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Director of Engineering - Investment Systems

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Job Summary

Seasoned engineering leader responsible for anchoring the Gurugram Investment Systems hub, shaping culture and capability, owning platform build-out, and driving delivery with cross-regional collaboration. Leads a team of ~10 engineers, provides architectural direction, and partners with NY/Dublin teams to scale the India engineering footprint in a hands-on, non-remote capacity.

Location: Gurugram

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Executive & General Management

Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

•Provide primary mentorship, coaching, and advocacy for the Gurugram engineering team (≈10 engineers), including regular 1:1s, structured feedback, and career development planning, integrated with NY/Dublin directors.
•Build and maintain a cohesive engineering culture in Gurugram by setting communication and collaboration standards and partnering with HR and leadership to monitor team health and engagement.
•Serve as the senior technical voice for the Gurugram team, offering architectural guidance, code quality standards, and design reviews to ensure high quality delivery.
•Directly own the build-out of a new platform engineering team in Gurugram to support the KKR Invest application, defining scope and roadmap with global partners and delivering on commitments.
•Lead engineering hiring in Gurugram for Investment Systems, calibrate interview processes, maintain hiring standards, and help build the local employer brand across India.

Key Requirements

•15+ years of professional software engineering experience, including several years in a formal people leadership role managing teams of engineers across complex, distributed systems.
•Hands-on technical credibility across our core stack — including Python, TypeScript/React, and AWS — with the ability to provide meaningful architectural guidance, design review, and engineering standards oversight.
•Experienced in cloud-based platform design and delivery, with AWS experience strongly preferred.
•Proficient in modern software development practices including CI/CD pipelines, version control workflows (GitHub), and automated testing.
•Empathetic people leader who takes retention, engagement, and career development seriously — as comfortable giving structured feedback in a one-on-one as reviewing a system design document.

Experience:15+ yearsFinanceInvestment managementFintech

Skills:LeadershipCommunicationMentorshipProblem-solvingStrategic thinking

Languages:English

Tech Stack:PythonTypeScriptReactAWSSQLNoSQLGitHubCI/CDAI tools

Company Brief

KKR

Global investment firm providing alternative asset management and capital markets services across private equity, credit, real assets, and hedge funds, serving institutional and private clients worldwide.

Industry: Asset Management

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: New York, United States

Founded: 1976

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