Director of Engineering

Technogen India Pvt. Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Technogen India Pvt. Ltd. in Bengaluru seeks a Director of Engineering – Product & Platform to lead technical strategy, product engineering, and high-scale platform development in a fast-growing, product-led tech organization.

The role requires 15+ years of software experience, strong SaaS expertise, and deep leadership to build and scale engineering teams while aligning technology with business outcomes. You will partner with Product, Design, Security, and Business teams to drive measurable

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong experience in SaaS products.
• Expertise in Java, Scala, or Golang.
• Strong microservices and distributed systems architecture experience.
• Proven engineering leadership and people management.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy, architecture, and engineering roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Partner with Product, Design, Security, and Business teams to drive measurable outcomes.
• Lead large engineering teams and develop Engineering Managers and senior technical leaders.
• Build a high-performance culture focused on ownership, innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Drive scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable software platforms.
• Oversee engineering delivery, resource planning, performance management, and talent development.
• Establish strong practices around governance, risk, security, privacy, and compliance.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to improve product capabilities and engineering efficiency.

Skills

SaaS

Java/Scala/Golang

Microservices

Leadership

Team building

Product-led growth

Business acumen

Job description

Role: Director of Engineering – Product & Platform

Experience: 15+ Years

We are looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to lead technical strategy, product engineering, and high-scale platform development in a fast-growing, product-led technology organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy, architecture, and engineering roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Partner with Product, Design, Security, and Business teams to drive measurable outcomes.
• Lead large engineering teams and develop Engineering Managers and senior technical leaders.
• Build a high-performance culture focused on ownership, innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Drive scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable software platforms.
• Oversee engineering delivery, resource planning, performance management, and talent development.
• Establish strong practices around governance, risk, security, privacy, and compliance.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to improve product capabilities and engineering efficiency.

Required Experience

• 15–20+ years of total software engineering experience.
• Strong experience in a SaaS .
• Strong expertise in Java / Scala / Golang
• Strong Microservices and distributed systems architecture experience.
• Strong engineering leadership and people-management experience.
• Experience building and scaling an engineering team from scratch is a major plus.
• Strong experience working in a product-led, high-growth environment.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect technology initiatives to business outcomes.