Director of Engineering, India — AI-Driven SaaS Leader

Karat; United States; Remote; USD 41,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Karat is seeking a Director of Engineering for its India-based team. You will lead and grow the engineering organization, own delivery across product areas, and partner with global teams. Initially hands-on, you will delegate ownership as the team scales, building strong leadership and cross-functional relationships.

This role requires overlapping with U.S. business hours and a track record shipping hosted SaaS products, with deep AI-enabled capabilities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software-engineering experience with 5+ as a manager.
• Experience shipping and operating customer-facing hosted SaaS products.
• Strong depth in AI-driven technologies and architecture

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the India-based engineering organization and own delivery across product areas.
• Start as hands-on leader and delegate ownership as the team scales while collaborating with global teams.
• Build senior technical talent and improve cross-functional relationships, including with US teams.

Skills

Software engineering

Leadership

AI/ML

Job description

Karat is seeking a Director of Engineering for its India-based team. You will lead and grow the engineering organization, own delivery across product areas, and partner with global teams. Initially hands-on, you will delegate ownership as the team scales, building strong leadership and cross-functional relationships.

This role requires overlapping with U.S. business hours and a track record shipping hosted SaaS products, with deep AI-enabled capabilities.