Head of Engineering

Team: IT

Location: India

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities

• Define and execute the overall engineering, technology, data, and platform strategy in alignment with business objectives.

• Partner with the CEO, Finance, Operations, Product, Commercial, and other senior stakeholders to translate business priorities into actionable technology roadmaps.

• Lead prioritization discussions and establish alignment around timelines, dependencies, investments, trade-offs, and technology risks.

• Communicate technology strategy, delivery progress, risks, opportunities, and business impact clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Influence strategic decisions through structured recommendations, relevant data, and clear business rationale.

• Lead engineering and data teams through senior managers and technical leads, supporting organizational effectiveness and leadership development.

• Oversee platform architecture, cloud infrastructure, scalability, reliability, performance, and technology cost efficiency.

• Strengthen analytics and data capabilities to provide reliable insights for executive and operational decision-making.

• Own technology security, data privacy, compliance, access governance, and broader technology risk management.

• Manage technology budgets, vendors, infrastructure expenditure, and build-versus-buy decisions.

• Identify and evaluate opportunities to apply AI and automation to improve engineering workflows, operational efficiency, and broader business productivity.

• Build strong relationships across business and technology functions while maintaining alignment around shared objectives.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in technology leadership roles within startups, scale-ups, or other fast-growing businesses.

• Proven experience leading engineering and/or data organizations through senior managers, engineering leaders, or technical leads.

• Strong stakeholder management experience, including direct collaboration with CEOs, founders, and senior leadership teams.

• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and build alignment across multiple business functions.

• Excellent executive-level communication, influencing, negotiation, and decision-making skills.

• Ability to translate complex technical subjects into clear business outcomes, risks, investment considerations, and recommendations.

• Strong understanding of cloud-native platforms, modern software architecture, data systems, infrastructure, scalability, and reliability.

• Experience managing technology budgets, external vendors, infrastructure costs, and strategic technology investments.

• Ability to make high-impact decisions in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments while maintaining a pragmatic and business-focused approach.

• Strong leadership, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.

• Experience in regulated or data-sensitive sectors such as fintech, insurance, financial services, or similar industries is preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits.

• Fully remote and flexible working environment within India.

• Direct exposure to executive leadership and strategic business decision-making.

• Significant ownership over engineering, data, platform, and technology strategy.

• Opportunity to influence technology direction and broader business outcomes.

• Strong opportunities for leadership development, learning, and professional growth.

• Opportunity to explore practical applications of AI and automation across technology and business operations.