Questhiring
Website:
questhiring.com
Job details:
Job Title: Director of Engineering – Full Stack Platforms (Backend & Frontend)
Location: Gurgaon (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience: 15+ Years
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Director of Engineering – Full Stack Platforms to lead the architecture, development, scalability, and execution of enterprise-grade backend and frontend platforms.
This role requires strong expertise in scalable backend systems, modern frontend architectures, distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, engineering leadership, and enterprise product development.
The ideal candidate should have extensive experience building and scaling high-performance platforms from scratch while leading large cross-functional engineering organizations across frontend, backend, platform, and product engineering teams.
The candidate will work closely with Product, Architecture, Platform Engineering, Design, DevOps, and Executive Leadership teams to drive next-generation enterprise technology platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership
- Lead and scale large engineering organizations across Backend, Frontend, and Platform Engineering teams
- Define and drive engineering strategy, architecture standards, platform modernization, and execution roadmaps
- Mentor Engineering Managers, Architects, Staff Engineers, and technical leaders across distributed teams
- Establish engineering best practices, operational excellence, quality standards, and scalable delivery processes
Backend Platform Engineering
- Architect and build scalable, reliable, and high-performance backend systems and distributed platforms
- Drive development of:
- Microservices architectures
- APIs and integration platforms
- Real-time systems and event-driven architectures
- Cloud-native backend platforms
- Enterprise workflow and business systems
- Ensure scalability, fault tolerance, observability, performance optimization, and system reliability
- Lead backend modernization and platform transformation initiatives
Frontend Platform Engineering
- Drive architecture and development of scalable, modern frontend applications and enterprise UI platforms
- Lead frontend engineering initiatives involving:
- React.js / Angular platforms
- Design systems and reusable UI frameworks
- Enterprise dashboards and workflow applications
- Responsive and high-performance web applications
- Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to deliver seamless user experiences
- Define frontend engineering standards, performance optimization strategies, and UI scalability practices
Platform Architecture & Scalability
- Design scalable enterprise platform architectures integrating frontend, backend, cloud, and distributed systems
- Drive API strategy, platform integrations, developer experience, and engineering productivity initiatives
- Ensure platform security, governance, reliability, monitoring, and operational readiness
- Lead cloud adoption and modernization strategies across enterprise applications
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partner closely with Product, Design, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Security, and Business teams
- Align engineering execution with business priorities and product roadmaps
- Drive stakeholder management, prioritization, technical planning, and delivery governance
- Lead large-scale enterprise transformation and platform engineering initiatives
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in Software Engineering / Platform Engineering / Full Stack Engineering
- Strong leadership experience managing large engineering organizations and distributed teams
- Proven experience building and scaling enterprise-grade backend and frontend platforms
- Deep expertise in:
- Distributed systems
- Backend architecture
- Modern frontend frameworks
- Cloud-native platforms
- Scalable APIs and microservices
- Enterprise platform engineering
- Strong experience driving architecture discussions, technical strategy, and engineering transformation programs
- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills
Preferred Skills
Experience with:
- Backend technologies: Java / Python / Golang / Node.js
- Frontend technologies: React.js / Angular / TypeScript
- Microservices & Event-driven architectures
- Kubernetes / Docker
- AWS / Azure / GCP
- CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- High-scale distributed systems and platform engineering
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