Vice President of Engineering

Vice President – Engineering

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About Darwix AI

Darwix AI is one of India’s fastest-growing GenAI SaaS platforms, transforming enterprise revenue teams with real-time conversational intelligence and AI-powered sales enablement tools. Our core product suite powers:

• Multilingual speech-to-text
• Real-time agent coaching & nudges
• Automated scoring of sales calls
• CRM/LOS integrations
• Analytics dashboards and more

BFSI, real estate, retail, and healthcare

We operate across India, MENA, and Southeast Asia, and are backed by marquee investors, industry CXOs, and IIT/IIM/BITS alumni. As we scale to become the backbone of revenue intelligence globally, engineering excellence is the cornerstone of our journey.

Role Overview

Vice President – Engineering

This role requires strategic thinking, hands-on execution, deep experience with AI/ML or data-intensive platforms, and the ability to attract and retain top-tier engineering talent. You will work closely with the CEO, Head of AI/ML, Product, and Founder's Office to deliver robust, secure, and intelligent experiences across web and real-time systems.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Leadership

• Define and drive the technology vision, architecture, and roadmap across AI, platform, data, and frontend systems
• Lead system architecture design for speech processing, real-time audio streaming, LLM-based agents, and multilingual interfaces
• Ensure engineering best practices: microservices design, scalability, uptime SLAs, and test automation

Team Building & People Leadership

• Build, mentor, and scale a high-performance engineering team including backend, frontend, AI, DevOps, QA, and integrations
• Instill a culture of ownership, fast iteration, performance reviews, and deep collaboration across teams
• Define career paths, recruit top-tier talent, and drive technical onboarding and coaching

Product Execution & Delivery

• Work with Product, Founders, and Sales Engineering to translate business needs into scalable technical implementations
• Own timelines, sprint planning, delivery schedules, and development velocity metrics
• Ensure security, latency, fault tolerance, and compliance across all releases

Platform & Infra Ownership

• Oversee cloud infrastructure on AWS (or GCP), containerization, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and cost optimization
• Own DevOps, uptime, disaster recovery, and horizontal scaling for high concurrency needs
• Manage data engineering and database architecture across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, S3, Redis, and vector DBs

AI/ML & GenAI Integration

• Work closely with Head of AI/ML on integrating Whisper, LangChain, custom RAG pipelines, and multilingual inference stacks into production systems
• Translate AI/ML research into performant APIs, stream pipelines, and real-time inference microservices
• Ensure optimized GPU/CPU utilization, caching, and latency control on real-time AI modules

Client-Facing & Sales Support

• Support enterprise pre-sales and post-sales engineering for large deals (in BFSI, real estate, etc.)
• Handle security reviews, solution architecture walkthroughs, and platform deep dives with client CTO teams
• Create system documentation, architecture diagrams, and technical solution notes

Qualifications & Skills

Must-Have

• 10–15 years of total experience in software engineering, with at least 4–5 years in senior leadership
• Proven experience scaling a B2B SaaS platform across geographies
• Deep backend expertise in

  Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

  , microservices
• Strong understanding of

  cloud-native development (AWS/GCP), DevOps, CI/CD

  , and real-time systems
• Experience managing large-scale, concurrent user bases and low-latency applications
• Strong understanding of

  security protocols, enterprise authentication (SAML/OAuth), and compliance

Good to Have

• Exposure to

  speech-to-text

  , audio processing, NLP, or GenAI-based inference systems
• Experience working with

  AI frameworks (Torch, HuggingFace, LangChain)

  and GPU inference optimization
• Familiarity with

  Flutter

  ,

  Angular/React

  , or mobile deployment is a plus
• Hands-on experience with

  vector databases, Redis, WebSockets

  , and scalable caching mechanisms

Who You Are

• You’ve built high-growth engineering teams from scratch or scaled them through 10x growth phases
• You’ve architected and shipped world-class SaaS systems, preferably with real-time or AI components
• You balance technical depth with strategic business alignment
• You lead by influence, feedback, and deep respect—not just authority
• You’re obsessed with metrics, uptime, shipping velocity, and end-user outcomes
• You’re energized by fast-paced environments, ambiguous challenges, and clear impact

What Success Looks Like in 12 Months

• A rock-solid engineering team shipping weekly with full CI/CD and 99.99% uptime
• Near real-time AI inference systems powering multilingual speech and coaching
• Engineering velocity has doubled, without sacrificing stability
• Architecture is mature, modular, secure, and scalable across geographies
• You’ve built strong tech documentation and institutional knowledge systems
• Product features are built fast, secure, and adopted well by enterprise clients
• Engineering culture is resilient, hungry, and ready for global scale

How to Apply

careers@darwix.ai

Application – VP Engineering – [Your Name]

(Optional): Include a brief note outlining a high-impact engineering initiative you’ve led and the measurable impact it created.

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