Engineering Head

About Position:

The Engineering Head is a senior technology leader responsible for driving engineering excellence, solution architecture, and delivery quality across multi-disciplinary teams. The ideal candidate combines hands-on technical expertise, strong customer orientation, and proven experience in engineering leadership, within product or services environments. with the ability to influence company strategy and contribute to revenue growth.

• Role: Engineering Head

• Location: Pune

• Experience: 17+ years

• Job Type: Full Time Employment

What You'll Do:

• 18 to 20+ years of experience in software engineering, including a minimum of 10 years in engineering leadership positions within either a services or product engineering setting.
• Excellent stakeholder management, customer-facing communication, and solutioning abilities.
• Hands-on to have meaningful discussions with customers without having to involve team members.
• Technology leader with experience in product engineering, strong customer orientation, hands-on architectural expertise, and a track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering teams in a services environment
• Overseeing multi-disciplinary engineering teams that design, build, and deliver software products for global clients
• Accountable for engineering excellence, delivery quality, talent development, solution architecture, and ensuring the organization consistently delivers innovative, scalable, and high-impact products

Expertise You'll Bring:

• Expertise in architectural governance, technical roadmaps, and modern engineering practices (cloud-native, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, AI/ML, security-by-design.
• Drive architectural governance, technical roadmap, and technology standards across teams/ products.
• Champion modern engineering practices (cloud-native, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, test automation, observability, AI/ML integration, security-by-design).
• Act as the senior technical point of contact for key clientsunderstanding product vision, architecture needs, and business priorities.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide clients on tech strategy, modernization, and product evolution.
• Participate in client workshops, technology assessments, and roadmap planning.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with SVP, VP-level stakeholders
• Build a strong engineering culture emphasizing innovation, code quality, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Contribute to company strategy, revenue growth, and new service offerings
• Collaborate with HR on hiring, career paths, capability development, and performance.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

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