Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos · Kochi · Remote

• Technology ownership
• Maintain a working understanding of the team's systems to make informed decisions and ask the right questions. Review technical proposals, flag risks, and ensure engineers are considering scalability, security, and maintainability — without necessarily driving the architectural direction yourself. Partner with tech leads to manage technical debt and protect the codebase from short-term pressure.
• Execution and delivery
• Work with product and business stakeholders to translate goals into team roadmaps and realistic timelines. Help engineers break down complex work into deliverable chunks, track progress, and step in early when things drift. When incidents or failures happen, ensure root causes are identified and processes are adjusted so the same issues don't repeat.
• Team and organisational leadership
• Hire engineers, run regular 1:1s, and support career growth through clear paths and honest feedback. Resolve team conflicts, remove blockers, and keep engineers connected and unblocked. Your core job is people — making sure the team is healthy, motivated, and set up to do their best work.
• Strategic alignment
• Understand where the company is heading and translate that into team priorities. Flag when team capacity or technical constraints might affect broader plans, and adjust team focus when direction shifts.

Sep 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Kochi · Remote

• Leading engineering for an AI-powered HR platform across four dimensions: technology ownership, delivery, people leadership, and strategic alignment.
• Technology ownership
• Set architectural direction and select technologies to keep systems scalable, secure, and maintainable. Review major design decisions, challenge weak proposals, and track technical debt to ensure short-term product pressure does not permanently damage the system.
• Execution and delivery
• Work with product and business stakeholders to translate goals into engineering roadmaps and realistic timelines. Help teams break complex initiatives into deliverables, monitor progress, and intervene early when projects drift. When production incidents or design failures occur, diagnose root causes and adjust process so the same problems do not repeat.
• Team and organisational leadership
• Hire engineers, mentor leads, conduct regular 1:1s, and define team structures. Partner with HR to design career growth paths. Resolve technical disagreements, remove blockers, and maintain alignment so engineers are not working in isolation — my job is to handle coordination and long-term capability building so the team can focus on solving problems.
• Strategic alignment
• Ensure engineering decisions support the broader company strategy. Evaluate whether current systems and team structure can support future scale or new products. When the company shifts direction, translate that into technical priorities and organisational adjustments.

Mar 2021 – Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Kochi · Remote

• Built and scaled a high-performance engineering team from scratch — establishing architecture standards, coding practices, and a culture of continuous improvement that outlasted any individual contributor.
• Delivered full-stack features across React, Python, Django, Docker, AWS, and CircleCI while bridging technical execution and stakeholder expectations. Drove product quality initiatives that measurably improved system reliability. Mentored engineers at multiple levels, setting the foundation for stepping into a broader leadership role.