Director of Engineering [T500-21905]

Talent500 is hiring. Job Description: We are excited to announce an opening for Director of Engineering at Talent500 - Tech. Please find below the details of the role and its responsibilities. Skills Required: Python, Django, AWS, React, React.js, Elasticsearch, distributed systems, scalability Experience Range: 12 - 15 years

WE ARE TALENT 500: We help companies hire, build and manage global teams. We are trusted by the world’s leading companies - from Fortune 500s and larger enterprises (Walmart, Target, Nike, Pepsi etc) to industry leaders (Airbnb, Twitter, Uber) and some of the world’s fastest-growing start-ups from the portfolios of investors such as Accel, Sequoia and Techstars. Our suite of proprietary AI-enabled tools and products provide businesses with an end-to-end platform to build their global teams. This includes: Access to a “Global Talent Network” of 300,000+ professionals globally Our AI based screening engine which predicts the “right-fit” candidate with ~80% accuracy helping companies hire 2.5x faster Tools to manage contracting, payroll and benefits without the hassle of setting up legal entities or infrastructure We are backed by Accel Partners & ANSR, a global leader and enterprise transformation platform. For the last 15 years, the world’s leading organizations have trusted ANSR to transform their businesses by building technology and innovation hubs in talent-rich locations. ANSR is today one of the largest drivers of FDI into India with over $1.5B of capital investments.

Responsibilities: Design, build and maintain scalable, secure web services and distributed systems Design and develop robust solutions for trade negotiation and execution, real-time market data, chat messaging, authentication, and security Help maintain existing codebase, infrastructure, test coverage, and documentation Drive technology choices for the backend code base such as languages, frameworks, providers, and partners Support leadership in high-level technology investment decisions (build vs. buy, technical debt, etc.) through well-articulated, factual proposals Champion quality of our solutions and lead efforts to measure and improve it along dimensions such as test coverage, security, and customer satisfaction Drive the culture of metrics-driven delivery on established priorities in full partnership with Product, Program, and Engineering Management Communicate requirements effectively within and across teams Lead and participate in iterative, self-contained, cross-functional, customer-facing teams according to the release plan Ensure that technical expertise is appropriately distributed throughout the tech stack team via documentation, information sharing sessions, and project experience.

Requirements: 12+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally building products from ideation to launch with a strong engineering team Strong understanding and strong experience developing API's with Python Django, DRF, Understanding of frontend frameworks (Java script, React JS) Experience working with messaging systems like kafka, RabbitMQ Understanding and experience of working with mid to large scale database systems (MySQL, elasticsearch, mongoDB) Experience managed owned infrastructure on AWS and set-up high availability systems Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes Experience shipping large-scale projects and complex systems Experience monitoring and scaling microservice-oriented systems