Responsibilities
- Build and lead a world-class engineering organization in India from the ground up.
- Shape the overall direction of engineering teams and encourage innovation.
- Serve as a primary technical mentor and advisor, establish engineering best practices.
- Foster Alpaca culture and adapt practices to local market and regulatory needs.
- Lead recruitment initiatives to build a diverse engineering organization.
- Drive strategic technical leadership and oversee scalable, reliable technical projects.
- Act as liaison between engineering teams and executive leadership for communication and alignment.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders and local regulators ensuring compliance.
- Design and architect financial systems for the Indian market, including backend solutions.
- Ensure operational reliability, incident management, and vendor relationship management.
- Collaborate globally and lead cross-functional projects across regions.
Requirements
- 12+ years of professional software engineering experience with large-scale financial systems.
- Industry-recognized engineering leader with strategic vision and technical depth.
- Expertise in Go or similar backend languages and system architecture.
- Strong understanding of financial transaction processing, accounting, and compliance.
- Proven leadership skills building and guiding engineering organizations.
- Experience collaborating with senior leadership and business stakeholders.
- Problem-solving skills and ability to function as incident commander.
- Domain expertise with financial APIs, regulatory compliance, and software development lifecycle.
- Infrastructure management experience with cloud and on-premise environments.
- Familiarity or willingness to learn the Indian financial market and regulatory landscape.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience in Indian financial services and GIFT City operations.
- Knowledge of IFSCA regulations and similar frameworks.
- Experience in managing vendors, budgeting, and resource allocation.
- Familiarity with emerging technologies and the Indian fintech ecosystem.
- Certifications in cloud platforms, infrastructure management, or Kubernetes.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options.
- Health benefits.
- One-time home-office setup allowance and monthly stipend.
