[Hiring] Director of Software Engineering @Karat

Role Description

As Director of Engineering, India, you will lead and grow Karat’s India-based engineering organization. You will report to the Vice President of Engineering and work closely with engineering leaders and teams in the United States.

• Own engineering delivery for multiple product areas and features, from technical approach through dependable launch and ongoing operation.
• Start as a hands-on leader while growing the India engineering team to delegate product and feature ownership over time.
• Act as a cross-company leader and resource for India-based employees and their global counterparts.
• Lead the design and development of intuitive enterprise workflows and self-serve hubs that streamline the hiring process, including:
  • HM Experience App
  • Recruiter Hub
  • ATS integrations
  • Active candidate funnel management
  • Post-interview decisioning portals
• Enhance delivery operations tooling and cost-saving initiatives (e.g., messaging and notifications infrastructure, payment operations).
• Identify and apply emerging technologies, including AI-assisted workflows, to advance Karat’s interviewing platform and technical-assessment capabilities.
• Develop senior technical talent and engineering managers, build strong local leadership, and delegate meaningful product and feature ownership across teams.
• Build effective working relationships across India and global teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software-engineering experience with 5+ as a manager.
• Demonstrated experience shipping and operating customer-facing, hosted SaaS software products in production.
• Strong technical depth and experience in AI-driven technologies.
• Experience leading the end-to-end software development lifecycle for customer-facing products.
• Experience hiring, coaching, and performance-managing engineers; experience managing engineering managers is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to develop senior engineering leaders and delegate meaningful responsibilities.
• A track record of improving engineering culture, development processes, and technical systems.
• Experience working effectively across geographically distributed teams.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• The ability to operate as a trusted local leader while aligning India-based teams with global company priorities.

Requirements

• This position requires a schedule that overlaps with U.S. business hours.
• This position is only available to candidates residing in Bengaluru (formerly known as Bangalore).
• We will not consider applications from other cities in India at this time.
• We will not consider submissions that are not 100% in English.

Benefits

• Remote work flexibility.

Company Description

Karat is transforming organizations around the world by providing a powerful system for technical leaders at companies like PayPal, Atlassian, and Citi.