Director - IT Engineering

Kadel Labs; India; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kadel Labs is seeking a Director of Engineering who will provide strategic, technical, and people leadership across multiple product teams in India. You will drive end-to-end delivery excellence, build a high-performance culture, and ensure collaboration between engineering, product, and business stakeholders.

The role requires a strong background in technology leadership, team management, and operational oversight, with responsibility for release governance, risk management, and engineering

Qualifications

• 15+ years of hands-on software development and engineering leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing multiple Scrum teams in a product-based environment.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, automation, testing frameworks, design principles, and scalable architectures.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with ability to communicate effectively across teams, leadership, and clients.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict-resolution abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day development activities across 2-3 product-based Scrum teams.
• Collaborate with Tech Leads, Product Managers, and Business Analysts to create and execute product roadmaps.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC, QA, cloud, DevOps, security, and code governance.

Skills

15+ years experience

Scrum teams

Cloud platforms

DevOps

CI/CD

Automation

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Release governance

Technical risk management

Decision making

Engineering direction

Communication across teams

Customer/vendor collaboration

Job description

About Us :

Kadel Labs is a deep-tech IT services company dedicated to transforming businesses with cutting-edge solutions. Our expertise spans Data Analytics, Engineering, and Visualization; Cloud services including DevOps, InfoSecOps, and InfraOps; Software development and modernization; and Generative AI-driven business applications. As a trusted partner of Data Bricks, Azure, AWS, Web Methods, and Bitrix24 CRM, we empower businesses with innovative, reliable, and scalable technology solutions

Role Overview :

The Director of Engineering will provide strategic, technical, and people leadership across multiple product engineering teams. This role involves driving end-to-end delivery excellence, fostering a high-performance culture, and ensuring seamless collaboration between engineering, product, and business stakeholders. The candidate must have a strong background in technology leadership, product engineering, team management, and operational oversight.

Key Roles and Responsibilities :

1. Engineering Management :

• Lead and manage day-to-day development activities across 2- 3 product-based Scrum teams.
• Collaborate with Tech Leads, Product Managers, and Business Analysts to create and execute product roadmaps.
• Ensure adherence to best practices in SDLC, quality assurance, cloud, DevOps, security, and code governance.
• Oversee and drive the release management lifecycle for all assigned products and platforms.
• Proactively assess engineering risks, dependencies, and delivery bottlenecks and provide actionable solutions.
• Monitor and optimize team velocity, sprint health, and long-term technical sustainability.
• Act as the primary escalation point for engineering concerns, ensuring quick resolution and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure documentation, architecture diagrams, and knowledge base are consistently updated.

2. People & Leadership :

• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, creating a high-trust, high-performance work environment.
• Act as the go-to leader for all engineering talent in the Udaipur DC.
• Foster a strong culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration, and process excellence.
• Recommend and implement improvements to engineering processes and development workflows.
• Encourage continuous improvement, conduct performance reviews, and provide constructive feedback.

3. Operations & Coordination (Approx. 5% involvement) :

• Align with central operations and accounts teams to identify facility requirements, procurement needs, and resource planning for the Jaipur DC.
• Support budgeting for engineering tools, infrastructure, and local operational needs.
• Ensure compliance with organizational operational standards and help execute location-specific initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

• 15+ years of hands-on experience in software development and engineering leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing multiple Scrum teams in a product-based environment.
• Strong knowledge of modern engineering practices: cloud platforms, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, automation, testing frameworks, design principles, and scalable architectures.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with ability to communicate effectively across teams, leadership, and clients.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict-resolution abilities.
• Experience handling escalations, release cycles, technical risk management, and delivery governance.
• Ability to influence technical direction and inspire engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Prior experience in a Director/Associate Director/Engineering Manager role.
• Exposure to US-based clients or global delivery models.
• Certification in Scrum, Agile, or Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) is a plus.
• Experience working in a rapidly scaling product or technology organization. .