Head of Engineering

Job Location: Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin & Trivandrum

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Technical Leadership

• Own engineering strategy, architecture, and execution for iRetail and iFly RES platforms
• Drive platform scalability, reliability, security, and performance excellence
• Lead application modernization initiatives with incremental migration from legacy systems
• Establish technology roadmaps aligned with product and business objectives

Large-Scale Organization Leadership

• Lead a large product development organization with multiple Tribes and Tribe Leads
• Build strong leadership pipelines including Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Architects
• Foster a high-performance, accountability-driven engineering culture

Delivery & Execution Excellence

• Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery across agile programs
• Drive continuous improvement in velocity, quality, and customer outcomes
• Partner with Product, QA, DevOps, and Implementation teams for seamless releases

Engineering Governance & Quality

• Implement best-in-class engineering practices including:
  • CI/CD pipelines with touchless releases
  • Automated testing (unit, service, integration)
  • Code quality, security, and performance standards
• Ensure enterprise-grade design and build practices

Implementation Enablement

• Work closely with implementation teams to:
  • Define scalable delivery frameworks
  • Establish engineering enablement processes
  • Support customer delivery expectations and success

Required Technical Competencies

Core Technologies

• Strong hands-on engineering background in:
  • Java / J2EE enterprise platforms (mandatory)
  • Frontend technologies – Angular (primary), React exposure preferred

Modern Architecture Experience

• Microservices-based architectures
• RESTful APIs and GraphQL
• Event-driven and distributed systems

Data Platforms

• SQL and NoSQL databases
• High-availability, high-performance backend systems

Engineering Tooling & Practices

• CI/CD environments with frequent automated releases
• Test automation frameworks
• DevOps and cloud-native exposure (preferred)

Agile & Scale Leadership Experience

• Proven experience leading large agile product teams
• Strong background in scaled agile frameworks
• Experience managing cross-tribe dependencies and delivery outcomes

 AI Adoption & SDLC Modernization

• Lead adoption of AI/GenAI across engineering
• Define a modern AI‑enabled SDLC, including AI‑assisted development, testing, documentation, and code quality practices.
• Establish governance and best practices for safe and responsible use of AI tools and models.
• Integrate AI capabilities into platform and product roadmaps to drive efficiency and modernization.
• Enable teams through AI upskilling, tool standardization, and clear performance KPIs.

Behavioral & Ownership Expectations

• Demonstrates strong end-to-end ownership of platforms and delivery
• Effectively balances legacy platform maintenance with modernization programs
• Drives transformation roadmaps with clear milestones and sprint-level visibility
• Strong stakeholder management across business, product, and delivery organizations
• Data-driven decision making and execution focus

Preferred Qualifications

• 18+ years of overall engineering experience
• Experience in enterprise product organizations or SaaS platforms
• Exposure to large-scale platform modernization programs
• Travel/transportation domain experience is a plus