Overview of the role:
- Inspire lead and grow a team of software engineers engineering managers and quality assurance personnel
- Technical leadership for product and across all engineering requirements.
- Continuously improve and drive engineering best practices around software engineering & lead the craftsmanship resilience and scalability of your solutions.
- Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends experimenting with and learning new technologies participating in internal & external technology communities and mentoring other members of the engineering community.
- Encourage innovation implementation of cuttingedge technologies inclusion outsideofthebox thinking teamwork selforganization and diversity.
- As a key member of the product engineering team work with product management architecture and professional services to deliver and maintain compelling products to market
- Ship great products under stringent deadlines and in the face of ambiguous requirements and changing business priorities.
- Bring tested methodologies and tools of iterative asynchronous development to the company.
- Reduce the timetoinsights window for new customers.
- Responsible for the overall development and release life cycle.
- BE/ B. Tech. in Computer Science /Software Engineering from a reputed
college/university. - 15 years of industry experience with experience leading engineering teams with over 30 software engineers.
- Handson experience in building largescale distributed systems with AWS
- 5 years of direct people management experience including managing managers
- Experience communicating with technical and nontechnical stakeholders at all levels across the business.
- Experience in building highly scalable Enterprise SaaS software is a big plus
- Experience in AWS will be added advantage
- Exceptional leadership skills and proven experience in shaping team culture.
- Proven ability to headhunt attract retain and coach engineering talent from top companies and universities.
- Strong analytical skills and passion for answering questions with data
- Bachelors degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline.
- Proven record of building managing and sustaining product organizations.
- Must have the ability to influence people at the business unit level.
- Must have the ability to understand the technical and nontechnical aspects of product development.
- Excellent problemsolving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree in Engineering; Masters degree preferred
- Professional Engineering (PE) license
- 15 years of progressive engineering experience with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role
- Proven track record of successful project delivery and team leadership
- Strong strategic planning and execution skills
- Excellent project management abilities including budgeting and resource allocation
- Advanced knowledge of engineering principles practices and software tools
- Deep understanding of engineering trends innovations and industry standards
- Experience with regulatory compliance in the engineering field
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to make critical decisions in highpressure situations
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
Additional Information :
At Freshworks we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential purpose and passion irrespective of their background gender race sexual orientation religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees communities and the business.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime