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Toppan Merrill - Director - Engineering Productivity

Toppan Merrill - Director - Engineering Productivity

Merrill Technology Services india Pvt LtdGurugram, India
11 days ago
Job description

About Toppan Merrill :

Toppan Merrill is a global SaaS leader in financial and regulatory compliance solutions, serving the world s most complex and highly regulated industries. We combine cutting-edge technology with deep industry expertise to deliver mission-critical software and services. We are transforming how financial and legal teams collaborate and build trust, and we re looking for leaders to join us on that journey.

Position Summary :

  • We seek a highly experienced Director of Engineering Productivity to drive software excellence across our global product engineering organization. This role will serve as a technical and strategic leader, shaping the developer experience, coding standards, software architecture, and engineering tooling across product engineering.
  • You will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, DevOps, and QA teams to create frictionless development environments, enforce high-quality coding practices, and scale engineering operations through best-in-class tools and systems. You will be a change agent and a hands-on technical mentor across globally distributed teams.

Key Standards & Architecture :

  • Define and enforce global coding standards, review practices, and software quality benchmarks.
  • Partner with Principal and Staff Engineers across teams to drive consistent architectural patterns, scalable systems design, and technical excellence.
  • Partner with Enterprise Architects and other senior technical leaders in technical reviews for critical architectural decisions.
  • Developer Productivity & Experience :

  • Design and deliver a cohesive Developer Experience (DevEx) strategy from local development environments to CI / CD pipelines.
  • Streamline workflows and productivity using tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, and Jellyfish.
  • Improve build times, test automation coverage, onboarding experience, and inner development loops.
  • Help increase Developer productivity via training and AI coding tools.
  • Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to evaluate engineering productivity, quality, and delivery timelines.
  • Oversee the creation and maintenance of dashboards and reporting systems to provide visibility into project status and team performance.
  • Tooling & Process Optimization :

  • Own the strategic roadmap for engineering productivity tooling, including evaluation, adoption, and retirement of tools.
  • Work closely with Platform Engineering and DevOps to enhance automation, observability, and Evaluate, integrate, and scale tools that drive engineering performance and & Influence :
  • Act as a technical advisor and productivity champion to engineering teams globally.
  • Mentor and guide engineers, tech leads, and managers on engineering best practices.
  • Collaborate with executive leadership to set and align engineering productivity KPIs.
  • Partner with Engineering managers and HR on developing career framework / development programs for engineering teams
  • Develop and implement training programs and workshops to upskill teams on modern technologies and best practices.
  • Required Qualifications :

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in a staff, principal, or director-level role.
  • Proven leadership in large-scale software architecture, engineering operations, or developer platforms.
  • Deep hands-on expertise in modern software development practices, CI / CD, cloud-native design, and agile delivery.
  • Demonstrated experience improving developer productivity and tooling at scale.
  • Familiarity with industry-standard tools : Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jellyfish, or similar.
  • Strong hands-on experience with one or more major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), including containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless, and cloud infrastructure automation.
  • Familiarity with cloud security best practices and compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.) relevant to SaaS platforms.
  • Experience leading globally distributed teams or working in a multinational environment.
  • Familiarity with modern DevOps and SRE practices.
  • Strong communication and influencing skills across executive and technical audiences.
  • Preferred Qualifications :

  • Experience in regulated industries (financial services, legal tech, healthcare, etc.).
  • Contributions to internal developer portals or productivity platforms.
  • Why Join Us :

  • Be part of a global digital transformation journey.
  • Own and drive high-impact initiatives that touch every part of the engineering lifecycle.
  • Work with cutting-edge tools and frameworks in a highly collaborative, innovation-driven culture.
  • Competitive compensation and benefits in a flexible, hybrid working model.
  • Success Criteria for Position :

  • Engineering Standards & Architecture : Success in this role involves defining and enforcing global coding standards, review practices, and software quality benchmarks
  • Partnering with Engineering Managers, Principal and Staff Engineers across teams to drive consistent architectural patterns, scalable systems design, and technical excellence
  • Collaborating with Enterprise Architects and other senior technical leaders in technical reviews for critical architectural decisions
  • Coach engineers, tech leads, and managers to question assumptions. Teach them to build a viable open architecture that scales
  • Developer Productivity & Experience : Designing and delivering a cohesive Developer Experience (DevEx) strategy, streamlining workflows and productivity using tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, and Jellyfish
  • Improving build times, test automation coverage, onboarding experience, and inner development loops
  • Increasing developer productivity via training and AI coding tools
  • Defining and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to evaluate engineering productivity, quality, and delivery timelines
  • Overseeing the creation and maintenance of dashboards and reporting systems to provide visibility into project status and team performance
  • Tooling & Process Optimization : Owning the strategic roadmap for engineering productivity tooling, including evaluation, adoption, and retirement of tools
  • Working closely with Platform Engineering and DevOps to enhance automation, observability, and Evaluating, integrating, and scaling tools that drive engineering performance and satisfaction
  • Leadership & Influence : Acting as a technical advisor and productivity champion to engineering teams globally
  • Mentoring and guiding engineers, tech leads, and managers on engineering best practices
  • Coach engineers, tech leads, and managers to question assumptions. Teach them to be creative and look at the bigger picture.
  • Collaborating with executive leadership to set and align engineering productivity KPIs
  • Partnering with Engineering managers and HR on developing career learning plans / development programs for individuals and engineering teams
  • Developing and implementing training programs and workshops to upskill teams on modern technologies and best practices
  • Establishes and maintains a healthy, trust-based partnership with Product leadership to ensure aligned priorities, shared accountability, and seamless delivery planning between
  • Engineering and Product teams.

    (ref : iimjobs.com)

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