Director of Engineering

Valor PayTech; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Valor PayTech is looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to guide technology and product strategy. You will be responsible for leading product innovation, ensuring platform scalability, and enhancing customer experience while managing high-performing engineering teams.

The ideal candidate should have 15–18 years in engineering leadership, a strong command of FinTech processes, and the ability to operate independently.

Qualifications

• 15–18 years of experience in Engineering or Technology Leadership.
• Strong experience in FinTech, Payments, Banking, Financial Services.
• Hands-on technical depth with architecture and code.

Responsibilities

• Define technology vision and engineering strategy.
• Lead design and development of high-availability platforms.
• Drive innovation in payment technologies and improve customer experience.

Skills

Technology Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Decision-Making

Cloud Technologies

Agile and DevOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Microservices

APIs

Job description

Role Overview

Valor PayTech is seeking a seasoned Director of Engineering to lead the organization’s technology and product strategy. This role will be responsible for driving product innovation, engineering excellence, platform scalability, customer experience, and business growth while leading high‑performing engineering and product teams.

What We’re Looking For

• Self‑Starter — operates with autonomy and a strong bias for action; sets direction in ambiguity and owns outcomes end‑to‑end without waiting to be told.
• Highly Technical — maintains genuine technical depth; can go deep into architecture, design, and code, make and defend hard technical trade‑offs, and lead from the front during critical incidents.
• Strategic — connects technology decisions to business outcomes, anticipates where the platform and market are heading, and invests accordingly.
• Great Administrator — runs the engineering organization with operational rigor — capacity planning, resource allocation, delivery governance, and metrics‑driven accountability.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

• Define and execute the overall technology vision, architecture roadmap, and engineering strategy.
• Lead the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of secure, scalable, and high‑availability platforms.
• Drive platform modernization, automation, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Establish engineering best practices, governance frameworks, and software development standards.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams.

FinTech Payments Leadership

• Lead product and technology initiatives across payments, merchant services, transaction processing, reconciliation, compliance, and financial platforms.
• Drive innovation in payment technologies, customer experience, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure adherence to applicable regulatory, security, governance, and compliance requirements across all technology platforms and business operations.

Delivery Operations Engineering Administration

• Own resource allocation and capacity planning across competing backlogs — product development, technical debt, information security, and infrastructure.
• Run portfolio and sprint planning, establish predictable delivery cadences, and manage throughput against committed roadmaps.
• Help define, lead and operate change, release, and governance processes (e.g., Change Advisory Board) to ensure controlled, auditable releases.
• Instrument delivery with metrics — track velocity, quality, and operational health, and drive accountability through data.

Leadership Stakeholder Management

• Build, mentor, and retain high‑performing engineering teams.
• Partner with executive leadership to align technology and product initiatives with business goals.
• Present technology roadmaps and business outcomes to senior leadership.

Key Competencies

• Technology Leadership
• Strategic Thinking and Business Acumen
• Operational Rigor and Delivery Management
• Stakeholder and Executive Management
• Team Building and Mentorship
• Decision‑Making and Problem Solving
• Change Management and Organizational Leadership

Technical Environment

• Cloud: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
• Architecture: Microservices, APIs, Distributed Systems
• Development: Agile, DevOps, CI/CD
• FinTech: Payments, Merchant Services, Transaction Processing, Compliance
• Data Analytics: Business Intelligence, Reporting, Customer Analytics

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 15–18 years of experience in Engineering or Technology Leadership roles, depending on technical proficiency and other factors.
• Hands‑on technical depth — able to review architecture and code, make and defend complex technical trade‑offs, and lead from the front during critical incidents.
• Demonstrated self‑starter — sets direction in ambiguity and drives outcomes end‑to‑end without close oversight.
• Strong experience in FinTech, Payments, Banking, Financial Services, or related industries.
• Proven track record of leading large engineering organizations across multiple teams and functions.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, cloud technologies, APIs, microservices, and enterprise applications.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and modern software development practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Experience in payment gateways, digital payments, merchant services or SaaS platforms.
• Exposure to cloud platforms
• Strong understanding of information security, compliance, and risk management frameworks.