Head of Engineering

Sav.com; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Sav.com, based in Pune, is seeking a Head of Engineering with 10+ years of experience to define and execute the engineering vision, lead the engineering team, and drive AI adoption across development workflows. The ideal candidate will have a strong software engineering background with experience in Python and modern front-end frameworks like React. This role offers high ownership and direct impact on product development, focusing on scalable and reliable systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with significant leadership responsibility.
• Experience leading engineering teams as a Head of Engineering or similar role.
• Deep familiarity with Python backend systems and modern frontend frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the company's engineering vision aligned with business objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and scale the engineering team across front-end and back-end functions.
• Implement strong engineering practices including CI/CD and testing.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Leadership responsibility

Python-based backend systems

Modern frontend frameworks

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

AI adoption

Tools

FastAPI

React

Next.js

MySQL

NoSQL

Job description

We are a fast-growing AI-driven domain registrar and website builder focused on automation, scalability, and exceptional user experience. Our mission is to simplify how creators and businesses build and manage their digital presence through intelligent, highly scalable systems.

Our engineering team builds high-performance platforms serving users globally. We are looking for a Head of Engineering to lead our engineering organization, define long-term technical strategy, and scale both our platform and our teams.

Company website: https://marketing.sav.com/

Role Overview

As Head of Engineering, you will own the end-to-end engineering function — technology strategy, architecture, execution, and team growth. You will work closely with Product and Leadership to shape how systems are designed, built, and scaled.

This is a hands‑on leadership role requiring strong architectural depth alongside organizational leadership. You will establish engineering excellence, mentor senior engineers, and drive adoption of AI across the development lifecycle to improve speed, quality, and innovation.

You will play a key role in building a high-performance engineering culture focused on ownership, scalability, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Strategy & Leadership

• Define and execute the company’s engineering vision aligned with business objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and scale the engineering team across front‑end and back‑end functions.
• Establish clear engineering processes, delivery standards, and performance expectations.
• Partner with Product leadership to translate business goals into technical roadmaps.
• Own system architecture across application, infrastructure, and data layers.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, security, and long-term maintainability of platforms.
• Drive technology selection, platform evolution, and architectural best practices.
• Continuously manage and reduce technical debt.
• Implement strong engineering practices including:
• Code reviews and quality standards
• CI/CD and deployment workflows
• Testing and reliability engineering
• Incident response and postmortem processes
• Improve engineering velocity while maintaining high quality standards.
• Lead adoption of AI tools across development workflows.
• Enable teams to leverage AI for coding, testing, documentation, and automation.
• Identify opportunities to integrate AI capabilities into core products.

Team Development & Culture

• Hire, mentor, and grow high-performing engineers and future technical leaders.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Improve onboarding, documentation, and knowledge‑sharing practices.

Back End: Python, FastAPI

Front End: React, Next.js

Data: MySQL, NoSQL

AI: LLM‑powered development and automation workflows

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with significant leadership responsibility.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams as a Head of Engineering, Engineering Director, or Senior Engineering Manager.
• Deep familiarity with Python‑based backend systems and modern frontend frameworks.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and production‑scale deployments.
• Demonstrated ability to improve engineering processes and delivery outcomes.
• Experience driving AI adoption within engineering or product workflows is highly preferred.
• Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Ownership mindset with a pragmatic, execution‑focused approach.

Why Join Us

• Lead engineering for a rapidly growing AI‑first platform.
• High ownership and direct impact on product and company direction.
• Opportunity to build and shape engineering culture at scale.
• Work on globally used systems solving real‑world problems.