Director, Back-End Engineering

Coupang; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Dormont Manufacturing Co is looking for a Director of Engineering based in Hyderabad, India. The role involves building and leading engineering teams while collaborating with business partners. You will ensure delivery of reliable and scalable products.

Applicants should have over 12 years of engineering experience and a strong background in software development, especially in Java and AWS. The position offers a hybrid work model with a minimum of 3 days in the office.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience leading engineering teams.
• 5+ years managing software development with hands-on experience.
• Experience in creating a vision and influencing cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to engineering organizations.
• Hire and grow high-performance teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive business growth.

Skills

Leadership in engineering

Software development management

Technical direction

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Global team leadership

Education

Bachelor/Master/PhD in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Java stack

AWS cloud

Big data technologies

Job description

Role Overview

In this role as a Director of Engineering, you will help in building and developing teams, you will also support a rapidly growing business and ensure we are building highly available, reliable and extendable products. You will collaborate closely with Product & Business peers to break tradeoffs between growth and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and technical direction to the engineering organizations and ensure that our engineers are working on building scalable, extendable and fault‑tolerant systems
• Hire experienced individual contributors to grow a high‑performance and impact‑driven organization
• Be a thought leader and collaborate closely with Business, Product & Engineering leaders to identify opportunities to drive business growth and improve efficiencies across various aspects of the business
• Drive mission‑critical projects in collaboration with various stakeholders and engineering leaders to solve complex business problems
• Dive deep to solve critical system issues. Ideally identify them before they happen and devise plan to address them
• Foster a culture that continuously innovates through frequent product iterations (Agile/Scrum) and help the team develop their Agile practices further
• Drive and improve the operational excellence of your organization. Own definition, measurement, and reporting of operational metrics for your products & services
• Develop, mentor, and coach managers and tech leaders on career development and professional growth

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of industry experience of increasing responsibility leading engineering teams
• 5+ years of experience in managing software development with hands‑on architectural experience in delivering innovative products and mission‑critical systems
• Demonstrated experience in creating a vision, influencing cross‑functionally and driving a technology organization to meet ambitious goals
• Experience leading global distributed teams, with exceptional abilities to attract, recruit, retain and scale a high‑performance engineering organization
• Hands on technical skills in designing, building and delivering scalable and highly available products & services. Experience working in Java stack, AWS cloud and big data
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive. High on bias for action
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor/Master/PhD in Computer Science or Engineering, or related field

Type of Work Model

• Hybrid—Our Hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration that acts as a catalyst to enrich the experience of employees. Employees are required to work at least 3 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 2 days a week, depending on the role requirement. Some businesses may require more time in office due to nature of work.

Details to Consider

• Those eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran’s benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws.