Director of Engineering

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We are looking for a strong experienced team leader – Director of Engineering to lead one of our teams at Pune. The Director of Engineering plans and directs all aspects of engineering activities within the organization and manages a team of managers, engineers, quality analysts, and program managers. This leader will also work with colleagues in the SURVEIL-X R&D team in Israel, and ensure all engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with the organization's established policies and objectives.

This position will hire, lead and manage a group of software engineers that designs, develops, releases, maintains, troubleshoots, and debugs software applications for the Compliance line of business. This position will provide leadership through coaching, feedback, development goals, and performance management.

Responsibilities
• Work with the line of business to define the product roadmap and strategy
• Assist in the development of short, medium, and long-term plans to achieve strategic objectives
• Work closely with the product manager, technical architect, QA engineers, writer, and software engineers to define/develop features big and small for our products.
• Actively guide and mentor the team to develop features to meet functional, documentation, and quality while obviating roadblocks
• Drive and impact all current processes related to software development and improvements across the org as necessary
• Manage all people aspects of the team, such as hiring, reviews, mentoring, promotions, etc.
• Provide worldwide support to our customers
• Play a major role in envisioning and executing next-gen plans (e.g. architecture) to achieve longer-term strategic objectives of the organization
• Prioritize, assign and manage departments’ activities and projects following the R&D department’s goals and objectives. Adjust hours of work, priorities, and staff assignments to ensure efficient operation based on workload.
• Design and present projects to improve the current process and overall platform.
• Attend meetings and training as required.
• Coaching the echo system for agility, adapting plans and execution based on reality, and engaging all the involved.
• Develop a performance-oriented culture
• Promote innovation

Skills And Experience Required
• 20+ years of experience in Software Engineering.
• At least 8 years of experience in managing multiple teams of software developers
• Proven track record of managing the development of enterprise-grade software products that can perform, scale, and integrate into a broad enterprise ecosystem.
• Experience working in a global product software company for enterprise customers (Fortune 100 companies)
• Experience working abroad
• Demonstrated ability to deftly influence others, especially in sensitive or complex situations
• Solid understanding of n-tier architectures
• Experience in product development using Java technologies
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience developing and supporting hosted and/or multi-tenant software delivered as-a-Service (SaaS).
• Excellent communication skills, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Deep experience with Agile/SCRUM/SAFe software development methodologies.
• Finance/Compliance Domain expertise – An Advantage.
• Excellent People Management skills

Education Qualification:

B.E/B.Tech in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related field

About NICE

NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) software products are used by 25,000+ global businesses, including 85 of the Fortune 100 corporations, to deliver extraordinary customer experiences, fight financial crime and ensure public safety. Every day, NICE software manages more than 120 million customer interactions and monitors 3+ billion financial transactions.

Known as an innovation powerhouse that excels in AI, cloud and digital, NICE is consistently recognized as the market leader in its domains, with over 8,500 employees across 30+ countries.

NICE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, neurotype, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law