VP of Product Engineering

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This is a startup role for someone who wants to be remembered - not just employed.

About Rootle - Why We Exist

Rootle is building the future of humanmachine interaction. We are solving one of the most complex problems in AI: How can machines talk to humans in real time-with empathy, precision, and intelligence- at scale

Our voice-AI platform is already powering diverse use cases across the US & India-including recruitment, customer support, qualification workflows, and real-time conversation analytics. We are scaling fast with enterprise adoption underway.

What Rootle Does (And Why It Matters)

• Builds voice AI that listens, senses human tone & emotion, and responds intelligently.
• Enables real-time voice conversations that resolve problems instantly and reliably.
• Delivers actionable analytics on both operational performance & customer sentiment.
• Operates across multiple domains & industries in the US & India market.
• Scales globally without compromising empathy, speed, or accuracy.

Who You Are

• You have

  12 to 15 years of experience

  with a strong understanding of technical systems, architecture, and product-engineering workflows.
• You are a product-focused, hands-on builder who thrives in fast-paced environments.
• You are obsessive about execution, care deeply about impact, and build systems that scale responsibly.
• You understand engineering constraints but always ship with business outcomes in mind.
• You don't wait for direction -you create clarity, drive ownership, and build momentum.

What You Must Love

• Clear priorities, strong ownership, and seamless collaboration that accelerate product delivery.
• Shipping features with measurable impact on customer experience and business outcomes.
• Cross-functional alignment teams solving problems proactively & efficiently.
• Robust tech foundations healthy data pipelines, reliable monitoring, zero technical debt mindset.
• Creating an ecosystem where Rootle's voice AI delivers consistent, empathetic, real-time interactions at global scale - with zero friction.

How You Will Build

• You will own end-to-end execution of high-impact product & engineering initiatives.
• You will bridge technology, business, user experience & AI and ensure every release drives value.
• You will be responsible for:
• Platform architecture & scalability
• Managing trade-offs, risks & dependencies
• Streamlining execution across teams
• Maintaining speed without compromising quality
• Code automation beyond vibe coding
• Building a problem-solving culture, not a ticket-solving one

What Will Excite You

• Leading product & engineering initiatives that scale Rootle.ai across the globe
• Solving real-time voice & multimodal AI problems few teams in India are doing this
• Reporting directly to the Founder-CEO and chance to be the Rootle.ai CXO team
• Owning both technical execution & product impact from whiteboard to production
• Building teams, culture, and a product that users will rely on every day

What You Will Get

• Industry-standard compensation
• ESOPs with the possibility of creating significant personal wealth
• A chance to build deep-tech that solves real human problems
• Direct ownership & decision-making
• The satisfaction of building a platform that will change how humans interact with AI