Ginesys One
Website:
ginesys.in
Job details:
Head of Engineering, Ginesys
SaaS
ERP
About Ginesys
Technology
Ginesys is India’s leading omni-retail suite, built by Ginesys-the pioneers behind the
country’s first integrated retail-specific ERP. Designed to serve both online and offline
retail, as well as distribution, Ginesys is the most comprehensive retail tech solution in
India. Trusted by over 1000+ brands including Manyavar, V-Mart, and Skechers, Ginesys
empowers businesses to streamline operations and accelerate growth. With a ...
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Company Size
Mid-Sized
Experience Required
14 + years
Working Days
5 days/week
Office Location
Haryana, Gurugram
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Role & Responsibilities
Platform Unification-
- Audit technical architecture across all products; identify divergence points and integration friction
- Define common data models, API conventions, event-driven patterns, and database strategies for all verticals
- Create the GinesysOne architecture blueprint — the north-star reference for all engineering decisions
- Drive migration of duplicated capabilities (notifications, integrations, UI components, API gateway) to Shared App Platform
- Establish and track a Unification Score measuring % of common capabilities on shared platform
- Lead the Architecture Guild with Principal Engineers — weekly cross-vertical alignment forums
Delivery & Execution-
- Co-own what and when with the CPO — shape what gets built, when it ships, and trade-off decisions
- Drive bug-free releases through rigorous testing and automation
- Accelerate release velocity and reduce commit-to-production cycle time
- Implement release health metrics: defect escape rate, rollback rate, hotfix frequency, MTTR
- Manage L3 engineering support and ensure root cause elimination
Process Standardization & AI-Native Engineering-
- Standardize coding standards, branching strategy, code review, and testing requirements
- Mandate AI-assisted code generation and reviews
- Implement unified CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and security gates
- Create an engineering handbook as a single source of truth
People & Team Building-
- Hire and develop Engineering Managers
- Build and scale Shared App Platform team
- Develop Principal / Staff Engineer career track
- Unify engineering culture across acquired entities
- Establish clear career ladders for IC and management tracks
Quality & Reliability-
- Own overall product quality and QA processes
- Define quality metrics and enforce release gates
- Ensure cross-product QA sign-off before releases
Cross-Functional Collaboration-
- Co-own roadmap with CPO
- Partner with Infra, Platform, and Security teams
- Enable standardized data pipelines and APIs
- Ensure secure coding and security reviews
Ideal Candidate
- Strong Head of Engineering / Engineering Director / VP Engineering profiles
- Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have minimum 14+ years of overall experience in software engineering roles.
- Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have minimum 5+ years of experience in senior engineering leadership roles (Head of Engineering / VP Engineering / Engineering Director or equivalent).
- Mandatory (Experience 3): Must have experience leading large engineering organizations managing 50+ engineers across multiple teams or product verticals.
- Mandatory (Experience 4): Must have strong experience defining and driving common technical architecture, platform standardization, or engineering unification across multiple products or systems.
- Mandatory (Experience 5): Must have deep expertise in scalable system architecture, SaaS platforms, microservices architecture, and event-driven systems.
- Mandatory (Experience 6): Must have proven experience building or scaling shared platforms/services, including common APIs, integration layers, shared services, or platform ecosystems.
- Mandatory (Experience 7): Must have ownership of engineering delivery and execution, including release management, development lifecycle optimization, automation practices, and establishing standardized engineering processes such as CI/CD, coding standards, testing practices, and engineering governance..
- Mandatory (Experience 8): Must have experience working in SaaS or product-based technology organizations.
- Mandatory (Note): Candidate should be based in Gurugram / NCR or must have a strong reason to relocate.
- Preferred (Experience 1): Experience working in Retail Tech, ERP, POS, OMS, or enterprise SaaS platform environments.
- Preferred (Experience 2): Experience collaborating closely with Product, Infrastructure, Platform, and Security leadership teams to drive engineering roadmap execution.
Perks, Benefits and Work Culture
- Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
- Excellent rewards and recognition policy.
- Transparent compensation policy with no unnecessary deduction in CTC.
- Annual company off-site and a variety of events, celebrations throughout the year.
- Travelling opportunities between our offices across the country.
- Annual Ginesys walkathon & related sporting events.
- Quarterly Coffee with CEO.
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