Director of Engineering (Early Stage B2C Start-up)

Location: Gurgaon

Experience: 812 years

We are partnering with a fast-scaling, venture-backed technology company building a category-defining B2B commerce platform powered by data and AI.

The company is reimagining how small-town retailers source fashion inventory replacing fragmented offline wholesale markets with a high-trust, tech-enabled ecosystem that combines trend intelligence, digital discovery, live commerce, and optimized supply chains.

They are now looking for a Director of Engineering to take ownership of execution, scale the engineering function, and build the systems that will power the next phase of growth.

What Youll Own

This is a hands-on, high-impact leadership role. You wont just manage teams youll build systems, raise the engineering bar, and drive velocity across the org.

• Own engineering execution end-to-end architecture, delivery, reliability, and scalability
• Build and scale a high-caliber engineering team across backend, frontend, data, and DevOps
• Design and evolve cloud-native, distributed systems handling high-volume catalog and transaction flows
• Drive AI/ML integration across trend forecasting, demand prediction, and supply optimization
• Partner deeply with founders and product leaders to translate ambitious business goals into shipping systems
• Establish strong engineering culture code quality, DevOps maturity, security, performance, and accountability
• Make decisive calls on tech stack, build vs. buy, and platform evolution

What Were Looking For

• 812 years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems, or platform architecture
• Currently operating as a Senior Engineering Manager / Director of Engineering / Tech Lead managing multiple teams
• Proven track record of building and scaling products in high-growth startup environments
• Strong hands-on expertise in:
• Cloud-native architectures (AWS / GCP / Azure)
• Distributed systems, APIs, and scalable backend systems
• Data platforms and production-grade AI/ML systems
• Experience building for commerce, marketplace, supply-chain, or data-heavy platforms is a strong plus

You should be:

• Comfortable going deep technically when required
• Obsessed with execution speed and engineering quality
• Strong at hiring, mentoring, and retaining top-tier talent
• Energized by ambiguity and zero-to-one one-to-scale journeys

Why This Role?

• Build and scale engineering in a high-growth, AI-powered business
• Real ownership not just delivery, but direction
• Direct exposure to founders and strategic decision-making
• Opportunity to build systems solving real-world, large-scale supply challenges

If youre excited about building high-performance teams and scalable systems in a fast-moving environment, this role offers real scope and meaningful impact.