Director of Engineering – Backend

Bangalore, Karnataka
Permanent
Full-time

2 months ago

Director of Engineering BackendLocation: Bengaluru (Onsite)Experience: 12-16 YearsCompensation: Up to 1.8 Cr + EquityAbout the Role:A high-growth SaaS product company is looking for a Director of Engineering to lead, scale, and drive innovation in building highly scalable, distributed backend systems. This is a leadership role for someone with deep expertise in Java, microservices, high-concurrency systems, and cloud-native architectures, who has successfully scaled teams from 10 to 100+ and built high-performance, fault-tolerant platforms in eCommerce or high-scale product companies.Key Responsibilities:

Define and execute the engineering roadmap, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high availability.
Architect, develop, and optimize high-scale distributed systems for high-concurrency, low-latency, and real-time processing.
Lead the design and implementation of microservices and event-driven architectures.
Champion best practices in DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and automation.
Scale, mentor, and manage a team of 50+ engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and ownership.
Collaborate with product, business, and leadership teams to align technology with business growth.

Ideal Candidate:

12-16 years of experience in scaling engineering teams in high-growth product companies (eCommerce experience preferred).
Proven track record in building distributed systems, microservices, and high-scale architectures.
Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Distributed Systems, High-Concurrency Architectures.
Deep experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch.
Strong leadership in scaling teams from 10 to 100+ engineers.
Ability to solve complex system design challenges and drive technical excellence.

Why Join?Lead a high-impact team solving real-world engineering challenges at scale.Competitive salary (Up to 1.8 Cr) + Lucrative Equity.Work on cutting-edge cloud-native, high-scale architectures.Be part of one of the fastest-growing SaaS product companies.Interested? Send your resume to

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