Role Overview
We are looking for an AVP – Engineering who brings strong leadership experience along with exposure to multiple technology stacks, including Java, .NET, cloud platforms, and modern databases. This is a technology-agnostic leadership role, focused on engineering excellence, system scalability, and building high performing teams.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership & Delivery
- Lead multiple engineering teams across backend, frontend, and platform groups.
- Drive the design and delivery of scalable SaaS systems using Java, .NET, and cloud-native architectures.
- Translate business requirements into actionable engineering roadmaps.
- Ensure engineering best practices across coding, architecture, testing, performance, DevOps, and security.
Technical Strategy & Architecture
- Provide architectural guidance across services built using Java and .NET stacks.
- Oversee the design and optimisation of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
- Drive cloud strategy and adoption across AWS/Azure/GCP for scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Evaluate new technologies and tools that improve engineering velocity and product performance.
People & Culture Leadership
- Mentor engineering managers, architects, and senior engineers; build a strong leadership pipeline.
- Develop a culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration, and engineering excellence.
- Drive hiring, competency building, and career development across the engineering organisation.
Operational & Delivery Excellence
- Own engineering KPIs: uptime, quality, incident response, velocity, release cadence, cloud cost optimisation.
- Establish strong observability, monitoring, and disaster recovery practices.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement and automation.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Product, Design, QA, Security, Data, and Business teams to deliver high-impact solutions.
- Influence product roadmap priorities based on engineering feasibility and strategic outcomes.
- Represent engineering in leadership discussions and customer conversations when required.
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Background
- Strong experience with Java and .NET ecosystems (hands-on background earlier in career is preferred).
- Expertise in database design, tuning, and scaling (SQL & NoSQL).
- Solid understanding of cloud architectures and cloud-native practices (AWS/Azure/GCP).
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, performance engineering, and secure development.
Leadership
- 15–20 years of total experience, with 5+ years leading engineering managers and multiple teams.
- Proven success in scaling engineering organisations in fast-paced SaaS or product environments.
- Strong decision-making, stakeholder communication, and strategic thinking.
- Ability to balance technical depth with business outcomes.
Why LeadSquared
- Build and scale a global SaaS platform used by thousands of enterprises.
- High ownership, freedom to innovate, and a performance-driven culture.
- Opportunity to shape engineering strategy and work with world-class product teams.
- Competitive compensation and accelerated career growth.
