Head of Engineering - Kochi
Location - Kochi
Job Type - Permanent
Budget - 45 LPA
Experience - 14-20 Years
Non-Negotiable Requirements
14-20 years in software engineering, with 5-8 years in people leadership —
managing managers, not just engineers; total years matter less than the depth
and scale of your leadership experience
Demonstrated experience building and leading engineering organisations of 25
or more across multiple teams or product lines
Background in B2B SaaS or enterprise product companies — you have shipped
products to real customers, not just delivered projects
Proven track record of building engineering culture from scratch or from
dysfunction — not just inheriting a healthy team
Active ownership of hiring — you have built pipelines, interviewed at scale, and
closed strong candidates
Strong communicator — credible with engineers and business stakeholders
alike; translates complexity into clarity
Strongly Preferred
Exposure to manufacturing, supply chain, ERP, or industrial enterprise software
domains
Experience leading an engineering org through a growth, restructuring, or
transformation phase
Prior title of Director of Engineering, VP Engineering, Head of Engineering, or
equivalent — at a company where that title carried real org-building
accountability
Familiarity with modern engineering practices — CI/CD, platform thinking,
developer experience, observability
Experience setting up or maturing the Solution Architecture function within an
engineering organisation
