Senior Director Backend

We are looking for a highly experienced Director of Engineering - Backend to lead large-scale backend engineering teams for a high-growth B2C/D2C consumer platform. This role requires a strong technology leader with deep expertise in building scalable distributed systems, driving engineering excellence, and leading high-performing teams in fast-paced product organizations. The ideal candidate should have strong exposure to consumer internet products, high-scale backend architecture, platform reliability, and cross-functional leadership while working closely with Product, Business, and Data teams.
Responsibilities:
Lead and scale multiple backend engineering teams delivering large-scale B2C/D2C products.
Define and drive backend architecture, engineering roadmap, and platform scalability initiatives.
Build highly scalable, reliable, secure, and fault-tolerant distributed systems.
Collaborate with Product, Design, Data, and Business stakeholders to deliver customer-centric solutions.
Drive engineering best practices across system design, coding standards, CI/CD, observability, and release management.
Own backend platform performance, uptime, latency optimization, and infrastructure scalability.
Mentor Engineering Managers, Staff Engineers, and senior developers to build strong technical leadership.
Drive architecture reviews, technical decision-making, and modernization initiatives.
Improve development velocity, operational efficiency, and engineering productivity.
Hire, retain, and develop top engineering talent while fostering a strong engineering culture.
Partner with leadership teams on strategic planning, execution, and long-term technology vision.
Requirements:
14-18 years of overall engineering experience with strong backend engineering expertise.
Proven experience leading engineering teams in B2C/D2C consumer-facing product companies.
Strong experience in designing and scaling large-scale distributed systems and microservices architecture.
Hands-on exposure to backend technologies such as Java, Golang, Python, or Node.js .
Strong understanding of system design, API architecture, event-driven systems, caching, and database optimization.
Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Expertise in scalability, performance optimization, observability, and reliability engineering.
Strong exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and Kubernetes.
Experience managing multiple teams and senior engineering leaders.
Excellent stakeholder management and business communication skills.
Prior experience in high-growth startups or large-scale product organizations is highly preferred.
Experience in consumer internet, eCommerce, marketplace, retail-tech, loyalty, or engagement platforms.
Exposure to data-driven product engineering and experimentation platforms.
Strong understanding of customer experience and high-traffic systems.
Experience driving platform modernization and engineering transformation initiatives.
Strong ownership mindset and execution-driven leadership.
Ability to balance technology vision with business priorities.
Passion for building scalable engineering organizations and mentoring future leaders.
Strong problem-solving and strategic thinking capabilities.

Experience
14-18 yrs