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VP Software Engineering (m/f) | Mumbai

Created on 18-03-2018
Location Mumbai Office

Description


Join the financial revolution!


Are you passionate about finance and want to make a real change? Join the Kreditech Group and our team of over 400 professionals and become part of a transforming industry. From engineering, to design, to analytics, and collections, we do things differently and we reward great ideas, team work and persistence. We have a lot of work to do – and we want you to join us!


We use big data, algorithms and automated processes to offer financial products to the underbanked and the 4 billion people with no credit score. “Kredi” stands for the subsidiaries issuing credit to private individuals in currently nine countries. “Tech” is the Hamburg-based tech company developing banking technology.


We are looking for an experienced Engineering Leader  to join our fast-growing team based in Mumbai!


Your Role


  • Responsibility for building, growing and managing the entire Kreditech India Engineering team;
  • Build a team of up to ten Software Engineers and QA Engineers; expand further as required to support the continued growth of our business in India;
  • Work closely with your counterparts in Germany and Poland to define, agree, follow, and refine group-wide IT-standards; align closely with centrally developed and maintained components;
  • Technical ownership of India-specific components; ensure expandability and scalability;
  • Work closely with our India Country organization to support the rapid growth of the business;
  • Manage the commercial side and business value of development and ensure sufficient processes and tools are in place to meet the requirements of the business and customers;
  • Work closely with product owner India to ensure product development is in line with requirements;
  • Provide aggregated overview reporting of the Engineering function.

Your Strengths


  • Experience working across various technology stacks, experience in Java/JVM-based stacks as well as with cloud service providers is a strong plus;
  • Strong network in the Indian tech community;
  • Experience working in Financial Services, preferably Consumer Lending is a strong plus;
  • Master, Diploma or PhD in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Information Management or a related field;
  • A senior, very skilled, manager. Seen as a source of knowledge within engineering management. At least 5 years of experience in a Engineering management role;
  • Experience in line management of Software Engineers across multiple teams;
  • Leadership qualities and ability to act as a mentor;
  • Deep knowledge in software development processes and IT governance;
  • Pedagogic abilities, you translate between software development and management/business side;
  • Experience in software development, either as a scrum master, project manager or software developer. 

How to apply


We accept applications exclusively through our recruiting platform, found under the ‘Apply Now’ link.


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