Engineering Team Lead - Pune, India - Optiblack

    Optiblack
    Optiblack Pune, India

    3 weeks ago

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    About the job:


    • We're looking for an accomplished software development professional to assume the crucial role of a Lead Engineer. If you possess a fervor for crafting groundbreaking and scalable products, cultivating stellar teams, and leading in technology operations, we invite you to embark on this transformative journey with us.
    • As an Engineering Lead, your success will hinge on your previous organizational leadership, adept collaboration, and strategic problemsolving skills. Proficiency in building scaled B2B & SAAS products within a dynamic and complex setting, coupled with startup experience, is imperative. You should feel at ease working alongside founders, steering through change, and steering a compelling technical vision.
    • A distinguished Engineering Leader will not only exhibit excellent communication skills but also be handson, possess the ability to connect with fellow engineers and developers, and boast a robust foundation in software design, setting a compelling example for the team. If you are eager to advance in your development leadership, channeling your experience and skills to bring about impactful change in people's lives through the creation of exceptional products and experiences, and if you are passionate about fostering personal and professional growth, then this role is tailormade for you.
    Key responsibilities:


    • Organizational Leadership: Spearheaded leadership across expansive technical domains, including distributed systems, data services, and cloud technology.
    • Architectural Vision: Champion and evangelize the architectural vision, steering technical delivery incrementally.
    • Team Development: Grow, scale, and lead a highperforming engineering team, emphasizing high delivery standards and rewarding excellence.
    • Operational Excellence: Drive operational rigor, applying best practices and processes amid rapid organizational growth.
    • Cultural Influence: Foster an engineering culture where every team member deeply cares about team velocity, quality, trust, recruiting, and customer delight.
    • Technical Focus: Instill a technical culture where every team member obsesses about scale, performance, security, operations, and ease of use.
    • Product Roadmap: Drive a product roadmap that delivers outstanding customer experiences and value.
    • Recruitment and Mentorship: Attract senior engineering talent and contribute to building a culture of builders within the organization.
    • Other Duties: Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.
    Experience & Skills:


    • Leadership History: Proven history of strong leadership in scaling engineering startups, possibly with geographically distributed teams.
    • Technical Proficiency: Strong technical background covering the latest technologies in cloud, distributed systems, data, web, mobile, and build tools.
    • Communication Skills: Ability to formulate and articulate strategy/vision and effectively drive consensus across the organization. Excellent technical communication skills at all levels.
    • Organizational Judgment: Strong organizational judgment and problemsolving abilities.
    • Collaborative Communication: Developed collaborative interpersonal communication skills, including verbal, written, and listening communications.
    • Software Shipping Experience: Experience in shipping software or enabling others to ship highperformance, scalable software designed with testability in mind.
    • Data-

    Driven Growth:
    Experience in building data-driven product growth.

    Management Experience: 7+ years of experience managing high-performing engineering teams in a rapidly growing environment.

    • Hands-

    On Expertise:
    Hands-on experience in back-end and front-end development, troubleshooting, and deployments.

    • Agile Methodologies: Good understanding of agile methodologies.
    • Project Management: Excellent project management skills.
    • AI & Open AI Knowledge: Understanding of AI & Open AI technology and frameworks.
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