Director of Engineering 

May 7, 2026
5000000 - 6500000 / year
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Job Description

Director of Engineering (Future CTO Track)

  • 📍 HSR Layout, Bengaluru
  • 💼 Full Time
  • 🧠 9+ Years Experience
  • 🏢 5 Days WFO + Saturday WFH

Eclectic Technolabs is hiring for our client for a highly technical and execution-focused Director of Engineering role. This opportunity is ideal for an engineering leader who enjoys hands-on development while driving architecture, technical excellence, and team growth.

This is a leadership opportunity with strong ownership, where the selected candidate will actively contribute to coding, technical strategy, and large-scale system design while helping shape the long-term vision — a true CTO-track journey within AI/XR-first environment.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture
  • Design scalable full-stack systems across frontend, backend, AI, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Drive engineering decisions around scalability, reliability, and performance.
  • Optimize systems for AI deployment, analytics pipelines, and rendering workflows.
  • Establish coding standards and engineering best practices across squads.
  • Lead technical architecture planning for distributed microservices.
Hands-On Development
  • Build production-grade applications and scalable backend services with modern stacks.
  • Develop APIs, frontend experiences, and cloud-native orchestrated systems.
  • Troubleshoot and optimize complex technical systems (latency, throughput).
  • Implement AI/ML pipelines and immersive rendering workflows using WebGL/Three.js.
  • Improve reliability, scalability, and engineering performance metrics.

Preferred Technology Stack

Frontend
  • React.js
  • Next.js (App Router)
  • TypeScript
  • WebGL / Three.js
  • Tailwind CSS
Backend
  • Node.js / Bun
  • Python (FastAPI)
  • Express.js / NestJS
  • REST APIs & GraphQL
  • PostgreSQL / MongoDB
AI / ML
  • PyTorch / TensorFlow
  • Computer Vision pipelines
  • Generative AI (LLMs)
  • LangChain & Vector DBs
  • Model serving
Cloud & DevOps
  • AWS (EKS, RDS, Lambda)
  • Docker & Kubernetes
  • GitHub Actions / ArgoCD
  • Datadog, Sentry
  • Terraform (IaC)

Why Join?

  • Work on advanced AI, XR, and immersive technology products with global reach.
  • Shape engineering architecture and long-term technical direction from day one.
  • High-growth opportunity with strong leadership ownership — clear path to CTO.
  • Collaborate directly with founders and product leadership in an agile setup.
  • Fast-paced engineering-first environment that values innovation & execution.

Part of a high-performance culture, equity upside, and competitive compensation package.

Job Overview

  • Position: Director of Engineering
  • Industry: AI / XR / SaaS
  • Location: Bengaluru (HSR Layout)
  • Experience: 9+ Years (Leadership Track)
  • Employment: Full Time · Onsite + Hybrid Sat
  • Culture: Engineering-First, CTO mentorship
  • Reports to: Founder & CTO
Immediate joining preferred
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Deadline: Rolling applications · Early leadership advantage

5 days WFO High impact Equity eligible