Head - Engineering - FinTech

- Define a technology road map with organisation & business goals envisioning the tech stack required to scale the business with a long-term technology vision.

- Lead & build the Engineering & DevOps team

Client Details :

Our Client empowers small businesses to get first time access to credit and scale their business. Their app store allows small businesses to expand their offerings and digitise business transactions

Description :

- Reporting into the co-founder, the Head - Engineering will own all initiatives to develop & scale products, execute an aggressive road map for product development, institute best engineering practices and deliver innovative products. 

Some key responsibilities are as below:

- Defining a technology road map with organisation & business goals envisioning the tech stack required to scale the business with a long-term technology vision.

- Leading & building the Engineering & DevOps team.

- Understanding business needs for defining engineering & product building requirements.

- Prioritising & scope features closely with the Product team.

- Responsibility of back-end, front-end, infrastructure, architecture, scalability & serverside engineering.

- Providing inputs, estimates, and plans for product and feature development.

- Setting and managing expectations, communicate, and execute goals within timelines.

- Monitoring and supporting apps and handle issues that get escalated.

- Championing best software engineering practices like design, code reviews etc.

- Being a technical mentor - Manage and review the technical contribution of engineers.

- Setting up short bursts of hackathons with the team to accelerate ideas to the experimentation stage.

Profile :

A successful applicant would have the below:

- Around 10 years of experience out of which 2+ years of experience in a Product based start-up, previous work experience as a CTO, or Engineering/Technology Head from Platform / Operating System / Market place background.

- Prior experience in start-ups (fintech, e-commerce, B2C platforms) is essential.

- Experience in rapid adoption of new technologies.

- Experience in working on open-source platforms, collaborating with external developers.

- Experience in managing software projects right from inception to launch, using agile methodologies, full stack development of web and mobile-based applications, building scalable products and platforms, fully redundant fault-tolerant infrastructure

- Knowledge of information security vulnerabilities and risk management is essential.

Job Offer

- Leadership opportunity with high accountability and visibility

- Market leading compensation

To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Priyanka Menon on +91 124 452 5493.

Contact - Priyanka Menon - +91 124 452 5493

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