Head of Engineering

Responsibilities

• Build and Scale the Squad:
Own the hiring strategy, interviewing, and onboarding to scale the India-based engineering team from 7 to 15+ over the next 18 months.

• Full People Leadership:
Move beyond mentorship to full management. You are responsible for the health, happiness, and performance of the team, including appraisals, conflict resolution, and career progression for all engineers (Junior to Senior).

• Own the Delivery Timeline:
Translate product roadmaps into executable engineering sprints. You are responsible for the 'When' and the 'How' of delivery, running sprint planning and stand-ups to ensure predictable velocity.

• System Architecture and Strategy:
Own the system design and architecture of Humantic AI's full-stack applications (Frontend and Backend). You must ensure scalability for large-scale web/data products while delegating execution effectively.

• Cross-Functional Orchestration:
Act as the bridge between Product, Design, and Engineering. Negotiate technical debt vs. feature development and collaborate with designers to verify feasibility and ensure a seamless user experience.

• Operational Rigor:
Implement and enforce engineering best practices (CI/CD, QA processes, incident management) to minimize production downtime and ensure high code quality.

• AI Leadership:
Utilise your expertise to work with LLMs and our unique 'Humantic flavoured Generative AI' personalization suite, ensuring our tech stack remains at the cutting edge.

Requirements

• 10 years of experience in successfully building, deploying, and running complex, large-scale web or data products.

• Proven Management

Experience:

Demonstrated success managing a team of 5+ engineers for at least 2 years (managing timelines, performance, and hiring). You know how to transition a team from 'startup chaos' to 'structured agility'.

• Full-stack Authority:
Deep expertise with JavaScript, Node.js, MySQL, and Python. You must have world-class expertise in at least one area, but possess a solid understanding of the entire stack in a multi-tier environment.

• Architectural Track Record:
Has built at least two professional-grade products as the tech owner/architect and led the delivery of complex products from conception to release.

• Program Management

Skills:

Ability to estimate complex projects accurately, manage stakeholder expectations, and hold the team accountable to deadlines.

• Creative Engineering: A creative mind with an uncanny sense of design thinking and principles.

• Values:
Most importantly, the kind of values you have as a person.

• Experience in working with REST APIs, Machine Learning, Algorithms, +9 and AWS.

• Familiar with visualization libraries and database technologies.

• Work on unusual/extraordinary hobby projects during school/college that were not a part of the curriculum.

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