Director of Engineering

About the role

SentiLink is seeking an accomplished Director of Engineering to lead and grow our engineering team in India. You'll initially oversee 5 engineers across product development, SRE and InfoSec, scaling further as we expand. If you've led high-performing engineering and product teams, have a growth mindset, and bring at least 5 years of people-management experience, we'd love to talk.

Responsibilities

• Technical Vision & Execution: Own the roadmap for products, solutions, internal tools and operational capabilities—ensuring scalable, secure, and performant delivery.
• Lead & Scale: Manage an initial team of 5 engineers, structuring, mentoring, and scaling effectively as we grow. Foster a culture of continuous learning, hiring top talent, holding rigorous technical discussions, and promoting high standards.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate closely with US stakeholders in product, data science, infrastructure, and executive team to align engineering efforts with strategic business goals.
• Operational Excellence: Implement best practices for engineering workflows—scalability, observability, incident response, and reliability of all applications.
• Strategic Innovation: Drive innovative architectural decisions and platform evolution to support product differentiation and speed to market.

Requirements

• A business mindset that involves thinking strategically to align engineering efforts with the overall business goals, prioritizing high-ROI projects, and cultivating an entrepreneurial spirit of ownership and continuous improvement within the team.
• 5+ years leading engineering teams (managing 10+ people), ideally within fast-growth tech environments.
• Experience building teams in India for US based organizations.
• Hands-on technical fluency in Python, Golang, React, and AWS; comfortable enough to be a credible voice in system design without being a bottleneck.
• Proven track record of building and scaling high-functioning teams with high hiring and retention standards.
• Strong communicator; capable of collaborating across product, data, and executive functions.

Qualifications

• Experience in API based products in a SaaS based environment is a big plus.
• Bonus: Experience in fintech, fraud/risk or identity systems.

Why Join Us

• Impact at Scale: Shape the technological direction and team culture at a critical growth stage.
• High Performing Team: Join a team with shared vision and purpose, transparency, open and trusted communication, clear roles and accountability, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation.
• Collaborative Culture: Join a team dedicated to grit, transparency, and impactful products.
• Autonomy with Responsibility: Trusted to make and execute decisions with high visibility and meaningful outcomes.

Location & Reporting

• Location: Gurugram or Bengaluru (India). Hybrid working model; in-office presence expected.
• Reports to: Chief Technology Officer (US-based).
• Team: Engineering, India.

Benefits

• Employer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents.
• 401(k) plan with employer match (or equivalent for non US-based roles).
• Flexible paid time off.
• Regular company-wide in-person events.
• Home office stipend, and more!

Corporate Values

• Follow Through
• Deep Understanding
• Whatever It Takes
• Do Something Smart