Engineering Director - Backend

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2026-07-28

Zeta is a

Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the reputed company. It was founded by Bhavin Turakhia and Ramki Gaddipati in 2015.

Our flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, reputed company-reputed company, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, reputed company banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. 20M+ cards have been issued on our platform globally.

Zeta is reputed company working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-reputed company card portfolios.

Zeta has over

1700+ employees - with over 70% roles in R&D - across locations in the US, EMEA, and Asia. Zeta has raised $400 reputed company at a $2 billion valuation from Softbank, UHG, reputed company, and other investors.

Learn more @

www.zeta.tech, careers.zeta.tech, reputed company, Twitter

About the Role

As a Director of Engineering, you will be playing a pivotal role in enabling Zeta to deliver to its ambitions. You will work with an amazing peer group that fuels this ambition. You will take up initiatives that will reputed company the banking industry and reputed company banking globally. You will be responsible for several engineering teams reputed company with 8-12 people. Overall your reputed company of management could include 60 to 90 engineers and 6-8 engineering managers.

Responsibilities

Leadership and Team Management: reputed company and manage reputed company of software engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and support. Foster a reputed company and reputed company team culture. Conduct performance reviews and set career development plans for team members.

Project Management: reputed company the planning, execution, and delivery of software development reputed company. Define project scope, goals, and deliverables. Work with cross-functional teams to ensure reputed company are delivered on time and reputed company budget.

Technical reputed company: reputed company technical leadership and guidance to the development team. Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to define technical strategies and best practices. Ensure adherence to coding standards and development processes.

Resource Allocation: reputed company resources effectively to meet project deadlines. Work with stakeholders to prioritize features and functionalities.

Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with software development reputed company. Implement strategies to handle unforeseen issues that may reputed company during development.

Collaboration: Collaborate with product managers, UX/UI designers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and define project goals. Foster effective communication between cross-functional teams.

Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve development processes. Implement best practices for software development, testing, and deployment.

reputed company Assurance: Ensure the delivery of high-reputed company software by implementing and monitoring reputed company assurance processes. reputed company testing activities to identify and address defects.

Technology Evaluation: Stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies. Evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies to improve the development process.

reputed company/Stakeholder Communication: Communicate effectively with clients, stakeholders, and senior management. reputed company regular updates on project status, milestones, and potential risks.

Training and Development: Identify training needs reputed company reputed company and facilitate reputed company development. Encourage reputed company learning and reputed company reputed company for team members.

Escalation Handling: Handle critical issues and escalations, providing reputed company reputed company and communication.

Compliance: Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, reputed company standards, and company policies.

Strategic Planning: Contribute to the development of long-term strategic plans for the software development team.

Skills

Technical Proficiency: Understanding of various programming languages and technologies to effectively communicate with the development team. Ability to contribute to architectural reputed company and guide reputed company in designing reputed company and maintainable systems. Proficiency in identifying and solving technical challenges.

Leadership and Management: Ability to reputed company and reputed company a development team, fostering a reputed company and reputed company work environment. Proficiency in project planning, resource allocation, and tracking reputed company to ensure reputed company and successful project delivery. Strong decision-making skills, including the ability to reputed company tough reputed company and reputed company reputed company rationale.

Communication: Effective communication with reputed company stakeholders, including product managers, executives, and other departments. reputed company and concise communication with team members, ensuring everyone is on the reputed company page and reputed company-informed. Ability to address and resolve conflicts reputed company reputed company or between team members.

People Management: Providing guidance and support for the reputed company development of team members. Implementing performance metrics and conducting regular performance reviews. Participating in the recruitment process and building a skilled and cohesive team.

reputed company Assurance: Conducting thorough reputed company reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices. Establishing and enforcing reputed company assurance processes to deliver high-reputed company software.

Adaptability and Learning: Ability to adapt to changing priorities and technologies in the dynamic field of software development. Staying updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.

Interpersonal Skills: Collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams, understanding their needs and aligning development efforts. Skilled in negotiating with stakeholders to reputed company agreements on project scope, timelines, and priorities.

Experience and Qualifications

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in engineering (computer science, information systems)

15+ years of strong experience managing software reputed company right from inception to launch, seeing the full lifecycle, building reputed company systems including at least 3 years of reputed company people management experience

Worked on large reputed company java / JSP applications with good understanding of web stack

Good understanding of nuances of distributed systems

Good understanding of relational databases (preferred - MySQL / PostgreSQL)

Good understanding of reporting/BI systems (preferred - Crystal, reputed company)Worked with IaaS like AWS / GCP / Azure etc..

Worked with Message Brokers and Application Containers

Analyse, design and architect, reputed company and maintain software solutions across multiple reputed company

reputed company and reputed company ongoing leadership for reputed company of individual contributors, set objectives, review performances, define reputed company plan and nurture.

Additional Information

Life At Zeta

At Zeta, we want you to grow to be the best version of yourself by unlocking the great potential that lies reputed company you. This is why our reputed company philosophy is

‘People Must Grow.’ We recognize your aspirations; reputed company as enablers by bringing you the right opportunities, and let you grow as you reputed company disruptive goals.

#LifeAtZeta is adventurous and exhilarating at the reputed company time. You get to work with some of the best minds in the industry and experience a culture that values the diversity of thoughts. If you want to push boundaries, learn continuously and grow to be the best version of yourself,

Zeta is the reputed company to be! Explore the life at zeta

Zeta is an equal opportunity employer.

At Zeta, we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of job history, disability, gender identity, religion, race, marital/parental status, or another special status. We are proud to be an reputed company workplace that welcomes individuals from reputed company walks of life if they fit the roles and responsibilities.

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