Head of Engineering

Company Description

Zenalyst is building the world’s first AI Financial Intelligence System—an Artificial Financial Analyst that ingests data from ERP, CRM, HRMS, Excel, PDFs, Contracts, and performs auditing, due diligence, reconciliation, portfolio analytics & CFO-level insights with deterministic accuracy.

We are backed by strong customer demand with pilots in Retail, Real Estate, Manufacturing, D2C, BFSI across India and the US.

Role Description

Role : Head of Engineering - Zenalyst.ai

Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka

Compensation : Competitive + ESOPs

We are looking for a high-caliber engineering leader who will co-own the technology vision and scale Zenalyst into a global enterprise AI platform.

Core Responsibilities

Develop and scale Zenalyst’s AI + Deterministic Financial Engine

Lead architecture for data ingestion ( ERP, CRM, HRMS, S3, Databricks, OneDrive, GDrive )

Build multi-agent LLM systems for financial analysis, workflows, automations

Oversee product roadmap, DevOps, security, and performance optimization

Manage & mentor engineering team; drive hiring, reviews & engineering processes

Ensure 100% mathematical accuracy & audit reliability in AI outputs

Collaborate on R&D for Zenalyst’s AI Core : ZePolaris, ZeHelix, ZeAxiom, ZeConstellation

Skills & Experience

Experience : 5 to 11 years

Preferred Education : IIT / IIIT / BITS / Top Engineering Institutes

Must Have (Strong Hands-on) :

Java, JS, Python, FastAPI / Node, Microservices, Event-driven architecture

Data Engineering : SQL, PySpark / Polars, Databricks / Snowflake, Databases

Experience with S3 / GCS / Azure Blob, multi-source ingestion pipelines

LLMs, LangChain / LlamaIndex, Vector DBs (FAISS / Chroma / Pinecone)

Understanding of finance, accounting logic, or analytical math

AWS / Azure / GCP, Kubernetes, CI / CD, Observability

Good to Have :

Experience in enterprise SaaS, finance products, BFSI tech

Knowledge of RAG, multi-agent orchestration, deterministic + probabilistic AI

Exposure to security, SOC2, VAPT, RBAC, multi-tenant architecture

Ideal Candidate Persona

You are someone who :

Thinks & builds like a founder, not just an engineering manager

Can convert complex financial logic into scalable, reliable systems

Is mission-driven : wants to build a generational AI company from India

Loves solving deep, messy data problems

What You Get

Co-Founder Track + Significant Equity / ESOPs

Work with a high-velocity founder team with experience in M&A, Finance, AI

Opportunity to build a global category-defining AI platform

Direct exposure to VCs, PE / VC funds, CFO networks, Global customers

How to Apply

Share your CV / GitHub / Portfolio / LinkedIn with :

Subject line : Application – Head of Engineering – Zenalyst.ai