Director of Engineering
Skeps
- Location
- Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Job type
- Full-time
Required skills
- Python
- AWS
- Azure
- backend
- cross-functional
- Docker
- full-stack
- GCP
- Git
- JS
- Kubernetes
- Node
- REST APIs
About the role
Skeps
Website:
skeps.com
Job details:
Responsibilities
- Define a clear engineering vision and execution roadmap across multiple teams.
- Align business goals with scalable engineering architecture and team structure.
- Lead, mentor, and grow high-impact engineering teams.
- Partner closely with Product Managers and designers to deliver customer-centric solutions.
- Own delivery timelines, release planning, and risk mitigation across projects.
- Drive engineering best practices - clean code, documentation, testing, and performance.
- Establish and track key product and engineering metrics.
- Enable cross-team collaboration by building frameworks and driving alignment.
- Hire and build high-performance teams with the right culture and skill mix.
- Foster a results-driven, ownership-focused culture with clear growth paths and recognition.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in full-stack product development, with 3+ years in engineering leadership roles.
- Strong hands-on experience building production-grade systems in startup or high-growth environments.
- Deep expertise in Node.js (core concepts and internals).
- Experience designing and building REST APIs using Express.js .
- Strong foundation in backend and cloud technologies: Python, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, Git.
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms - AWS (preferred), Azure, or GCP.
- Experience working with high-performance teams and establishing best practices.
- Strong collaboration skills with Product Managers and UX teams.
- Proven ability to lead, mentor, and scale teams effectively.
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to operate with speed and ownership in a fast-paced startup environment.
This job was posted by Laveena Soni from Skeps.
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