Director - Platform Engineering

As the Director of Engineering at our company, you will be leading the technical teams responsible for the Services platform and Publishing platform. The Services platform team focuses on providing a solid foundation with essential building blocks and capabilities to create flexible, reliable, performant, and scalable products. On the other hand, the Publishing platform serves as the central hub for our internal tools managing documents, document data, and publishing workflows. Your primary responsibilities will include: - **Leadership**: Provide strategic direction and guidance to the engineering team. - **Team Management**: Mentor and manage a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development. - **Technical Excellence**: Ensure project feasibility and integrity through robust architecture, code reviews, and best practices. - **Collaboration**: Work closely with product management, design, and other cross-functional teams to meet product roadmaps and business objectives. - **Innovation**: Drive technical innovation and excellence in engineering processes. - **Recruitment**: Lead recruitment efforts to attract top engineering talent, conduct interviews, and make hiring decisions. - **Performance Management**: Establish KPIs and metrics to measure engineering performance and productivity. To excel in this role, you should possess: - A minimum of 12 years of leadership experience in engineering, demonstrating success in leading high-performing teams. - Proficiency in multiple back-end technology frameworks across various languages, including Java, REST, Python, Angular, NodeJS, VueJS, and cloud platforms like AWS and/or GCP. Familiarity with databases such as PostgreSQL is essential. - Strong knowledge of system design for high-performance systems, with experience in service architecture, horizontal scalability, and management of large data sets. - Excellent communication skills to convey technical concepts and strategies to non-technical stakeholders effectively. - Comfort operating in ambiguous situations, facilitating decision-making within teams. - Willingness to be hands-on and possess a proactive attitude towards problem-solving and team empowerment. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with leading brands that impact various aspects of people's lives and witness the application of cutting-edge technology, including AI, in the publishing industry. Designation: Director of Engineering Working Hours: 1 PM - 10 PM IST Work Location: Eco World, Bengaluru,