Senior Director Of Engineering

Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair

Our mission is to unleash the world s real-time data with a database built for infinite scale, speed, and sustainability. If youre ready to shape the future of data infrastructure, join us.

Hybrid: 2-3 days/week in office

Role Summary

Senior Director of Engineering

Key Responsibilities

Engineering & Delivery

• Own delivery of major product areas/platforms, driving roadmap execution, quality, reliability, and predictable releases.


• Translate company strategy into actionable engineering plans, staffing models, and quarterly/annual execution.


• Improve engineering velocity, consistency, and technical rigor across teams.

Technical Strategy

• Provide architectural direction and technical oversight for core product areas.


• Champion performance, scalability, security-by-design, and resiliency across systems.


• Lead modernization and long-term platform investments while managing technical debt.


• Guide design reviews, postmortems, and deep technical discussions without becoming a bottleneck.

India Site Leadership

• Serve as the senior engineering leader for India and represent the site in global leadership forums.


• Build a culture of ownership, urgency, and customer impact while managing budgets, headcount, and vendor/tools strategy.Hire, grow, and retain top talent; coach and develop Engineering Managers/Senior Managers.


• Partner closely with teams across the US, EMEA, and APAC to ensure seamless cross-geo execution.

Cross-Functional Influence

• Collaborate with Product, Design, and GTM to drive aligned business outcomes.


• Influence priorities across time zones and functions, resolving tradeoffs effectively.


• Communicate crisply at the executive level with clear written, async, and verbal updates.

Required Experience

Leadership

• 10+ years in engineering, including 7-10 years of engineering management.


• Experience managing multiple managers and leading organizations of

  35+ engineers

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• Proven ownership of large product/platform areas with measurable customer or business impact.

Technical Leadership

• Strong technical grounding in database engines, distributed systems, cloud/SaaS, or related architectures.


• Ability to drive technical strategy, balance debt, and dive deep when required.


• Significant experience partnering closely with Product Management.

Site Leadership

• Extensive experience with India-based engineering orgs and distributed global teams.


• Strong understanding of India tech hiring, retention, and leadership development.


• Experience managing budgets, org planning, and scaling teams.

Communication & Influence

• Executive-level communication skills (written, async, and verbal).


• Ability to influence and align stakeholders across continents and functions.


• Strong track record working with cross-geo teams across multiple regions.

Bonus Skills (Good to Have)

• Experience with implementing databases, storage engines, or distributed systems.


• Ability to participate in and guide design and architecture reviews.


• Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures and DevOps practices.


• Expertise in performance and scalability engineering.


• Expertise in systems built for high availability, low latency, and massive throughput.