Assistant Vice President Engineering

Crescendo Global Leadership Hiring India; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Crescendo Global Leadership Hiring India seeks an AVP Engineering to lead multiple engineering teams across backend, frontend, and platform groups in Bengaluru. You will drive scalable SaaS architectures using Java, .NET, and cloud-native approaches while translating business needs into clear roadmaps.

The role demands 15-20 years of total experience with a track record of building high-performing teams and elevating engineering excellence, security, and observability.

Qualifications

• 15-20 years of total experience with 5+ years leading engineering managers and multiple teams.
• Proven success in scaling engineering organisations in fast-paced SaaS or product environments.
• Strong decision-making, stakeholder communication, and strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple engineering teams across backend, frontend, and platform groups.
• Drive design and delivery of scalable SaaS systems using Java, .NET, and cloud-native architectures.
• Translate business requirements into actionable engineering roadmaps.

Skills

Java

.NET

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Microservices

Performance engineering

Security

Leadership

Scalability

Stakeholder management

Tools

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for an AVP Engineering who brings strong leadership experience along with exposure to multiple technology stacks, including Java, .NET, cloud platforms, and modern databases. This is a technology-agnostic leadership role, focused on engineering excellence, system scalability, and building high performing teams.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Delivery

• Lead multiple engineering teams across backend, frontend, and platform groups.
• Drive the design and delivery of scalable SaaS systems using Java, .NET, and cloud-native architectures.
• Translate business requirements into actionable engineering roadmaps.
• Ensure engineering best practices across coding, architecture, testing, performance, DevOps, and security.

Technical Strategy & Architecture

• Provide architectural guidance across services built using Java and .NET stacks.
• Oversee the design and optimisation of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Drive cloud strategy and adoption across AWS/Azure/GCP for scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Evaluate new technologies and tools that improve engineering velocity and product performance.

People & Culture Leadership

• Mentor engineering managers, architects, and senior engineers; build a strong leadership pipeline.
• Develop a culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration, and engineering excellence.
• Drive hiring, competency building, and career development across the engineering organisation.

Operational & Delivery Excellence

• Own engineering KPIs: uptime, quality, incident response, velocity, release cadence, cloud cost optimisation.
• Establish strong observability, monitoring, and disaster recovery practices.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and automation.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Design, QA, Security, Data, and Business teams to deliver high-impact solutions.
• Influence product roadmap priorities based on engineering feasibility and strategic outcomes.
• Represent engineering in leadership discussions and customer conversations when required.

Required Skills & Experience Technical Background

• Strong experience with Java and .NET ecosystems (hands-on background earlier in career is preferred).
• Expertise in database design, tuning, and scaling (SQL & NoSQL).
• Solid understanding of cloud architectures and cloud-native practices (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, performance engineering, and secure development.

Leadership

• 15-20 years of total experience, with 5+ years leading engineering managers and multiple teams.
• Proven success in scaling engineering organisations in fast-paced SaaS or product environments.
• Strong decision-making, stakeholder communication, and strategic thinking.
• Ability to balance technical depth with business outcomes.