Director, Software Engineering

Overview

Director, Software Engineering leading and scaling Litmos' India engineering team and shaping how software is built across the organization.

What you'll do

• Build and scale a high-performing engineering team in India, owning full hiring lifecycle.
• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers.
• Drive engineering process improvements across the SDLC, including planning, sprint execution, deployment, and incident management.
• Drive adoption of best practices including code review standards, testing strategy, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide technical direction and governance for architecture and design reviews.
• Own India team delivery commitments and partner with Product Management for engineering plans.
• Operate on-call and lead operational readiness and response to production incidents.

What you'll need

• 15+ years in software engineering.
• At least 5 years in engineering leadership (Engineering Manager, Senior EM, or Director level).
• Strong hands-on background in C#/.NET development for technical discussions.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft Azure services and Azure DevOps for CI/CD and pipelines.
• Proven experience with SQL Server for backend data platform work including schema design and production operations.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate Agentic AI into production systems.
• Proven experience building and scaling engineering teams.

Details

• Location: Pune, India (hybrid).
• Employment type: Full-time.
• Reports to: VP Engineering.