Senior Director of Engineering

18 Hours ago • 10 Years + • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

Veeam, a global leader in data resilience, is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to lead multiple engineering teams within its Veeam Data Cloud (VDC) service. The role involves hiring, growing, and mentoring teams responsible for building and operating data protection services. Key responsibilities include defining engineering roadmaps, overseeing architectural decisions for distributed systems and scalable storage, driving engineering and operational excellence, communicating technical vision to leadership, and acting as an escalation point for product and operational issues. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of engineering experience, with 5+ years in engineering management, and proven ability to scale high-performing teams.
Must have:
  • Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering teams
  • Define engineering roadmap and drive execution
  • Oversee architectural decisions for distributed systems
  • Drive engineering and operational excellence
  • Communicate technical vision to leadership
  • Act as escalation point for issues
  • 10+ years of engineering experience
  • 5+ years in engineering management
  • Hire, mentor, and scale high-performing teams
  • Ship multiple product releases
  • Expertise in cloud-native architectures
  • Strong operational mindset
  • Excellent communication and strategic thinking
Good to have:
  • Experience building B2B SaaS software
  • Experience in data protection, storage, or security fields
Perks:
  • Family Medical Insurance
  • Annual flexible spending allowance for health and well-being
  • Life insurance
  • Personal accident insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Comprehensive leave package, including parental leave
  • Meal Benefit Pass
  • Transportation Allowance
  • Daycare/Child care Allowance
  • Veeam Care Days for volunteering
  • Professional training and education
  • Online learning platforms access
  • Mentoring through MentorLab program

Job Details

Veeam, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes businesses should control all their data whenever and wherever they need it. Veeam provides data resilience through data backup, data recovery, data portability, data security, and data intelligence. Based in Seattle, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we move forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands. The future of data resilience is here - go fearlessly forward with us.

Veeam Data Cloud (VDC) is a comprehensive Backup as a Service (BaaS) solution that provides robust data protection and recovery for cloud workloads. As a Senior Director of Engineering, you will be responsible for hiring, growing, and leading multiple engineering teams within VDC. Your engineering teams will build and operate data protection services within VDC. 

Your tasks will include: 

  • Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering teams
  • Work closely with product management to define the engineering roadmap for your teams and drive execution
  • Oversee architectural decisions for distributed systems, scalable storage, and data protection workloads ensuring long-term reliability and performance
  • Drive engineering and operational excellence, ensuring teams build high-quality, secure, and scalable SaaS services while following agile best practices
  • Clearly communicate technical vision, progress, and risks to executive leadership and key stakeholders
  • Act as a point of escalation for product and operational issues and support the team as needed during on-call 

What we expect from you: 

  • 10+ years of engineering experience, with at least 5+ years in engineering management roles leading multiple teams
  • Proven ability to hire, mentor, and scale high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience shipping multiple product releases, with a strong focus on reliability, quality, and efficiency
  • Expertise in cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern backend technologies (Go, Java, or similar)
  • Strong operational mindset, ensuring teams are fully responsible for the development, deployment, and operation of their services
  • Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and decision-making skills, with the ability to align technical execution with business objectives
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent experience) 

Will be an advantage: 

  • Experience with building B2B SaaS software
  • Experience in the data protection, storage, or security fields 

We offer:

  • Family Medical Insurance
  • Annual flexible spending allowance for health and well-being
  • Life insurance
  • Personal accident insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • A comprehensive leave package, including parental leave
  • Meal Benefit Pass
  • Transportation Allowance
  • Daycare/Child care Allowance
  • Veeam Care Days – additional 24 hours for your volunteering activities
  • Professional training and education, including courses and workshops, internal meetups, and unlimited access to our online learning platforms (Percipio, Athena, O’Reilly) and mentoring through our MentorLab program

Please note: If the applicant is permanently located outside India, Veeam reserves the right to decline the application.

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Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential.

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About The Company

Veeam’s got your workloads covered — cloud, on‑prem, remote sites, and everything else in between. Our Zero Trust principles are baked into every backup, ensuring your data is protected and ready for recovery. Wherever your data lives, Veeam works with that, too.


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