VP-Engineering

Randstad India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 10,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad India seeks a seasoned Vice President of Engineering to lead and scale its India-based engineering org. This leader will drive execution excellence, build a high-performing team, and ensure platform reliability to meet enterprise demands.

The role requires strong operating discipline, organizational design expertise, and capacity planning with close collaboration across Product, Customer Success, and Executive Leadership.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead large engineering organizations and drive execution excellence.
• Strong capacity planning, org design, and KPI/OKR governance.
• Deep experience with SDLC, CI/CD, release and incident management.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a 100-person engineering team including managers, architects and ICs.
• Design org structures aligned to product lines and scale needs; build leadership bench strength.
• Establish delivery frameworks with rigorous planning, estimation and execution.
• Drive best practices across SDLC, CI/CD, release and incident management; improve velocity, quality, uptime.

Skills

Leadership

Capacity planning

SDLC

CI/CD

Cloud-native

Microservices

Job description

We are seeking a seasoned Vice President of Engineering to lead and scale our India based engineering organization. This leader will be responsible for driving execution excellence building a high-performing organization and ensuring our platform scales reliably to meet the demands of enterprise financial institutions. This role requires a strong operator-someone who has successfully led engineering teams of 100 and brings deep expertise in process rigor organizational design and capacity planning. You will partner closely with Product Customer Success and Executive Leadership to translate business priorities into predictable engineering outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Organizational Leadership & Scale

• Lead mentor and grow a 100 person engineering organization including Engineering Managers Architects and ICs
• Design and evolve org structures aligned to product lines platform needs and scale requirements
• Build leadership bench strength and succession plans across the organization

Execution Excellence

• Establish predictable delivery frameworks with strong planning estimation and execution rigor
• Drive adoption of engineering best practices across SDLC CI/CD release management and incident management
• Improve key metrics such as velocity quality uptime and time-to-market

Process & Operating Model

• Implement scalable processes for roadmap planning sprint execution and cross-functional collaboration
• Create a culture of accountability with clear KPIs OKRs and operational dashboards
• Continuously refine development processes to balance speed quality and reliability

Capacity Planning & Resource Management

• Own capacity planning models that align engineering supply with business demand
• Forecast hiring needs optimize team allocation and manage budget efficiently
• Drive data-driven decisions on build vs. buy outsourcing and investment prioritization

Architecture & Platform Reliability

• Partner with architecture leaders to ensure systems are scalable secure and resilient
• Oversee modernization initiatives including cloud-native adoption microservices and platform engineering
• Ensure compliance with financial industry standards (security privacy regulatory requirements)

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Product and Design to align on roadmap priorities and customer outcomes
• Work with Customer Success and Support teams to close the loop on production feedback
• Act as a key member of the global engineering leadership team

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1 .