Director of Engineering

Razorpay; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Bengaluru seeks an experienced Director of Engineering to align engineering projects with business objectives. The ideal candidate will have over 18 years of experience, including significant time in large-scale applications and leadership roles. Responsibilities include attracting top talent, developing technical strategy, mentoring engineers, and fostering a culture of excellence. This role requires strong problem-solving skills, coding expertise in PHP/Python/C++/Java, and a solid understanding of web technologies.

Qualifications

• 18+ years of experience, including 8+ years in large-scale applications.
• 8+ years of experience in people management.
• Strong technical skills and emotional intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Align engineering activities with company goals.
• Attract and hire top engineering talent.
• Drive technical strategy and roadmap.
• Mentor the professional development of team members.
• Implement effective engineering processes.

Skills

Leadership skills

People management

Problem-solving skills

Data structures

Algorithms

Excellent coding skills (PHP/Python/C++/Java)

Understanding of Web Technologies

RDBMS knowledge

Job description

The Director of Engineering at Razorpay comes with exceptional leadership, communication, and people management skills and operates with vision and integrity. Some of the responsibilities include aligning engineering activities and projects with company goals and objectives, providing expert guidance and support, approving newly developed policies, and building, and maintaining positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. The Director of Engineering will have experience in identifying and navigating organizational changes, a keen interest in Indian trends in engineering and leadership, and high emotional intelligence.

Roles and Responsibilities

• We believe in Impact creation at scale, so it is imperative for a Director of Engineering.
• Ability to attract and hire top-notch Engineering talent for the organization.
• Be responsible for the group’s technical strategy and roadmap – creating success metrics in close collaboration with other groups across the organization in executing initiatives in an agile way.
• Brings a strong perspective that drives change and motivates engineers to develop simple solutions to complex problems.
• Help implement effective engineering processes and champion their adoption.
• Has the technical capacity and capability to partner with tech leads and architects in problem-solving.
• Mentor the professional development of each direct report through personal and performance management.
• Give engineers the tools, confidence, and motivation to make decisions independently that lead to their recognition.
• Effective at influencing a culture of engineering craftsmanship and excellence.
• Initiate cross-functional (Product, Business, Operations) collaborations with development teams throughout Razorpay and gather feedback and requirements.
• Seek diverse perspectives to drive bottom-up innovation and create buy-in from all technical stakeholders.
• Ensure the team fully understands the goals and objectives of Razorpay as a company and how their work fits into 'the bigger picture.

Mandatory Qualifications

• Total of 18+ years experience, 8+ years of experience in very large-scale applications, and 8+ years experience in people management.
• Strong problem-solving skills, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience with distributed systems handling large amounts of data.
• Excellent coding skills in one of the languages PHP/Python/C++/Java.
• Very good understanding of Web Technologies.
• Very good understanding of any RDBMS and/or messaging.