Senior Director of Engineering
Weekday (YC W21)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bengaluru • India
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About the role
- Lead multiple product lines and translate strategic vision into execution.
- Build a high-performing engineering organization.
- Ensure delivery of scalable, reliable, and high-impact products.
- Develop strong engineering leaders and foster a culture of ownership, urgency, and customer focus.
- Own the delivery of major product areas and platforms.
- Translate company strategy into actionable engineering plans.
- Drive improvements in engineering velocity, operational consistency, and technical excellence across teams.
- Lead modernization initiatives while balancing innovation with technical debt management.
- Provide architectural direction and technical oversight.
- Champion performance, scalability, security-by-design, and system resiliency.
- Guide design reviews and technical discussions.
- Manage budgets, headcount planning, and vendor/tooling strategy.
- Hire, mentor, and retain top engineering talent.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and GTM teams to deliver aligned business outcomes.
Requirements
- 15 years of experience in engineering
- 10+ years of engineering experience, including 7–10 years in engineering management
- Experience managing multiple managers and leading organizations of 35+ engineers
- Proven ownership of large-scale product or platform domains with measurable customer or business impact
- Extensive experience leading India-based engineering organizations within distributed global teams
- Strong understanding of hiring, retention, and leadership development in India
- Experience managing budgets, organizational planning, and scaling teams
- Strong experience with database engine implementation and database systems architecture
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud computing, and large-scale architectures
- Expertise in performance optimization, high availability, low latency, and massive throughput systems
- Experience with storage systems, replication protocols, metadata management, and persistence layers
- Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and DevOps practices
- Experience with NoSQL and relational database technologies.
- Executive-level communication skills (written, asynchronous, and verbal)
- Demonstrated ability to influence and align stakeholders across regions and functions
- Strong track record of working effectively with cross-geography teams.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
engineering managementdatabase systems architecturedistributed systemscloud computingperformance optimizationhigh availabilitylow latencyNoSQL technologiesrelational database technologiesDevOps practices
Soft Skills
leadership developmentcommunication skillsinfluencestakeholder alignmentmentoringcollaborationownershipurgencycustomer focusorganizational planning