Vice President - Engineering - Tech Firm

For one of the fastest growing big-data platform in the region, wherein its Technology Platform is driven by Deep Insights derived from Purchase Behavior. The Proprietary Engine of the Platform is powered by ML,Deep Learning &AI, designed by some of the leading scientists across the globe. The company leverages on multiple data sources across industries, so as to add value to its banking partners & drive ROI for them, marketers and other partners in the value chain. The venture is backed by serial entrepreneurs, senior bankers, product heads, data scientists, ad-tech & digital experts of leading companies, some of whom are noted alumni of Harvard Business School, IIM-A, IIT, leaders of Fortune50 companies and others. It has partnered with the leading 17 Banks of Asia. It now has operations across 6 countries.

Job description:

- Direct the successful design, implementation and delivery of key engineering assignments

- Work with customers and partners to integrate disparate systems with company platform

- Coach and mentor the team members and provide necessary technical support

- Completely responsible for delivering a high-quality product deliverable, meeting all required functionality, within allocated schedule and budget

- Assist the architects and developers in establishing standard development practices in projects 

- Translate requirements into the required technical solution by defining and documenting the high-level logical components and overall technical solution characteristics in functional specifications and high-level designs

- Work with the architects and validate the development approach and assumptions that underlie the project plan and work plan

- Ensure the quality and integrity of all designs, including the adherence to standards, project technical requirements and best practices

- Facilitate knowledge-sharing and the development of a sense of community within the technical delivery groups

- Responsible for monitoring project plans and actively participates in project audits

- Schedule Software Development Lifecycle reviews as and when needed

- Responsible for the end to end delivery of product roadmap items using Agile Methodology

- Lead requirement workshops

Business :

- Leading the research on potential technology solutions in support of business strategy

- Identification, defining and execution of the strategic engineering projects in line organization strategy

- Working with product management stakeholders to define requirements for implementations

- Performing quality assurance of engineering projects against established standards and practices

Leadership :

- Developing and delivery of KPIs, goals and objectives of the team and organization

- Managing staffing, including recruitment, supervision, scheduling, development, evaluation, and disciplinary actions.

Technical Skills :

- Knowledge of technological trends in the Software development industry

- Expertise on modern technologies such as Scala, Node.JS, python, SQL, NoSQL

- Working experience in Java/J2EE

- Knowledge of or experience in legacy technologies & platforms

- Thorough understanding of Project Management methodologies and tools

Position Requirements :

- 5+ years of experience with at least a 2-year proven track record in leading product development teams

- Proven experience of product engineering especially on the Cloud and Big Data platforms

- Strong knowledge of systems design principles, requirements specifications, standards development and practices