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Hyderabad · On-site · Oct 30
1 open role0 posted in 7d1 in 30d
Hiring: Engineering
Job description
Overview
Department - Product R&D
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the Database Engineering strategy across the business.
- Build, lead, and develop high-performing database engineering teams.
- Establish organization-wide standards for database architecture, performance, reliability, and security.
- Partner with Product, Platform, Infrastructure, and Service Management leaders to deliver critical initiatives.
- Drive modernization, automation, and cloud optimization across the database estate.
- Own hiring, talent development, succession planning, and team performance.
- Manage delivery priorities, capacity planning, roadmaps, and stakeholder expectations.
- Champion AI-assisted engineering practices and ensure consistent adoption across teams.
- Track delivery, quality, and operational metrics to continuously improve outcomes.
- Deep expertise in SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL at enterprise scale.
- Proven experience leading a database or data infrastructure function.
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms, database resilience, disaster recovery, and security.
- Experience establishing technical standards and influencing multiple engineering teams.
- Demonstrated success building, developing, and retaining engineering talent.
- Excellent stakeholder management, strategic planning, and leadership skills.
Benefits
- Salary - To be discussed at next stage
- At Ideagen, we're building the technology that helps organizations around the world manage risk, compliance, quality, and safety. We're seeking an experienced Director of Engineering, Database Engineering to lead the strategy, standards, and delivery of our database engineering capability across a diverse portfolio of products.
- As the leader of Database Engineering, you will define and drive the vision for database architecture, performance, resilience, and reliability across the organization. Leading a team of highly skilled engineers, you'll create a scalable operating model that enables product teams to deliver with confidence while ensuring consistency, security, and operational excellence.
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Last updated 31 October 2026
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