Director, Engineering

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

Director of Engineering leading architecture, design, and delivery of cloud‑native enterprise software for life‑sciences validation. Provides technical strategy, ensures performance, scalability, and mentors multiple engineering teams.

Role Snapshot

• Technical & strategic leadership
• Enterprise cloud‑native product ownership
• Architecture & design authority
• Performance, scalability & reliability focus
• Mentoring & team enablement

Must-Have Requirements

• C#/.NET Core
• .NET Core
• Azure Cloud Services
• ReactJS/TypeScript
• Micro‑Services architecture
• Micro‑Frontend architecture
• Container‑based development (AKS, Service Fabric)
• Messaging queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• MS SQL Server
• AI‑DevSecOps tools (Claude, CoPilot, MCP)
• product development
• cloud native engineering leadership

Nice-to-Have Signals

• LLM integration
• Vector databases
• Retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG)
• LLM and vector database integration

Work Setup

• Location: Chennai, India
• Work mode: ONSITE
• Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

• Visa sponsorship: no

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Salary range
• Remote eligibility

What You'll Likely Work On

• Define and evolve architecture for one or more enterprise platforms.
• Drive end‑to‑end product development using agile practices and cloud‑native services.
• Own performance, scalability, reliability and sustainability of the platform.
• Guide technical solution approaches, POCs and tool selection.
• Mentor and coach full‑stack engineering teams across the product suite.
• Collaborate with product, quality and executive leadership to align delivery with business goals.

Good Fit If You Have

• Enjoys hands‑on coding while steering technical direction.
• Thrives in a fast‑paced, cloud‑first environment.
• Effective communicator with cross‑functional teams.