Director of Engineering

Job Description

Why Ness We know that people are our greatest asset. Our staff’s professionalism, innovation, teamwork, and dedication to excellence have helped us become one of the world’s leading technology companies. It is these qualities that are vital to our continued success. As a Ness employee, you will be working on products and platforms for some of the most innovative software companies in the world. You’ll gain knowledge working alongside other highly skilled professionals that will help accelerate your career progression. You’ll also benefit from an array of advantages like access to trainings and certifications, bonuses, and aids, socializing activities and attractive compensation. About the Role We are seeking a results-driven Engineering Director with expertise in Cloud/Data Engineering, modern architectures, and legacy modernization. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in product engineering processes, excellent communication skills, and a focus on growth. Responsibilities Provide technical leadership to deliver software solutions that exceed customer expectations for entire software engineering teams. Stepping into code where and if needed and be a hands-on leader. Manage software engineering teams that builds, designs, implements, and maintains products and related services. Lead complex technical and strategic discussions involving multiple personas including engineering, architect, product, customer, and other stakeholders. Lead a culture of innovation & experimentation, support full product development lifecycle incorporating the best of technology and delivery methodologies. In-charge of team building, stimulate hiring, training, performance reviews and career plans for software engineering team. Manage the software development team, measure, and improve team engagement, engineering excellence, productivity and team velocity. Coach and develop individual contributors and managers, foster a high-performing engineering culture. Direct and manage software engineering resource allocation, schedules and budget ensuring on time product releases enabling the core vision of next generation systems compliant with regulatory requirements. Own the product quality, scalability, security, and performance of applications, systems, and integrations. Instill a mindset of curiosity and challenging status quo with a goal to drive faster speed to market at a lower cost. Partner with internal and external stakeholders to enable business value creation, as well as the stability & scalability of our solutions. Supervise technology trends like emerging standards for fresh technology opportunities. Write white papers, participate in internal/external forums. Build high awareness of open-source technologies and communities that enable high volume low latency systems. Experience and Expertise Should have 15+ years of experience of working in product development organizations with a proven experience of developing enterprise scale products in a highly agile/scrum environment. Strong knowledge of Java based technical stack, databases, AWS/Azure cloud, SaaS, design and architectural patterns and frameworks. Strong Java / JEE coding background, and willing to design & code. Technically hands-on. Very good knowledge of software development tools, patterns, and processes (Agile principles, SCRUM, SAFe, V-model) Collaborate with architects, product management, and engineering teams to create solutions that increase the platform's value. Create technical specifications, prototypes, and presentations to communicate your ideas. Well-versed in emerging industry technologies and trends and the ability to communicate that knowledge to the team and influence product direction. Own progress of the product through the development life cycle, identifying risks and opportunities, and ensuring visibility to senior leadership. Partner with product management to define and refine our product road map, user experience, priorities, and schedule. Extensive experience in designing applications to work with data and processing data at scale. Excellent Critical thinking, Analytical, problem solving & Solutioning skills with a customer first mindset. Professional Prior experience of working as a Engineering Director is mandatory. Ability to lead by example and inspires the team to perform at a very high level, collaborates very well across different teams. Highly motivated and has the ability to convert vague and ill-defined problems into well-defined problems, take initiative and encourage consensus building in the team. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Demonstrable project management, stakeholder management and organizational skills. Proven ability to lead in a matrix environment. Strong interpersonal and talent management skills, including the ability to identify and develop product management talent.