Director of Engineering - Travel Platform

About the role

Director of Engineering leads managers, Architects and Engineers across levels of diverse groups of people who are moving towards realizing Flipkart’s vision. The teams work on a spectrum of products and platforms which power Flipkart.

They are responsible for evangelizing ideas, providing technical leadership, and facilitating the platformization of systems across the ecosystem. Additionally, DOE's managers and engineers collaborate with product teams on key business metrics, lead innovative solutions to complex domain problems, and drive agility in execution through their example.

They also focus on building a strong team culture, fostering accountability and responsiveness, and providing mentorship and career development. Their leadership inspires the adoption of agile methodologies and the removal of impediments, always with the bigger picture in mind.

We are looking for an Engineering Director who thrives on challenging the status quo, pushing boundaries, and driving innovation. In this role, you will lead high-impact engineering teams of 40+ and foster a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and customer-centric thinking. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and scaling high-performance solutions across AI-driven personalization, real-time video processing, and scalable microservices. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, data science, UX/UI design, and backend engineering, to deliver impactful solutions that redefine the customer experience. If you are passionate about solving complex problems, building at scale, and shaping the future of e-commerce, we want you on our team!

What you'll do:

• Build, lead, develop and provide hands-on leadership for top-notch engineers and Engineering Managers (EMs)
• Create clear career paths for team members to help them grow with regular and deep mentoring, attract and retain top talent keeping long term goals in mind
• Drive strategy and vision across teams in a rapidly evolving environment
• Work closely with diverse stakeholders and enable them by providing scalable and quality technology solutions.
• Facilitate platforms solutions that span beyond the team and across the ecosystem
• Take accountability for moving the key business metrics within your area and Provide thought partnership to the product team and ensure collaboration among product, engineering, and business operation teams.
• Drive agility in execution, create a strong team culture of responsiveness by leading by example and own decision making around prioritization for better predictability

What you’ll need:

• B.E or M.tech or any other similar qualification with at least 16+ years of experience in building cutting edge products.
• Experience in managing seasoned managers and architect is mandatory
• Good understanding of technology and architecture in a highly scalable and available setup
• Strong experience handling large data (batch and real-time), workflows and scheduling, building pluggable frameworks and systems, strong abstraction, and design skills.
• Proven track record of delivering products with high quality, familiarity with multiple software development practices and tools
• Strong partnership with product and business teams that demonstrates effective collaboration and communication across multiple stakeholders
• Prefer applicants from travel domain background.