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Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering

apna

10 years

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bengaluru karnataka india

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engineering drive strategy architecture discovery gcp data design analytics collaboration microservices sql service contracts reliability security efficiency ranking billing latency ml scoring okrs planning code experimentation stability leadership ics software shipping testing communication management ads react mobile

Work Mode

On-site

Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

Location: Bengaluru (WFO - Onsite)Function: EngineeringReports to: Head Of Engineering / CTORole Summary

We're looking for a Director of Engineering to lead the Engineering team and efforts for Marketplace Business at Apna - owning end-to-end journeys for both employers and candidates. You'll drive strategy, architecture, and execution across multiple pods building job discovery, matching, and conversion on top of our Go + GCP stack.You'll work closely with Product, Data, Design, Analytics and Business to build a high-liquidity, high-trust jobs marketplace at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Marketplace Pods (Employer + Candidate)

Own the engineering roadmap for all marketplace pods: employer funnels (posting → hires) and candidate funnels (discovery → apply → hire)
Ensure pods are mission-aligned, autonomous, and deliver outcomes tied to marketplace health (fill-rate, time-to-hire, retention)
Drive strong collaboration between PMs, EMs, tech leads, and data within each pod

Technical Strategy on Go + GCP

Set the technical direction for Go-based microservices running on GCP (GKE, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL/Spanner, etc.)

Define service boundaries, APIs, and data contracts that allow pods to move fast without breaking each other

Champion best practices in performance, reliability, security, and cost efficiency on GCP

Architecture & Scale

Own architecture for search, recommendations, ranking/matching, eligibility, and billing/workflows across the marketplace
Ensure systems are highly available, low latency, and horizontally scalable for millions of users
Partner with Data/ML teams to productionize models (ranking, fraud/abuse, quality scoring) within Go services
Execution & Engineering Excellence

Lead and grow Engineering Managers and senior Go engineers across multiple pods
Implement strong delivery practices: OKRs, roadmap planning, design/code reviews, SLIs/SLOs, on-call, and incident management
Balance experimentation (A/B tests) with platform stability and technical debt management
Stakeholder & People Leadership

Partner with the Head of Product, Business, and Operations to translate marketplace strategy into clear technical plans
Represent marketplace engineering in leadership reviews with clear narratives on trade-offs and progress
Build a culture of ownership, speed with quality, and data-driven decisions; define career paths and growth for EMs and ICs

Requirements

What We're Looking For

Must-Have

10-15+ years of experience in software engineering, with 5+ years leading managers and multi-pod / multi-team orgs
Experience owning a two-sided marketplace or large-scale consumer/B2B2C product
Strong hands-on background in Go and cloud-native architectures on GCP (or similar, with willingness to go deep on GCP)
Proven track record of shipping distributed systems / microservices at scale
Comfort with experimentation and data: funnels, cohorts, A/B testing, marketplace health metrics
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Nice-to-Have

Experience with search, recommendations, ranking, or ads-like systems
Prior work in India-focused high-growth startups
Exposure to React / React Native frontends and mobile-heavy products

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