Director of Engineering (Full Stack)

We are seeking an experienced Director of Engineering - Full Stack Platforms to lead the architecture, development, scalability, and execution of enterprise-grade backend and frontend platforms. This role requires strong expertise in scalable backend systems, modern frontend architectures, distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, engineering leadership, and enterprise product development. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience building and scaling high-performance platforms from scratch while leading large cross-functional engineering organizations across frontend, backend, platform, and product engineering teams. The candidate will work closely with Product, Architecture, Platform Engineering, Design, DevOps, and Executive Leadership teams to drive next-generation enterprise technology platforms.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Engineering Leadership:

• Lead and scale large engineering organizations across Backend, Frontend, and Platform Engineering teams.
• Define and drive engineering strategy, architecture standards, platform modernization, and execution roadmaps.
• Mentor Engineering Managers, Architects, Staff Engineers, and technical leaders across distributed teams.
• Establish engineering best practices, operational excellence, quality standards, and scalable delivery processes.

Backend Platform Engineering:

• Architect and build scalable, reliable, and high-performance backend systems and distributed platforms.
• Drive development of: Microservices architectures, APIs and integration platforms, Real-time systems and event-driven architectures, Cloud-native backend platforms, and Enterprise workflow and business systems.
• Ensure scalability, fault tolerance, observability, performance optimization, and system reliability.
• Lead backend modernization and platform transformation initiatives.

Frontend Platform Engineering:

• Drive architecture and development of scalable, modern frontend applications and enterprise UI platforms.
• Lead frontend engineering initiatives involving React.js / Angular platforms, Design systems and reusable UI frameworks, Enterprise dashboards and workflow applications, and Responsive and high-performance web applications.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Define frontend engineering standards, performance optimization strategies, and UI scalability practices.

Platform Architecture and Scalability:

• Design scalable enterprise platform architectures integrating frontend, backend, cloud, and distributed systems.
• Drive API strategy, platform integrations, developer experience, and engineering productivity initiatives.
• Ensure platform security, governance, reliability, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Lead cloud adoption and modernization strategies across enterprise applications.

Cross-Functional Leadership:

• Partner closely with Product, Design, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Security, and Business teams.
• Align engineering execution with business priorities and product roadmaps.
• Drive stakeholder management, prioritization, technical planning, and delivery governance
• Lead large-scale enterprise transformation and platform engineering initiatives.

Requirements:

• 15+ years of experience in Software Engineering / Platform Engineering / Full Stack Engineering.
• Strong leadership experience managing large engineering organizations and distributed teams.
• Proven experience building and scaling enterprise-grade backend and frontend platforms.
• Deep expertise in: Distributed systems, Backend architecture, Modern frontend frameworks, Cloud-native platforms, Scalable APIs and microservices, and Enterprise platform engineering.
• Strong experience driving architecture discussions, technical strategy, and engineering transformation programs.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Backend technologies: Java / Python / Golang / Node.js .
• Frontend technologies: React.js / Angular / TypeScript.
• Microservices and Event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Kubernetes / Docker, AWS / Azure / GCP.
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• High-scale distributed systems and platform engineering.