Director of Engineering, SaaS Engineering (Platform)

Director of Engineering, SaaS Engineering (Platform)

Location - Sri Lanka

About Circles

Founded in 2014, Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its SaaS platform - Circles X, helping telco operators launch and operate successful digital brands through its offerings.

Having pioneered a successful blueprint for disrupting the telco space in Singapore, Circles has since launched its own digital telco, Circles.Life, in Singapore, Taiwan and Australia. Circles has also partnered with other telco operators to launch digital services, enabling our partners to accelerate growth and capture market share within a short period of time.

Today, Circles is partnering with operators in 14 countries to deliver delightful digital experiences to millions of people through our businesses.

We are backed by global investors such as Warburg Pincus, Peak XV (f.k.a. Sequoia), EDBI and Founders Fund – renowned backers of industry-shaking innovators.

We are seeking an experienced Director of Engineering to lead our technical team building a World Class Platform, CirclesX. 

The Director of Engineering will oversee all engineering activities within the platform, ensuring efficient project delivery, team collaboration, and technical innovation. This role requires a strong leader who can motivate and guide teams towards achieving ambitious goals while maintaining high standards of quality, stability and reliability.

Role Expectations

• Leadership: Provide strategic direction and leadership to the engineering team.
• Team Management: Manage and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Technical Excellence: Ensure the technical feasibility and integrity of projects through sound architecture, code reviews, and best practices.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product management, design, and other cross-functional teams to deliver on product roadmaps and business goals.
• Innovation: Drive technical innovation and excellence in engineering processes.
• Recruitment: Lead recruitment efforts to attract top engineering talent, conducting interviews and making hiring decisions.
• Performance Management: Establish KPIs and metrics to measure engineering performance and productivity.

Required Skills

• Proven experience of 15 years in a leadership role within engineering, with a track record of successfully leading and managing high-performing teams.
• Experience working in multiple back-end technology frameworks in multiple languages. Practical knowledge of languages such as Java, REST, Python, Angular, NodeJS, VueJS and cloud platforms (AWS and/or GCP) is preferred. Knowledge of databases like PostgreSQL.
• Strong understanding of system design for highly performant systems. Experience with service architecture, horizontal scalability, and managing large data sets is preferred.
• You are communicative, highly organized, facilitative, assertive, situationally aware, enthusiastic, continually improving, who values transparency, is able to foster a cohesive team culture, and strives to empower your teams
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts and strategies to non-technical stakeholders.
• You are comfortable operating in ambiguous situations and helping teams arrive at a decision.
• You are willing to roll up your sleeves and have a “can-do” spirit.