Hybrid Director, Engineering

at Clari

• Job title: Director, Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Google Cloud Platform, SDLC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bengaluru, India

About the role

• Director of Engineering leading Conversational AI initiatives at Clari + Salesloft. Responsible for technical vision, team leadership, and driving strategic projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term technical vision, roadmap, and architecture for the engineering organization
• Align engineering strategy with overall business goals and product vision
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and methodologies
• Ensure technical decisions support scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability
• Lead, mentor, and grow multiple Engineering Managers and/or Team Leads
• Oversee the hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development of engineering staff (including managers and senior ICs)
• Foster a high-performing, collaborative, innovative, and inclusive engineering culture
• Build and maintain team morale, engagement, and retention
• Oversee the planning, execution, and timely delivery of complex software projects across multiple teams
• Ensure teams adhere to best practices (coding standards, code reviews, testing, CI/CD)
• Track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to delivery velocity, quality, and system health
• Establish, optimise, and standardize engineering processes (SDLC, Agile/Scrum/Kanban, release management, incident response)
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering efficiency, productivity, and quality
• Implement and monitor metrics to measure team and organisational performance
• Partner closely with Product Management, Design, Data Science, Security
• Collaborate with senior leadership (Sr. Directors, other Directors, Executives) on strategic initiatives and company-wide goals
• Represent the engineering organization in cross-functional meetings and strategic discussions
• Growing your team through coaching, mentoring
• Forecast hiring needs and participate in recruitment strategy

Requirements

• 15+ years of professional experience that includes individual contributor, tech leadership and management
• 6+ yrs recent experience in Leadership roles
• Experience in working on 1 -> 10 -> 100 product growth
• Multi-year experience in leading technical teams in software engineering with a platform mindset
• Multi-year experience with highly-scalable and highly-available systems
• Ability to oversee multiple technologically complex project deliveries in parallel
• Up-to-date knowledge of the latest trends in web application development, including the AWS/GCP ecosystem
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to negotiate and work with cross functional leaders across India and USA
• Deep understanding of SDLC with agile practices
• Strong business acumen
• Thinks and acts strategically for the benefit of the business
• Humility, approachability and a learning mindset
• Experience with conversational and AI & LLM technologies

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Supportive workplace culture
• Inclusive environment where everyone belongs and can thrive