Head of Engineering

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced and high-caliber Head of Engineering to take over leadership of our engineering function. This foundational leadership role is responsible for setting the technology vision, building and scaling systems, and leading a high-performing team. You’ll drive innovation, reliability, and execution across our entire product stack at a time of significant business growth and strategic transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Drive architectural and infrastructure decisions across all platforms (mobile, web, backend, devops).
  

• Ensure platform stability, availability, and scalability in a regulated fintech environment.
  

Team Management

• Hire, mentor, and grow a strong engineering team.
  

• Foster a culture of quality, ownership, and velocity.
  

• Implement best practices in coding, testing, deployment, and operations.
  

Execution & Delivery

• Work closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to deliver features at speed and scale.
  

• Own delivery timelines and engineering quality across squads.
  

System Scalability & Security

• Lead the design of secure, high-performance systems capable of handling large-scale financial data and transactions.
  

• Prepare the tech stack to meet future NBFC regulatory and compliance needs.
  

Tech Strategy & Roadmap

• Own and evolve the long-term technology roadmap in alignment with business goals.
  

• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies that offer competitive advantage.
  

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with founders and leadership teams across Product, Business, and Operations.
  

• Align technical initiatives with business priorities and regulatory developments.
  

• Handle all audits and certification related to fintech (PSI-DSS, CISA)
  

• Collaboration with third party vendors and set up cadence with them around billing and TAT.
  

Requirements

• 10+ years of overall experience in software engineering.
  
• 3+ years in senior leadership roles (Head of Engineering, VP Engineering, etc.).
  
• Proven experience building and scaling backend-heavy, data-driven systems.
  
• Deep expertise in system design, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), and modern software architecture.
  
• Strong command over tech stacks such as Node.js, Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin, React, MySQL.
  
• Track record of building and managing high-performance engineering teams.
  
• Experience working in fast-paced startup environments.
  Strong sense of ownership, bias for action, and outcome-oriented leadership.
  

Good To Have

• Prior experience in fintech or lending.
  
• Familiarity with gold-backed or asset-backed lending products.
  
• Understanding of compliance, data privacy, and security in financial systems.
  
• ​Experience building systems in regulated industries (e.g. NBFCs, banks).