Director, Engineering

Magnit, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive PTO and benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement planning

Corporate volunteering support

Job summary

Magnit, Inc. is looking for a seasoned engineering leader to manage and grow multiple engineering teams. The role involves setting technical direction, owning architecture, and driving measurable improvements in delivery and operational accuracy. A strong background in AI and cloud platforms is required.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of engineering experience with a proven track record in enterprise SaaS platforms and team leadership.

Magnit prides itself on diversity and inclusion, offering a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms, VMS, or HR Tech.
• Strong fluency in cloud platforms like AWS and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow 3–4 engineering teams across the product line.
• Own architecture, delivery priorities, and engineering standards.
• Drive excellence across architecture, code quality, and reliability.

Skills

Engineering management

AI agents

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Microservices

DevOps

Team leadership

Job description

What you'll do

• Lead the org. Manage and grow 3–4 engineering teams across the product line. Hire, coach, and develop managers and senior ICs.
• Set technical direction. Own architecture, delivery priorities, and engineering standards across your teams. Make trade‑offs that matter, build vs. buy, speed vs. reliability.
• Build with AI, not around it. Ship production‑grade AI agents, RAG systems, workflow orchestration, and tool‑calling capabilities. Drive measurable reduction in manual work and meaningful lift in operational accuracy.
• Turn operations into product. Partner with Product and Operations to convert recurring operational pain into reusable platform capabilities, anomaly detection, intelligent reporting, decision support, and automated workflows.
• Raise the engineering bar. Drive excellence across architecture, code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and release management. Improve delivery predictability and platform reliability quarter over quarter.
• Use data as a product asset. Mine platform data for risk signals, efficiency gaps, and product opportunities. Make data‑driven prioritization the default, not the exception.
• Plan capacity, ruthlessly. Balance roadmap delivery, automation investment, technical debt paydown, and innovation across teams. Defend the long‑term while shipping the quarter.
• Build the culture. Establish clear ownership, high standards, and a high‑performance, low‑drama team culture. Develop the next layer of engineering leaders under you.

What you'll bring

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering teams (managers reporting to you is a plus).
• Track record of leading teams that built and scaled enterprise SaaS platforms, VMS, workforce management, procurement, FinOps, HR Tech, or workflow automation.
• Practical, production experience with AI agents, GenAI, RAG, agent orchestration, tool‑calling, and AI evaluation. You've shipped this in front of real users, not just prototyped it.
• Strong fluency in cloud platforms (AWS), microservices, APIs, event‑driven systems, DevOps, and observability.
• Demonstrated ability to improve engineering quality, delivery predictability, platform stability, and team performance and the metrics to prove it.
• Strong product mindset. You connect technology decisions to customer value and business outcomes, and you push back when the math doesn't work.
• A track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineering talent, including managers.

Nice to have

• Domain depth in worker engagement, vendor/staffing operations, or enterprise workflow automation.
• Experience shipping analytics, dashboards, anomaly detection, recommendation engines, or conversational insights at scale.
• Experience operating global, multi‑region platforms across diverse customer segments.

Benefits

Competitive PTO and benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement planning, and discounts for tickets, travel, merchandise, and more. Employees may receive matching contributions to charitable donations and support corporate volunteering hours.

We celebrate diversity and inclusion. As an equal‑opportunity employer, we represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills and strive to maintain a positive and enriching work environment for all.