Director, Software Engineering

Are you looking for an opportunity to help solve one of today's biggest business challenges? AI is changing the pace of business, and organizations everywhere are struggling to help their workforce, partners, and customers keep up. At Litmos, we're building the Learning Acceleration Platform that helps organizations build human capability faster—and we're looking for people who are passionate about making a meaningful impact for customers while growing alongside a collaborative, people-first team. Litmos is the Learning Acceleration Platform that helps organizations build capability faster, adapt at the speed business changes, and scale learning to anyone, anywhere. Combining an intuitive platform, AI-powered capabilities, trusted content, expert services, and a broad ecosystem of integrations, Litmos helps organizations accelerate workforce productivity, improve customer adoption and retention, enable high-performing partners, and reduce organizational risk through continuous learning. Organizations such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Graco, Sabre, and Russell Mineral Equipment trust Litmos to accelerate learning across their workforce, partners, and customers. Today, more than 11K customers with 30 million learners across 150 countries and 37 languages use Litmos to build the capabilities their organizations need to succeed. Backed by Francisco Partners, one of the world's leading technology investment firms, we're investing in the future of learning—and the people who are building it. Learn more at www.litmos.com . Location: India (Pune / Hybrid) Type: Full-time Reports To: VP Engineering The Role This is a pivotal leadership role for someone who started their career as an engineer and has grown into an inspiring, delivery-focused leader. You will build, grow, and lead our India engineering team from the ground up — hiring great people, establishing strong engineering culture, and ensuring the India team operates as a fully integrated, high-performing part of our global engineering organisation. You won't just manage people. You'll shape how we build software — driving engineering process, operational excellence, and technical decision-making across the organisation. If you're energised by the challenge of scaling teams, shipping great product, and raising the engineering bar, this role was made for you. Responsibilities Team Building & Leadership Build and scale a high-performing engineering team in India, owning the full hiring lifecycle from sourcing to onboarding. Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, creating clear career growth pathways. Foster a strong engineering culture rooted in ownership, collaboration, quality, and continuous improvement. Act as a visible and trusted leader within the India organisation, representing engineering at a senior level locally. Global Engineering Integration Ensure the India team operates as a seamlessly integrated part of the global engineering organisation — not an offshore unit, but a core team with full ownership of product areas. Partner closely with engineering leadership across other geographies to align on roadmap priorities, team structure, and ways of working. Establish communication rhythms, collaboration practices, and tooling that bridge time zones effectively. Champion a "one team" culture across all engineering locations. Engineering Process & Operational Excellence Own and continuously improve engineering processes across the SDLC — from planning and sprint execution through to deployment and incident management. Drive adoption of engineering best practices: code review standards, testing strategy, CI/CD pipelines, and release processes. Define and track meaningful engineering metrics (velocity, quality, deployment frequency, lead time) and use them to drive improvement. Lead operational readiness, on-call practices, and engineering response to production incidents. Technical Leadership & Decision-Making Provide technical direction and g…