Director of Engineering

Role: Director of Engineering

Location: Udaipur

Experience: 15+ Years

Role Overview:

The Director of Engineering will provide strategic, technical, and people leadership across multiple product engineering teams. This role involves driving end-to-end delivery excellence, fostering a high-performance culture, and ensuring seamless collaboration between engineering, product, and business stakeholders. The candidate must have a strong background in technology leadership, product engineering, team management, and operational oversight.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Engineering Management

• Lead and manage day-to-day development activities across 2–3 product-based Scrum teams.
• Collaborate with Tech Leads, Product Managers, and Business Analysts to create and execute product roadmaps.
• Ensure adherence to best practices in SDLC, quality assurance, cloud, DevOps, security, and code governance.
• Oversee and drive the release management lifecycle for all assigned products and platforms.
• Proactively assess engineering risks, dependencies, and delivery bottlenecks and provide actionable solutions.
• Monitor and optimize team velocity, sprint health, and long-term technical sustainability.
• Act as the primary escalation point for engineering concerns, ensuring quick resolution and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure documentation, architecture diagrams, and knowledge base are consistently updated.

2. People & Leadership

• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, creating a high-trust, high-performance work environment.
• Act as the go-to leader for all engineering talent in the Jaipur DC.
• Foster a strong culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration, and process excellence.
• Recommend and implement improvements to engineering processes and development workflows.
• Encourage continuous improvement, conduct performance reviews, and provide constructive feedback.

3. Operations & Coordination (Approx. 5% involvement)

• Align with central operations and accounts teams to identify facility requirements, procurement needs, and resource planning for the Jaipur DC.
• Support budgeting for engineering tools, infrastructure, and local operational needs.
• Ensure compliance with organizational operational standards and help execute location-specific initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

· 15+ years of hands-on experience in software development and engineering leadership roles.

· Proven experience managing multiple Scrum teams in a product-based environment.

· Strong knowledge of modern engineering practices: cloud platforms, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, automation, testing frameworks, design principles, and scalable architectures.

· Excellent stakeholder management skills with ability to communicate effectively across teams, leadership, and clients.

· Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict-resolution abilities.

· Experience handling escalations, release cycles, technical risk management, and delivery governance.

· Ability to influence technical direction and inspire engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Prior experience in a Director/Associate Director/Engineering Manager role.

· Exposure to US-based clients or global delivery models.

· Certification in Scrum, Agile, or Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) is a plus.

· Experience working in a rapidly scaling product or technology organization.

Visit Us:

· https://kadellabs.com/

· https://in.linkedin.com/company/kadel-labs

· https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Overview/Working-at-Kadel-Labs-EI_IE4991279.11,21.htm

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Leave encashment
• Paid time off
• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person