Vice President - Engineering

Job Description

The purpose of this role is to lead technology teams to build and scale applications of strategic value. Reporting: Chief Technology Officer Primary job responsibilities: Own core product / business application quality, performance, scalability and lead product or custom solution delivery, platform direction and decisions. Be the architect of highly available and scalable micro-services based architecture. Be the steward of software engineering best practices (including code quality, test coverage, product quality), processes, and metrics. Work closely with internal team of business analysts and software development companies to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development. Keep up to date with trends and innovation in engineering and other programming paradigms. Responsible for the overall development life cycle of next generation technical solutions and manage complex projects with significant business impact. Knowledge and skills required for the role: Experience in building large scale distributed systems and in depth exposure to micro services architecture using, React Native, Node Js, Flutter, Java, Python, Django MEAN Stack. Hands-on experience in writing code, services and components in Java, Python, Node and related technologies such as Hadoop, Zookeeper. Experience with RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (Mongo, Elastic Search). Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills to handle both the big picture and crucial technical decisions. Experienced in building and growing large engineering teams and scalable systems. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to navigate a large organization. Educational Qualifications: Education in Computer Science or equivalent from IIT/NIT/BITS/ IIIT/DCE Years of Experience: This position requires minimum 18+ years of experience Location: Mumbai/Bangalore