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Ather Energy Limited Head - Software Engineering

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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Role: Director - Software Engineering<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Location: IBC Knowledge Park, Bengaluru<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Reporting to: CDIO<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Team name: Digital Operations and Engineering (DOPE)<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">About the Team and the Role:<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Digital Operations and Engineering (DOPE) team at Ather is responsible for architecting, building, and delivering software products across front end, back end, quality engineering, cloud vehicle data pipelines, and over-the-air updates.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">This role is for a Director of Software Engineering to own the end-to-end software craft, design an AI-native engineering organization, establish system-level architecture, and lead scalable full-stack engineering teams across the entire software delivery lifecycle.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Responsibilities<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Own the reference architecture across front end, back end, and services, setting guardrails for scalable, secure, and privacy-by-design software products.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Function as the single accountable leader across backend engineering, QA, and release management to close operational seams.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Drive CI/CD pipelines, trunk-based workflows, automated quality gates, and DORA delivery metrics for fast and reversible releases.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Architect an AI-native SDLC by embedding AI capabilities into coding, test generation, code reviews, documentation, and release workflows.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Establish quality and reliability by design through automated testing discipline, observability, coverage standards, and error budgets.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Formulate long-term software product strategies and technology roadmaps while actively tracking and retiring tech debt.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Oversee cloud vehicle data pipelines, sub-millisecond latency architectural optimizations, and over-the-air (OTA) update deployments.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Build and scale a pod-based value-stream engineering organization using data-centric metrics to drive velocity and craft standards.</li></ul><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience and Qualifications<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong educational foundation with a degree in Computer Science or related Engineering discipline.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">15-20+ years of software engineering experience in product-based companies with a track record of leading full-stack engineering organizations at scale.</li></ul><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Must Have Competencies<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Architecture and development expertise in modern full-stack technologies including Node.js, Java, Spring Boot, React, and Firebase.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">System design capabilities for cloud platforms, NoSQL databases, Redis, Kafka, and Spark to support real-time vehicle data pipelines.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Execution of automated CI/CD pipelines, trunk-based delivery models, and DORA-grade engineering metrics.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Implementation of Secure-SDLC frameworks, privacy-by-design architectures, and DPDP compliance standards.</li></ul><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Good to Have Competencies<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Integration of AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows across the software development lifecycle.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Technical architecture and deployment optimization for Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Engineering design for ultra-low latency systems requiring sub-millisecond execution constraints.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:-12.75pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Application of data-centric engineering metrics and evidence-based operational governance.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </li></ul><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Want to know more?<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">At Ather, we’ve built India’s first intelligent scooter, from scratch. Based on the philosophy of clean design and smart technology, we are transforming the urban commute experience. We are expanding in India, and in the coming years, we look forward to scaling up and launching more products globally. Today, our product offerings include the Ather 450X, 450S, 450 Apex, and Rizta. Beyond the product, we are also setting up an extensive charging network and re-imagining end-to-end ownership experience. To know more, check out our Careers site and our Substack.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Be You, With Us<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Google Sans', sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Ather story doesn't write itself - our people do. We believe everyone is equal, but not the same. Diversity is our strength, and building an inclusive and equitable workplace begins with acknowledging and embracing our differences. We are an equal opportunity employer, and our team reflects a wide range of identities, experiences, and perspectives - all united by a shared passion to shape the Ather journey.

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