Key Responsibilities

• Create a vision and an executable charter for multiple engineering teams.
• Map business objectives to an optimum engineering structure, including correct estimation of resource allocation.
• Provide direction and mentorship to the team.
• Work closely with the Product Managers and help them in getting relevant inputs from the engineering team.
• Plan and track the development and release schedules, proactively assess and mitigate risks.
• Work individually with engineers and help them with correct time estimation and scoping of tasks.
• Drive good coding practices in the team like good quality code, documentation, timely bug fixing, etc.
• Maintain product metrics and drive them in the team.
• Interact with other engineering teams, facilitate discussion, and provide a framework for inter-team collaboration.
• Build teams and hire the best talent with the right dynamics.
• Foster a result-oriented, performance-driven culture by setting clear goals, career paths, core competencies, and reward and recognition mechanisms for the engineering team.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of strong experience in full-stack software product development, with at least 3+ years in engineering leadership positions. 
• Experience with building production systems for a start-up or an organization. 
• Good command over NodeJs and its internals is expected.
• Experience in RESTful web services/ APIs using ExpressJS.
• Experience with server-side technologies as well - Python, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, etc.
• Good command over cloud infrastructure AWS (preferred), MS Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience working with high-performance technical teams and the ability to create a culture based on those best practices.
• Experience in working with Product Managers and UX Designers.
• Excellent people manager. Strong in building relationships and collaborating with others.
• A strong vision and ability to deliver quickly in fast-paced start-up culture