OLA - Associate Director - Engineering - IIT/NIT/BITS

Role- Associate Director - Engineering

Location- Bangalore

Ola is committed to its mission of building mobility for a billion people. Using the Ola mobile app, users across 110 cities can book over 6,00,000 vehicles across cabs, auto-rickshaws, and taxis.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Lead a team of engineering managers

- Oversee all software development activity - manage tasks, milestones and dependencies across multiple concurrent projects

- Provide technology leadership and create a collaborative working environment

- Ensure implementation of formal best practices and standards for software development

- Play an active role in hiring, training, mentoring, and motivating a world-class engineering talent pool

- Ensure that engineering processes are continuously followed and improved upon

- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities and negotiate the best possible outcomes for the organization

- Help drive a culture of innovation and excellence

DESIRED BACKGROUND AND SKILLS :

- BE/BTech, ME/MTech in Computer Science from IIT, DCE, NSIT, BITS, or other premiere college or university

- 8+ years of experience in building, managing and leading a high-performance software development team of 10+ engineers

- Deep experience in software development with specializations in Internet and mobile technologies

- Excellent planning and estimation skills

- Thorough understanding of SDLC and modern software engineering practices like Agile, Scrum, and Kanban

- Good communication and interpersonal skills

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