This is with our client - They are redefining procurement intelligence. They are a leading next-generation, enterprise-grade platform that uses modular AI agents to transform how businesses manage sourcing, negotiations, onboarding, compliance, and spend — autonomously.
Job Title: VP Engineering
Experience: 12 - 18yrs
Location: Bangalore – Work From Office (WFO)
Mandatory: Experience in enterprise SaaS
Role Summary
This person will own the entire engineering function - team, architecture, delivery, and excellence - as we scale from $4M to $10M ARR and beyond.
What This Person Will Do
Build the Engineering Organization
- Scale the team from 25 to 50+ engineers
- Hire and develop tech leads and engineering managers
- Design team structure, career paths, and engineering culture
Own Technical Direction
- Drive architecture decisions and the technical roadmap
- Lead evolution toward multi-cloud and AI-native capabilities
- Make build-vs-buy calls on infrastructure and tooling
Establish Engineering Excellence
- Build systems for quality, testing, and releases
- Create documentation and knowledge-sharing practices
- Set up delivery processes that balance speed with stability
- Drive AI-powered development practices—leverage AI tools for coding, testing, code reviews, and documentation to multiply team output
Drive Execution
- Partner with Product on planning and prioritization
- Own engineering outcomes and delivery commitments
- Remove bottlenecks and improve team velocity
What We're Looking For
- Has built or scaled engineering teams (25 → 50+) in high-growth environments
- Experience in enterprise SaaS
- Can operate at both strategy and hands-on levels
- Has built systems and processes from scratch, not just inherited and optimized
- Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-changing priorities
- Experience with or strong interest in AI-driven development practices to accelerate engineering productivity
Growth Opportunity
- Build engineering leadership at a company with proven market traction
- Full ownership of the engineering function - not executing someone else's vision
- Be part of a company that is rapidly scaling
- Define engineering culture and practices from the ground up
- Work directly with the founders
