Director, Software Engineering

About BhavinBhavin Turakhia is a serial entrepreneur and has founded multiple successful companies. His companies are unique in several ways - (1) all bootstrapped and self-funded (2) with an intense Focus on profitability (3) delivering High ROCE (4) serving Global Markets (6) in Enduring Categories (7) with Majority stake still owned by Bhavin.
About the Companies
Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the future. Its flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, cloud-native, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, core banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. Zeta is actively working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-million card portfolios. Zeta has over 1700+ employees - with over 70% roles in R&D - across locations in the US, EMEA, and Asia. Zeta has raised $400 million at a $2 billion valuation from Softbank, UHG, Mastercard, and other investors.
Titan is the first customer-centric email suite created specifically for professionals and small business owners, with features designed to enable deeper, more meaningful relationships with customers. Available through leading web hosts, site builders, and domain registrars, Titan provides dynamic tools needed to effectively build customer relationships over email. In 2021, Titan received a $30M investment from WordPress, valuing Titan at $300M.
Radix is one of the world's largest domain registries; and the owner of the most premium Top Level Domain extensions including .store, .inline, .tech, .online, .website, .site, .space etc. Radix is profitable, lean and was valued at over $900 million.(Note: The above is not a complete list)

About the Role
As a Director, Software Engineering, Bhavin's Office, you will work closely with Bhavin, build and lead teams of Frontend Engineers, Backend Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, BI Engineers, QA Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers and Program Managers, and work alongside rockstar Product teams, driving the vision, strategy, and execution of various zero to 1 Products.
We are proponents of leveraging best in breed AI tools in every step of the Software Engineering lifecycle - including creating Specs, writing Code, writing Tests, Development, Testing and Deployment using tools like Windsurf/Cursor/Copilot. This requires a very different product development mindset comprising a lean team, of senior resources, that are hands-on and AI adept, resulting in ultra-rapid iteration cycles and fast output. You will own and oversee this unique approach to the product development lifecycle, from ideation to launch to success.
Additionally these products themselves are intended to embed AI as a first class citizen wherever relevant.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams comprising Frontend Engineers, Backend Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, BI Engineers, QA Engineers, SREs, and Program Managers.
• Drive end-to-end ownership of multiple new product builds — from architectural design and implementation to launch and scaling.
• Champion an AI-first development lifecycle — using AI tools to accelerate spec writing, coding, testing, debugging, deployment, and monitoring.
• Build and maintain robust, scalable, cloud-native, multi-tenant platforms using a robust stack including but not limited to:
• Backend: Java / Node.js
• Database: PostgreSQL on AWS RDS, MongoDB
• Messaging: Kafka
• Frontend: React, React Native, Flutter
• Ensure efficient deployment and operations leveraging AWS, CI/CD pipelines, containerization (e.g., Docker), and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform/CDK).
• Operate with a lean team of senior, AI-adept, hands-on contributors, emphasizing rapid iteration and quick feedback loops over traditional long release cycles.
• Work closely with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to align tech execution with customer impact.
• Ensure the team adheres to strong engineering rigor, high quality standards, and secure coding practices while optimizing for delivery velocity.

Skills

• Proven experience shipping 0→1 products in a startup or scale-up environment, with a hands-on approach to solving problems and making architecture decisions.
• Strong hands-on, full-stack, technical expertise in:
• Building platforms using Spring Boot or Node.js
• Designing and scaling RDBMS
• Building cross-platform frontends with React, React Native, and Flutter
• Experience with cloud-based deployments and CI/CD processes.
• Comfort with architectures that are cloud-optimized — able to architect high-performance systems.
• A strong grasp of AI toolchains and developer productivity tools and hands-on experience with Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, GPT-based code generation, or test writing.
• Ability to hire, coach, and grow senior ICs and leaders across engineering functions.
• An execution mindset — able to ruthlessly prioritize, move fast, and iterate quickly based on feedback and data.

Experience and Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 4 years in engineering leadership roles overseeing multi-disciplinary teams.
• B.Tech/M.Tech in computer science, information technology, or a related field.

Equal Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities to apply and believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success