Director Engineering

Spinny is India's most trusted full-stack platform for buying and selling cars - backed by marquee investors including Tiger Global, Accel, Elevation Capital, ADQ and Westbridge Capital. Our mission is simple but ambitious: to bring trust, transparency, and delight back into the entire car ownership experience. With operations across 80+ cities and over a million customers served, we're now entering our next phase of growth - scaling our platform, deepening customer engagement, and expanding across the car ownership spectrum.

Our recent acquisition of GoMechanic - India's largest car service and maintenance network - marks a defining step in that journey, bringing the post-purchase ownership experience into the Spinny ecosystem. If you're passionate about building category-defining experiences, leading high-impact teams, and using technology to reimagine a traditional industry, you'll feel right at home!

Why this role matters:

You will play a key role in shaping the architecture, scalability, and reliability of our core platforms. You will lead engineering teams, define technical road maps, and drive innovation in backend systems that power millions of customer interactions. This is a highly impactful role where your technical leadership will directly influence business outcomes.

Who are you:

• A passionate technologist who thrives on solving complex system challenges.
• A strong leader and mentor who believes in uplifting teams and building scalable, high-quality systems.
• Customer-obsessed, with a keen eye on delivering seamless product experiences.
• A strong problem solver who combines technical depth with business context.
• Even better if you have startup experience and have scaled systems from scratch.

What will you do:

• Contribute to all aspects of an agile software development lifecycle including design, architecture, Lead the design and development of highly scalable, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems.
• Own technical architecture decisions and guide teams through trade-offs and implementation strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (Product, Frontend, Data, DevOps) to drive end-to-end solutions.
• Mentor and coach engineers; review code, designs, and provide thought leadership.
• Drive best practices in coding, design, testing, and deployments.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies to keep the system ahead of the curve.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor's/master's degree in computer science engineering, preferably from Tier I/II Institutes.
• 10 years of experience in backend system design, development, and scaling distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience leading a cross-functional team of 6-10 backend, frontend, mobile developers & QAs.
• Proven expertise in system design (HLD + LLD), microservices architecture, and API development.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on expertise in one or more backend languages: Python (preferred) / Java / Go / Node.js / RoR.
• Deep understanding of SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL) & NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB) databases.
• Experience in owning verticals, leading projects, and making architecture decisions at scale.
• Bonus: Experience in observability, security, performance optimization, and DevOps practices.