Sr Director - Engineering

Job detailsApplication formDigantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across all regimes, enabling end-users to gain actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception(data collection), comprehension(data processing), and prediction (analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects(RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness. Why Us?Be part of a collaborative and innovative environment where your ideas and skills make a real difference to the entire space realm.Push the boundaries with hands-on experience, greater responsibilities, and rapid career advancement.Competitive incentives, galvanising workspace, blazing team—pretty much everything you have heard about a startup.About the RoleWe're hiring an Sr Director of Engineering to lead and scale our software engineering organization at a pivotal moment in Digantara's growth. This is a senior leadership role with broad ownership across application development, platform engineering, and cybersecurity and a mandate to build an engineering org that can deliver at pace without sacrificing quality or reliability.This role reports to the founders and will be central to how we scale our engineering capacity, strengthen our execution engine, and bring AI-driven productivity into everyday engineering workflows.What You'll DoOrganizational LeadershipOwn engineering leadership across software development, platform engineering, and cybersecurity setting direction, standards, and team structuresDesign and build engineering org structures aligned to Digantara's product roadmap and business goalsHire, mentor, and develop senior engineering leaders; build a strong leadership bench for the next phase of growthExecution & DeliveryDrive execution excellence across multiple concurrent software programs improving throughput, predictability, and delivery bandwidthEstablish engineering processes and rhythms that balance speed with rigor, especially given the high-stakes, mission-critical nature of our systemsOwn engineering KPIs: quality, velocity, reliability, and team healthStrategic & Cross-functionalPartner with product, science, and hardware teams to align engineering capacity with company prioritiesLead the adoption of AI-powered developer tools and workflows to improve engineering leverageRepresent engineering in leadership conversations on org design, hiring strategy, and capability gapsWhat We're Looking ForMust-haves12+ years in software engineering with at least 4 - 5 years in multi-team engineering leadership rolesProven track record of scaling engineering organizations - structuring teams, improving delivery, and growing leadersExperience leading across multiple technical domains: software development, platform/infrastructure, and securityStrong organizational design instincts - you've built teams for scale, not just headcountHands-on familiarity with AI-assisted engineering tools and a demonstrated ability to drive adoption across teamsExcellent stakeholder communication - you can translate engineering complexity for business audiences and vice versaNice-to-havesExperience in deep-tech, defense, aerospace, or other mission-critical software environmentsExposure to space systems, real-time data platforms, or hardware-software integrationFamiliarity with government and defense customer environmentsWhy This Role MattersDigantara's engineering team is the backbone of systems that governments and defense organizations rely on for real-time space intelligence. As we expand globally and take on increasingly complex missions, the quality of our engineering org directly determines what we can deliver and how fast.This role isn't about managing for the sake of managing. It's about building an engineering organization that is lean, high-trust, and capable of doing hard things reliably. The opportunity to shape that from the inside at a company operating at the frontier of space technology is rare.Job Location: Hebbal, BengaluruApply for this positionAutofill from resumeSave time by uploading your resume. 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