Director of Engineering

Overview

Director of Engineering to lead and grow the engineering team in India at SentiLink.

What you'll do

• Own the roadmap for products, solutions, internal tools, and operational capabilities while ensuring scalable, secure, performant delivery.
• Manage and scale an initial team of 5 engineers through structuring, mentoring, and hiring.
• Collaborate with US stakeholders across product, data science, infrastructure, and the executive team.
• Implement best practices for engineering workflows including scalability, observability, incident response, and reliability.
• Drive architectural decisions and platform evolution to support differentiation and speed to market.

What you'll need

• At least 5 years of people-management experience.
• 5+ years leading engineering teams managing 10+ people.
• Experience building teams in India for US-based organizations.
• Hands-on technical fluency in Python, Golang, React, and AWS.
• Proven track record of building and scaling teams with high hiring and retention standards.
• Ability to align engineering efforts with overall business goals and prioritize high-ROI projects.
• Strong communication for cross-functional collaboration across product, data, and executive functions.

Details

• Location: Gurugram or Bengaluru (India).
• Work mode: Hybrid; in-office presence expected.
• Reports to: Chief Technology Officer (US-based).
• Team: Engineering, India.