outputs.
• Oversee RAG pipelines, vector databases, data ingestion, and retrieval mechanisms to maintain accurate, reliable, and compliant context.
• Reduce production AI quality regressions through continuous evaluation, monitoring, and feedback loops.

3. Architecture, Scalability & Reliability

• Oversee the architecture of distributed systems and cloud-native applications to support scalability, availability, and performance.
• Drive reliability targets, including 99.9% uptime and low time-to-first-token (TTFT) latency for applicable AI applications.
• Partner with Staff and Principal Engineers to design resilient systems, including fallback mechanisms for model API failures, timeouts, and rate limits.
• Establish engineering standards for code reviews, observability, automated integration testing, and security compliance.
• Ensure production systems meet defined service-level objectives (SLOs) and performance benchmarks.

4. Engineering Leadership & Team Development

• Lead and develop Engineering Managers and Tech Leads, establishing clear ownership, accountability, and delivery expectations.
• Build a high-performance engineering culture focused on technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to attract, assess, and hire strong software engineering and AI talent.
• Align engineering resources with business priorities, delivery commitments, and technical requirements.
• Address performance and execution challenges while maintaining team engagement and engineering quality.

Success Metrics: First 90 Days

First 30 Days

• Assess existing engineering workflows, delivery pipelines, and release processes.
• Establish baseline AI evaluation criteria and identify gaps in production quality.
• Take ownership of engineering delivery across teams and align expectations with Engineering Managers and Tech Leads.

First 60 Days

• Implement automated AI evaluation frameworks and establish measurable quality benchmarks.
• Improve cross-team coordination and resolve key delivery dependencies.
• Establish consistent sprint planning, release cadences, and delivery reporting.

First 90 Days

• Achieve at least 85% sprint commitment completion.
• Demonstrate measurable reductions in production AI quality regressions.
• Improve system reliability and stabilize latency against defined performance targets.
• Establish clear accountability and predictable delivery practices across engineering teams.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: 14+ years in software engineering, including at least 5 years managing Engineering Managers or Tech Leads in enterprise or high-growth environments.
• AI/ML Expertise: Hands-on experience delivering AI-powered systems involving LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, prompt engineering, or model fine-tuning workflows.
• Engineering Delivery: Proven ability to lead multiple engineering teams and deliver complex technical initiatives from design through production launch.
• System Architecture: Experience with distributed systems, cloud-native backend infrastructure, and scalable APIs across AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• AI Quality & Reliability: Understanding of AI evaluation frameworks, production monitoring, hallucination mitigation, guardrails, and system reliability.
• Delivery Management: Strong experience with Agile methodologies, CI/CD, release planning, and engineering performance metrics.
• Leadership: Ability to establish accountability, manage competing priorities, and deliver against ambitious deadlines without compromising quality or team morale.

What Success Looks Like

The successful candidate will establish predictable engineering delivery, improve the quality and reliability of production AI systems, and build a culture of ownership across engineering teams. They will combine technical judgment with execution-focused leadership to ensure AI solutions are delivered on schedule, operate reliably, and meet enterprise expectations.

If you are passionate about building high-performing engineering teams and delivering enterprise-grade AI solutions at scale, we would like to hear from you.

About the Company

As the world moves toward AI-native applications, one element matters more than anything: data.

We are building a platform that helps organizations unlock the value hidden within customer feedback. By centralizing data from multiple sources—including CRM platforms, support systems, collaboration tools, surveys, community forums, and customer conversations—into a unified intelligence layer, we enable teams to understand customer needs and make better product decisions.

Built on top of this foundation is an AI-powered platform that allows teams to query, monitor, and act on customer intelligence directly within their workflows. Our customers include some of the fastest-growing product-led technology companies as well as large global enterprises.

Backed by leading global venture capital firms, our engineering culture is AI-native from the ground up. Agents, LLMs, and applied machine learning are not side projects—they are central to how we build products. We operate at the cutting edge of agentic systems and continuously push the boundaries of what modern AI applications can achieve.

What You Will Do

• Convert product direction into phased technical plans, including estimates, milestones, dependencies, and risk assessments.
• Make thoughtful trade-offs across correctness, latency, user experience, AI/model behavior, reliability, cost, and delivery speed.
• Define clear ownership boundaries across frontend applications, BFF layers, backend services, agent workflows, ML platforms, and data contracts.
• Review ERDs, PRDs, design documents, and implementation plans to identify gaps before they become execution challenges.
• Drive planning and execution for complex initiatives while empowering area leads and senior engineers to maintain ownership.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Engineering, and GTM teams to turn ambiguous problem statements into executable solutions.
• Influence technical direction through strong engineering judgment, architectural leadership, and hands-on involvement.
• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to engineering excellence through reviews, incident analysis, and proactive risk management.

What It Takes

• 9+ years of experience as a Senior Engineer, Technical Lead, or equivalent role.
• Demonstrated experience owning architecture and execution for large-scale product or platform initiatives spanning multiple teams.
• Strong foundation in distributed systems and modern software architecture.
• Exposure to agentic AI systems, machine learning engineering, MLOps platforms, and frontend/BFF architectures.
• Ability to own end-to-end product and technical problems rather than specializing exclusively in a single layer of the stack.
• Proven track record of converting ambiguity into actionable engineering plans.
• Excellent written communication skills, including design documentation, architectural reviews, trade-off analyses, and RCA documentation.
• Ability to challenge requirements constructively and collaborate effectively across Product, Design, Engineering, and GTM functions.
• High ownership mindset, attention to detail, and a low-ego, collaborative approach.

Job Description – Technical Head

Industry: Fintech / Financial Services

Experience: 15–20+ years (20 years preferred)

Location: Noida

Reporting To: CEO / Managing Director

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Technical Head to lead and manage the company's IT team, technology infrastructure, software development, and fintech platforms. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring technology reliability, security, scalability, and alignment with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the IT team, including developers, infrastructure, and technical support professionals.
• Oversee software development, application maintenance, system integration, and technology implementation.
• Manage fintech platforms, payment systems, banking APIs, and third-party integrations, as applicable.
• Ensure IT infrastructure, cloud systems, databases, and applications operate securely and efficiently.
• Implement cybersecurity measures, data protection, disaster recovery, and business continuity processes.
• Manage technology projects, vendors, budgets, and delivery timelines.
• Coordinate with senior management to develop and execute technology strategy.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, security, and IT governance requirements.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
• 15–20+ years of experience in IT, with 20 years preferred.
• Proven experience in technology leadership and IT team management.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and DevOps.
• Experience in fintech, banking, payments, or financial services preferred.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, project management, and communication skills.

Work Location: In person

Senior Technical Manager

Primary objective: Own engineering teams, architecture, delivery governance and successful execution of product and AI initiatives across DocTutorials.

Location

Hyderabad / Chennai

Employment

Full-time

Experience

10+ years

Role Summary

The Senior Technical Manager combines technical leadership, people management, product delivery and project execution. The role is accountable for team outcomes, engineering quality, timelines, production stability and the disciplined delivery of AI projects.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technology and Architecture Leadership

·       Provide direction for Python FastAPI, React/Next.js, data, cloud and AI architectures.

·       Review solution designs for security, scalability, maintainability, performance and cost.

·       Define engineering standards and resolve complex cross-team technical risks.

·       Remain technically hands-on through architecture reviews, critical code reviews and incident debugging.

2. People and Delivery Management

·       Lead, mentor and develop engineering teams with clear goals and accountability.

·       Own estimation, capacity, execution, dependencies, risks, releases and delivery recovery plans.

·       Conduct regular one-to-ones, performance reviews, coaching and skill-development planning.

·       Work with Product, QA, DevOps and stakeholders to deliver measurable product outcomes.

3. AI Project Execution

·       Assess AI use cases for feasibility, data readiness, risk, cost and measurable value.

·       Lead delivery of LLM, RAG, agentic and AI-assisted product initiatives from PoC to production.

·       Ensure evaluation, human validation, security, privacy, observability and rollback controls.

·       Prevent isolated demos, uncontrolled AI usage and dependency on individual engineers or vendors.

Required Skills and Experience

·       10+ years in software engineering with significant technical and people leadership experience.

·       Strong understanding of Python/FastAPI, React/Next.js, APIs, databases, cloud and distributed systems.

·       Proven ownership of product delivery, project planning, risk management and production operations.

·       Experience hiring, mentoring, evaluating and developing engineering teams.

·       Strong knowledge and execution experience across AI/ML, LLM, RAG or agentic-AI projects.

·       Practical understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, Agentic AI and responsible AI use relevant to the role.

·       Ability to use approved AI tools productively while protecting source code, credentials, learner data and organisational information.

·       Commitment to human review, testing, security validation and traceability for AI-assisted outputs.

Good-to-Have Experience

·       EdTech or medical-learning product experience.

·       AWS, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, MLOps or LLMOps.

·       Experience scaling teams and platforms through major transformation.

How Success Will Be Measured

·       Delivery becomes predictable with risks identified early.

·       Engineering quality, security and production stability improve.

·       AI projects progress from validated use cases to reliable production outcomes.

·       Team capability, ownership, engagement and succession strength increase.

·       Work consistently delivers measurable outcomes and business value—not merely completion of assigned tasks or activities.

Expected mindset: Own the outcome, use AI responsibly, communicate risks early and deliver secure, measurable value for DocTutorials and its learners.

About the company

We are an AI diffusion company. We partner with midmarket companies in asset-heavy, regulated industries to co-build deeply industry-specific agentic and machine learning solutions, which then get diffused across the industry through revenue-share and equity-linked models.

Our Past

We have built and sold two companies, one of which was an AI company. Our founders and leaders are Math PhDs, Ivy League University Alumni, Ex-Googlers, and successful entrepreneurs.

Team

Our team of 20+ employees consists of data scientists, AI/ML Engineers, and mathematicians from top engineering and research institutes such as IITs, CERN, IISc, UZH. Our team includes academicians, IBM Research Fellows, and former founders. This role focuses on healthcare and RCM, working alongside our AI/ML engineers, data scientists and domain specialists.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead product ideation, solution design, and technical strategy from concept to execution.
• Drive end-to-end product development, translating business needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Build and lead engineering teams to deliver high-impact products.
• Design and develop robust data systems to process and structure unorganized data from ERP/CRM platforms.
• Leverage AI and domain expertise in healthcare/RCM to build innovative solutions.
• Drive technology-led growth, with a focus on product scalability and business outcomes.

\Required Skills & Experience

• 15–20 years of experience in technology leadership, preferably as a CTO or senior technology leader.
• Proven experience building and/ or exiting startups.
• Strong expertise in data engineering, complex data systems, and unstructured data processing.
• Experience with AI-driven products, preferably in healthcare or Revenue Cycle Management (RCM).
• Strong product thinking, system design, architecture, and end-to-end execution capabilities.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical roadmaps and scalable products.

Company Name: Money Honey Financial Services Pvt Ltd Company Profile: We are a one-stop financial services shop, widely known for quality of its advice, personalized service and cutting-edge technology. We started our journey in 2008. Currently we are serving more than 50,000 investors with a team of 100 members. Our core product offering is mutual fund, FD, Govt. Bonds, Debenture, etc. Role Description: This role directs the entire IT infrastructure, software engineering, and digital transformation strategy to support secure, scalable, and compliant technology and business operations.  

Skills and Experience Required:  15+ years in IT delivery, application development, and enterprise architecture, with leadership tenure in regulated financial environments.  Strong background in enterprise application architecture, cloud migrations (AWS/Azure/GCP), API integrations, and scalable database management using Microsoft and open source technology stack  AI / ML Strategy: identifying and implementing high-impact use cases for Generative AI, Agentic AI, predictive analytics, and process automation  Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of financial services (mutual fund, corporate fixed deposits, bonds etc.) and critical financial workflows  

Responsibilities:

  Strategic Technology Leadership: Define and execute the long-term technology vision, digital transformation roadmaps, and engineering strategies aligned with business growth.

  Application Development & Delivery: Oversee IT development functions, software product engineering, and core transaction platforms ensuring high availability and minimal downtime

 Infrastructure & Operations Management: Manage robust cloud and on premise infrastructure, network architecture, and 24/7 production support systems

 Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC):Ensure adherence to ISO standards, regulatory frameworks, data privacy laws, and stringent cybersecurity standards Location: Goregaon (W), Ram Mandir road, Mumbai Work Model:

Work from office (all working days) 

Technical Architect – Product Engineering

Experience: 15+ Years

Location: Pune, India

Employment Type: Full-time

Desired Skills: Python, Technical Architecture, AWS, Microservices, SaaS / Multi-tenant Architecture, Kubernetes, System Design

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Technical Architect to lead the architecture, design, and technical evolution of an enterprise SaaS product. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep technical expertise, strong product engineering experience, and the ability to build scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms.

The ideal candidate should be passionate about solving complex engineering problems, driving innovation, mentoring development teams, and effectively leveraging AI to accelerate software development.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the overall product architecture and technical roadmap.
• Design and build scalable, secure, and highly available enterprise applications.
• Lead the design and implementation of new product features from concept to production.
• Remain hands-on with coding and contribute to critical product components.
• Drive architecture reviews, code quality, performance optimization, and engineering best practices.
• Lead cloud architecture, security, scalability, and DevOps initiatives.
• Evaluate and adopt modern technologies to improve product capabilities and engineering efficiency.
• Leverage AI tools (ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.) to accelerate software development, code reviews, testing, documentation, debugging, and productivity.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 15+ years of software product engineering experience with at least 5 years in a Technical Architect role.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Python and modern backend frameworks.
• Deep experience with AWS services and cloud-native application architecture.
• Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
• Experience designing microservices, REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with scalable SaaS platforms, multi-tenant architectures, and secure application design.
• Excellent understanding of software design patterns, performance tuning, observability, and system reliability.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.