Director of Technology

Shuru

Director of Technology at Shuru Technologies leading engineering and data functions in a remote capacity. Accelerating product, technology, and AI leadership for a fast-growing digital platform.

Posted 5/25/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and continuously improve products serving both external users and internal teams, ensuring strong user experience, scalability, and measurable business impact.
Set clear technology direction and align engineering and data roadmaps with company strategy and business priorities.
Oversee system architecture and cloud infrastructure, ensuring reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency as the company grows.
Guide key technology decisions across platform architecture, cloud providers, and engineering practices with sufficient hands-on depth to earn engineering team trust.
Leverage data to inform product strategy, operational improvements, and executive decision-making.
Strengthen analytics capabilities to create visibility across business and operational metrics.
Ensure strong security, privacy, and compliance practices, especially in environments handling sensitive personal and health-related data.
Implement data protection, access governance, and audit frameworks aligned with applicable regulatory requirements.
Develop and scale high-performing teams across engineering and data functions.
Hire, coach, and support senior managers and technical leads to build a strong leadership layer beneath you.
Establish clear operating rhythms, performance frameworks, and technical standards.
Drive alignment between technology, operations, finance, and business teams.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8 or more years of experience working in fast-growing technology startups or scale-up environments.
Demonstrated experience leading engineering and/or data teams through senior managers or technical leads, not just individual contributors.
Proven ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels, translating business goals into platform and technology outcomes.
Strong product judgment combined with sufficient technical depth to guide architecture and platform decisions.
Hands-on familiarity with scalable, cloud-native systems and modern data platforms.
Experience working in regulated or data-sensitive environments (health, insurance, fintech, or similar) is a strong plus.
Excellent communication and stakeholder leadership skills, with the ability to drive clarity in ambiguous, fast-moving situations.
A strong ownership mindset and the confidence to make high-impact decisions with incomplete information.
Comfort with periodic travel within Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, for on-site collaboration with the client team (approximately once a month).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and benefits package.
Work with experienced product and engineering leaders.
Flexible and remote-friendly work culture.
Opportunities for learning, mentorship, and career growth.
A chance to make a real impact across diverse, innovative projects.

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud infrastructuresystem architecturedata protectionaccess governanceaudit frameworksanalytics capabilitiesscalable systemscloud-native systemsdata platformsperformance frameworks

Soft Skills

communication skillsstakeholder leadershipownership mindsetstrategic thinkingexecution skillsteam buildingcoachingclarity in ambiguitydecision-makingoperational alignment