VP - Product Engineering & Technology

Job Title - VP - Product Engineering & Technology (SaaS B2B Logistics Tech Product) Key responsibilities include: Engineering Leadership Define and enforce best practices in architecture, code quality, testing, deployment, and documentation. Drive a culture of ownership, velocity, and continuous improvement. Collaborate with CXO and cross-functional teams to align on customer priorities and product deliverables. Provide thought leadership and drive technology advancement. Product Execution Manage product milestones, deployment cycles & delivery. Prioritize technical initiatives, infrastructure needs and tech debt resolution with cost effective design approach Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies Platform & Architecture Own architecture decisions for scalability, performance, and security. Lead adoption of new technologies and frameworks. Ensure robust CI/CD, observability, and incident response. Good knowledge of data streaming and data lake concepts . Stakeholder Management Act as the key technical voice in leadership and roadmap discussions. Align tech strategy with founders and GTM leaders. Team Building & Process Lead, mentor and grow a high-performing engineering team (3040) members. Improve development processes, introduce agile rituals, and build predictable release cycles. Foster a collaborative, transparent, and feedback-driven culture. Skills & Qualifications: Hands-on coding ability; strong problem solving skills. Experience across the SDLC, including production support. Proven track record with B2B SaaS products, especially in logistics/manufacturing, and integrating with ERP/CRM/WMS. Strong expertise in system architecture, database design (MySQL, NoSQL), backend technologies (NodeJS, Kafka, Redis, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, Solr, elastic search , spark streaming), and JavaScript frameworks (especially NodeJS , ReactJS & container managed transaction framework). Skilled in implementing AI/ML solutions is a plus. Experience in designing reusable frameworks like workflow, Rule engine, form field configuration, Role bases access privilege, etc . Experience with AWS, Java, RESTful APIs. Strong Agile practitioner; experience with CI/CD, code-repo, and release management. Experience in building and leading large, distributed technical teams. 12+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years in engineering leadership in enterprise software. Logistics industry experience is a plus.