This role is for one of Weekday's clients
Min Experience: 18 years
Location: Bangalore, Mumbai, Gurgaon
JobType: full-time
Requirements
We are seeking a visionary and seasoned
Vice President of Engineering to lead and scale our engineering function for a high-growth
B2B SaaS platform. This role is a critical leadership position responsible for driving the end-to-end engineering strategy, ensuring platform scalability, managing a global team of engineers, and aligning closely with business and product functions. You will report directly to the CTO and play a central role in transforming our technical foundation to meet the evolving demands of enterprise customers, AI-driven products, and multi-tenant platforms.
Key Responsibilities2. Lead Platform Evolution & Scalability3. Build and Nurture High-Performance Teams4. Cross-Functional Collaboration5. Architecture Ownership & Evolution6. Strategic & Stakeholder Alignment
- Define & Execute Engineering Strategy
- Translate the company's product roadmap into robust technical execution plans.
- Drive engineering execution aligned with business goals, product strategy, and customer outcomes.
- Ensure timely, high-quality delivery of product features while optimizing for speed, scale, and sustainability.
- Own the design and scalability of the core platform architecture, focusing on high availability, performance, and security.
- Drive modernization efforts, including cloud-native architecture, microservices, and AI/ML integrations.
- Champion DevOps, automation, CI/CD, and observability best practices across the stack.
- Lead and grow a world-class engineering team across backend, frontend, DevOps, QA, and security.
- Foster an inclusive and collaborative culture that emphasizes accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Implement engineering best practices, mentoring frameworks, and career development pathways.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Go-To-Market teams to define technical roadmaps and execution plans.
- Influence and support product decisions by providing technical perspective and feasibility assessments.
- Lead seamless integration of AI/ML models into platform features with cross-functional alignment.
- Drive re-platforming and technical transformation efforts to support scale and future product lines.
- Ensure robust, scalable architecture aligned with enterprise-grade security, compliance, and integration requirements.
- Regularly evaluate and adopt emerging technologies that improve system performance and team productivity.
- Manage vendor relationships, budgets, and resourcing effectively.
- Provide clear technical direction and updates to C-suite, board members, and external partners.
- Represent engineering leadership in strategic planning and OKR execution.
Qualifications & Skill Requirements
- 18+ years of engineering experience with at least 8 years in SaaS platform leadership, ideally in B2B enterprise settings.
- Deep expertise in platform engineering, large-scale system design, microservices, and cloud-native (AWS/GCP/Azure) environments.
- Strong background in AI/ML product integration, performance optimization, and architecture modernization.
- Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing, distributed engineering teams.
- Strong grasp of security, compliance, multi-tenancy, and data privacy standards.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and technical storytelling skills.
- Passion for operational excellence, agile practices, and continuous delivery.
