Director Of Technology

We are seeking a strategic, hands-on Director Product Engineering to lead and scale our engineering organization (30 - 40 members), drive technology direction, and ensure predictable, high-quality SaaS product delivery aligned with business outcomes.

This role demands a leader who can think architecture, act execution, and build culture someone comfortable operating at both system design depth and CXO-level strategic conversations.

Must Have Requirements

• 5+ Years in Engineering Leadership
• Strong hands-on coding ability with deep problem-solving orientation
• Experience across the full SDLC including production support
• System architecture & scalable platform design expertise
• Database design: MySQL, NoSQL
• Backend stack: NodeJS, Kafka, Redis, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, Solr
• Frontend exposure: ReactJS
• Experience with AWS, Java, RESTful APIs, container-based applications
• Strong CI/CD, code-repo, and release management experience
• Experience implementing AI/ML-driven capabilities is a plus

Key Responsibilities & Outcomes

• Define and enforce best practices in architecture, code quality, testing, deployment, and documentation
• Drive a culture of ownership, velocity, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Provide strong technical thought leadership to advance platform innovation
• Collaborate closely with CXOs and cross-functional leaders to align engineering output with customer and business priorities
• Ensure engineering excellence without compromising delivery velocity
• Own product milestones, release planning, deployment cycles, and execution predictability
• Prioritize technical initiatives, infrastructure investments, and tech debt resolution
• Improve delivery governance and introduce measurable engineering KPIs
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and industry best practices relevant to SaaS and logistics tech
• Own architectural decisions for scalability, performance, reliability, and security
• Lead the adoption of modern frameworks and evolving technology stacks
• Ensure robust CI/CD pipelines, observability frameworks, and incident response processes
• Strengthen system resilience and production reliability in enterprise environments
• Act as the key technical voice in leadership and roadmap discussions
• Align engineering strategy with founders, product leadership, and GTM teams
• Translate business goals into technology execution plans
• Support enterprise customers where deep technical alignment is required
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering team of 3040 members
• Strengthen leadership bench within engineering
• Institutionalize Agile practices, sprint rituals, release discipline, and performance reviews
• Build a transparent, collaborative, feedback-driven culture
• Improve development velocity while maintaining quality standards

Scale of Operations

The job is for leading and scaling an engineering organization of 30-40 members.