Director Engineering

redwoodsoftware; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

redwoodsoftware seeks a Director of Engineering - AI & Full-Stack SaaS to lead the engineering strategy and execution for a scalable, enterprise-grade platform in Hyderabad. You will oversee multiple teams, shape the technical roadmap, and drive architectural decisions across backend, frontend, APIs and cloud services.

The role requires 15+ years in software engineering, proven multi-team leadership, and a track record of delivering enterprise SaaS with modern architectures and AI integration

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software/product engineering.
• Experience leading large, multi-team engineering orgs.
• Proven enterprise SaaS product development experience.
• Deep understanding of full-stack software engineering and modern architecture.
• Strong backend with Java/Spring Boot.
• Experience with microservices, APIs, and cloud-native architectures.
• Hands-on with AWS/Azure/GCP.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor multiple engineering teams delivering enterprise SaaS products.
• Define and execute engineering strategy, roadmap, architecture and standards.
• Drive scalable, secure, cloud-native SaaS applications.
• Provide technical leadership across backend, frontend, APIs and microservices.
• Champion AI/GenAI adoption across development lifecycle and automation.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, DevOps, Security and other teams to deliver capabilities.
• Establish best practices for design, coding, testing, CI/CD and observability.
• Drive engineering delivery, quality, scalability and operational excellence.
• Identify and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Foster culture of innovation, ownership and continuous improvement.
• Evaluate new technologies to enhance AI and automation.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-team leadership

AI/GenAI adoption

Full-stack development

Enterprise SaaS

Cloud architecture

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for a Director of Engineering - AI & Full-Stack SaaS to lead the engineering strategy and execution for a highly scalable, enterprise-grade SaaS platform.

This role is ideal for a strong engineering leader who combines deep software engineering expertise, enterprise SaaS experience, cloud-native architecture, full-stack product development, and practical AI/GenAI adoption.

The successful candidate will lead multiple engineering teams, drive architectural and technical decisions, improve engineering velocity and quality, and help embed AI across the software development lifecycle and product engineering ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor multiple engineering teams responsible for building and delivering enterprise SaaS products.
• Define and execute the engineering strategy, technical roadmap, architecture and development standards .
• Drive development of highly scalable, secure, reliable and cloud-native SaaS applications.
• Provide technical leadership across backend, frontend, APIs, microservices and distributed systems .
• Drive adoption of AI/GenAI tools and capabilities across the engineering lifecycle, including development, testing, code quality, productivity and automation.
• Partner closely with Product, Architecture, DevOps, Security and other cross-functional teams to deliver business-critical capabilities.
• Establish engineering best practices around design, coding, testing, CI/CD, observability, performance and reliability .
• Own engineering delivery, quality, scalability and operational excellence across multiple product areas.
• Identify and resolve complex technical and architectural challenges.
• Build a high-performing engineering culture focused on innovation, ownership, collaboration and continuous improvement .
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation to improve engineering productivity and product capabilities.
• Drive technical modernization and evolution of existing enterprise platforms.
• Communicate technical strategy, risks, priorities and progress effectively to senior leadership and stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience

• 15+ years of experience in software/product engineering, with significant experience in engineering leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading large/multi-team engineering organizations .
• Strong background in enterprise SaaS product development .
• Excellent understanding of full-stack software engineering and modern application architecture.
• Strong experience with Java / Spring Boot / or comparable enterprise backend technologies .
• Strong understanding of microservices, APIs, distributed systems and cloud-native architectures .
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure or GCP .
• Experience building and scaling highly available, secure and resilient SaaS platforms.
• Strong understanding of modern frontend technologies and full-stack development practices.
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing and engineering productivity practices .