Director, Software Engineering (India)
Avathon
Date: 2 days ago
City: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Contract type: Full time

Who We Are & Why Join Us
Avathon is revolutionizing industrial AI with a powerful platform that enables businesses to harness the full potential of their operational data. Our technology seamlessly integrates and contextualizes siloed datasets, providing a 360-degree operational view that enhances decision-making and efficiency. With advanced capabilities like digital twins, natural language processing, normal behavior modeling, and machine vision, we create real-time virtual replicas of physical assets, enabling predictive maintenance, performance simulation, and operational optimization. Our AI-driven models empower companies with scalable solutions for anomaly detection, performance forecasting, and asset lifetime extension—all tailored to the complexities of industrial environments.
Cutting-Edge AI Innovation – Join a team at the forefront of AI, developing groundbreaking solutions that shape the future.
High-Growth Environment – Thrive in a fast-scaling startup where agility, collaboration, and rapid professional growth are the norm.
Meaningful Impact – Work on AI-driven projects that drive real change across industries and improve lives.
Learn more at: Avathon
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated “Director of Engineering” with a background in any one of these domains to lead our engineering team: Industrial Supply Chain or Aviation or Energy domain. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building and scaling large-scale Enterprise systems, possess strong technical skills, and be passionate about driving a robust engineering culture within the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Avathon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us to discuss how we can assist you.
Avathon is revolutionizing industrial AI with a powerful platform that enables businesses to harness the full potential of their operational data. Our technology seamlessly integrates and contextualizes siloed datasets, providing a 360-degree operational view that enhances decision-making and efficiency. With advanced capabilities like digital twins, natural language processing, normal behavior modeling, and machine vision, we create real-time virtual replicas of physical assets, enabling predictive maintenance, performance simulation, and operational optimization. Our AI-driven models empower companies with scalable solutions for anomaly detection, performance forecasting, and asset lifetime extension—all tailored to the complexities of industrial environments.
Cutting-Edge AI Innovation – Join a team at the forefront of AI, developing groundbreaking solutions that shape the future.
High-Growth Environment – Thrive in a fast-scaling startup where agility, collaboration, and rapid professional growth are the norm.
Meaningful Impact – Work on AI-driven projects that drive real change across industries and improve lives.
Learn more at: Avathon
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated “Director of Engineering” with a background in any one of these domains to lead our engineering team: Industrial Supply Chain or Aviation or Energy domain. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building and scaling large-scale Enterprise systems, possess strong technical skills, and be passionate about driving a robust engineering culture within the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the engineering team, providing mentorship, guidance, and support to ensure the team's success.
- Drive the development and implementation of scalable, high-performance enterprise systems that meet the company's requirements and industry standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, design, and operations to define technical requirements and deliver innovative solutions.
- Establish and promote engineering best practices, processes, and standards to ensure quality, efficiency, and scalability across all engineering initiatives.
- Foster a strong engineering culture focused on continuous learning and innovation.
- Actively participate in hands-on technical contributions, providing technical leadership and guidance to the team as needed.
- Stay current with industry trends, technologies, and best practices, and leverage this knowledge to drive strategic decisions and improvements within the engineering organization.
- 15+ years of overall experience with at least 3 years of experience as a second-level manager handling teams of 20+ engineers.
- Expertise in modern programming languages, frameworks, and cloud technologies.
- Hands-on experience with system design, architecture, and implementation, with the ability to make strategic technical decisions.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Experience driving a strong engineering culture focused on innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Experience in building and leading lean engineering teams.
- Ability to clearly articulate a technical vision and energize engineers towards outcomes.
- Background in SaaS, or building multi-tenant platforms or services. Experience architecting technical strategies for platform products that can serve many customers.
- Experience working with large scale systems and cloud native systems.
- Good understanding of different cloud hosting offerings - GCP/AWS is required.
- Experience in industrial SCM, Aviation or Energy industry is highly preferred.
- Prior experience working in a start-up or fast-paced environment is a plus.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a results-oriented mindset.
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic and challenging environment, with a passion for driving impact and delivering results.
Avathon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us to discuss how we can assist you.
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