VP - Engineering
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Job Description
Why was Karya on the cover of the Time Magazine highlighted by Satya Nadella and chosen by Google as its partner for Project Vaani
In part because Karya is on a mission to provide AI enabled earning and learning opportunities to economically underserved communities thereby building a pathway out of poverty for them. Karya achieves this while also delivering high quality timely and price competitive data to its clients.
Karyas workers make nearly 20 times the Indian minimum wage and through our oneofakind digital work platform we have delivered over 40 million digital tasks and are poised to positively impact over 100 thousand workers by the end of the year. In the coming years our goal is to rapidly scale our impact by bringing economic opportunities to millions of underserved users in India.
About the Role:
We are seeking a dynamic and strategic VP of Engineering to lead and manage Karyas engineering team. This executive will play a pivotal role in scaling our technology infrastructure by managing both the people and processes within the technology team.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a handson technical leader overseeing the technical team and all engineering operations including architecture design software development processes and pipelines and making individual contributions when necessary.
- Develop and implement strategies to drive innovation scale technology and ensure product quality and performance.
- Monitor analyze and continuously improve engineering KPIs including delivery predictability sprint velocity incident resolution time and defect rates to ensure high performance and alignment with organizational goals.
- Collaborate closely with product design and other crossfunctional teams to define product roadmaps and ensure timely delivery of features.
- Own the architecture and technical decisionmaking for major projects ensuring scalability reliability and security of the technology stack.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence continuous improvement and agility within the engineering teams.
- Act as a key partner in strategic planning and growth initiatives offering technical expertise and insights to shape the companys direction.
- Ensure the engineering team is adaptive and stays on course with industry trends adopting new technologies and tools when appropriate.
- Assist the CTO in mentoring team leaders and individual contributors providing guidance on career development and technical growth.
Ideal Candidate
- Proven experience as an engineering leader in a fastpaced highgrowth environment.
- Strong technical background with experience in software engineering systems architecture and technology operations.
- Experience with cloud platforms distributed systems and scaling technology solutions.
- Experience managing mentoring and developing highperforming engineering teams.
- Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle from ideation through to deployment and support.
- Expertise in modern software engineering practices.
- Strong leadership communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with senior management and technical teams.
Compensation
- Competitive Salary:
We offer a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience designed to attract top talent in the industry. - Benefits & Growth:
Enjoy flexible work options comprehensive benefits and ample opportunities for career growth. Be part of a missiondriven team with the chance to make a significant social impact while advancing your career.
Karya is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or disability. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application process please contact .
Join us and help build a platform that empowers communities and transforms the way work is delivered at scale.
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full Time
