Rishabh Software - Engineering Head/Lead

Who We Are:

5day.io is a modern work management tool that makes managing projects, tasks, timesheets, and collaboration easy.

Our platform is designed for project management, timesheet management, collaboration, and task management to make your work more efficient and effective.

What role looks like:

We are looking for a seasoned Engineering leader with 12+ years of experience to lead a talented team of engineers building innovative products using Java, Microservices architecture, AWS cloud platform, AI driven and the Angular framework. As a key member of our engineering leadership team, you will be responsible for driving the development and execution of our technical roadmap, fostering a high- performing and collaborative team environment, and ensuring the delivery of high- quality software on time and within budget

What you'll Deliver:

- Lead and manage a team of 40+ software engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

- Implementation of cutting-edge AI technologies. Managing and mentoring a team of top-notch engineers and data scientists.

Focus on AI-Driven Solutions:

- Develop and execute the technical roadmap, aligning it with the overall product vision and business goals.

- Continuously improve engineering and delivery practices to increase quality, velocity productivity and to provide better visibility on the progress of work.

- Be accountable for the software deliverables to meet all requirements of quality, security, scalability, modifiability, extensibility, testability, etc.

- Break down complex technical problems into manageable tasks and assign them effectively to team members based on their skills and experience.

- Conduct performance reviews, provide coaching, mentor the team and invest in continuous development of high-performing team of engineers by enforcing a sense of pride and ownership in the work they do.

- Build a stellar team and manage all people aspects of the team, such as recruit, reviews, mentoring, promotions, etc to have top-tier engineering talent.

Budgeting and Resource Management:

- Partner with cross functional team, Product Managers, Design and other Engineering leaders to develop the best possible products for our customers.

- Hands on experience analyzing implementation design to identify potential bottlenecks, potential issues and inefficiencies.

- Define and implement coding standards maintaining code quality.

- Define and implement design standards for Nonfunctional requirements.

- Effectively communicate technical information to both technical and non- technical stakeholders.

- Stay up to date with the latest technologies and trends in Java, Microservices, AWS, Angular and AI.

- Champion agile development methodologies and best practices & lead your team to make the best technical decisions.

- Track product progress, measure team performance, and identify areas for improvement.

- Contribute to the overall engineering culture by promoting collaboration, knowledge sharing, and a positive work environment.

- Continue to grow a strong, agile, inclusive and collaborative team and foster a growth mindset in yourself and your team.

- Support customers and live site in a dev-ops model.

Ideally, What You Bring:

- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years of experience in a leadership role.

- Strong technology expertise in Java, Microservices architecture, AWS cloud platform, AI, and the Angular framework.

AI-Driven Solutions experience:

- Solid background in building scalable and distributed systems, with expertise in technologies such as Spring boot (Spring (Core, AOP, Transactions, Data, Security), Cassandra, Kubernetes (K8s), Kafka, Docker and others.

- Experience with security best practices and protocols (e.g., SSL/TLS, OAuth)

- Hand on experience towards Architecture and Design patterns.

- Practice industry's leading best guidelines/processes in building enterprise products/components

- Proven track record of successfully leading and managing high-performing engineering teams.

- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

- Ability to mentor and coach others, helping them develop their technical and leadership skills.

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

- Experience with Agile development methodologies.

- Ability to prioritize effectively and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

- Experience in building and scaling software applications.

- Experience in recruiting and hiring top-tier engineering talent.

- Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.

Bonus Expertise:

- Experience in a specific industry relevant to our company.

- Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.

- Experience with DevOps principles and practices.

- Experience in cloud security best practices.

- Open-source contributions..

What We Offer:

Competitive salary and benefits.

Opportunity to work with a SaaS product company and deliver something bigger & better

Collaborative and dynamic work environment

Professional development opportunities and training

Flexible work culture

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