Head of Engineering
indiagold
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Job Description
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced and high-caliber Head of Engineering to take over leadership of our engineering function. This foundational leadership role is responsible for setting the technology vision, building and scaling systems, and leading a high-performing team. You’ll drive innovation, reliability, and execution across our entire product stack at a time of significant business growth and strategic transformation.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
Drive architectural and infrastructure decisions across all platforms (mobile, web, backend, devops).
Ensure platform stability, availability, and scalability in a regulated fintech environment.
Team Management
Hire, mentor, and grow a strong engineering team.
Foster a culture of quality, ownership, and velocity.
Implement best practices in coding, testing, deployment, and operations.
Execution & Delivery
Work closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to deliver features at speed and scale.
Own delivery timelines and engineering quality across squads.
System Scalability & Security
Lead the design of secure, high-performance systems capable of handling large-scale financial data and transactions.
Prepare the tech stack to meet future NBFC regulatory and compliance needs.
Tech Strategy & Roadmap
Own and evolve the long-term technology roadmap in alignment with business goals.
Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies that offer competitive advantage.
Cross-functional Collaboration
Partner with founders and leadership teams across Product, Business, and Operations.
Align technical initiatives with business priorities and regulatory developments.
Handle all audits and certification related to fintech (PSI-DSS, CISA)
Collaboration with third party vendors and set up cadence with them around billing and TAT.
Requirements
- 10+ years of overall experience in software engineering.
- 3+ years in senior leadership roles (Head of Engineering, VP Engineering, etc.).
- Proven experience building and scaling backend-heavy, data-driven systems.
- Deep expertise in system design, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), and modern software architecture.
- Strong command over tech stacks such as Node.js, Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin, React, MySQL.
- Track record of building and managing high-performance engineering teams.
- Experience working in fast-paced startup environments.
Strong sense of ownership, bias for action, and outcome-oriented leadership.
Good To Have
- Prior experience in fintech or lending.
- Familiarity with gold-backed or asset-backed lending products.
- Understanding of compliance, data privacy, and security in financial systems.
- Experience building systems in regulated industries (e.g. NBFCs, banks).
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