We are a leading Conversational AI company that's revolutionizing education for millions worldwide. Our knowledge bots are already empowering 35 million users, and we're at the forefront of shaping the future of EdTech in Naya Bharat. We're creating an omniverse in Conversational AI, where developers collaborate to innovate together. As part of our team, you'll have a pivotal role in turning complex educational data into practical insights that drive real change. We're deeply committed to enhancing education for 150 million children in India, partnering with state departments and supporting national initiatives like Vidhya Samiksha Kendra under the National Education Policy 2020.
ConveGenius operates across three divisions
: ConveGenius Digital uses AI and bots to make systemic improvements, ConveGenius Edu offers Swift PAL tablets and AR-enhanced learning, and ConveGenius Insights leads global research in educational science. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact in education, have experience in both business and social sectors, and thrive in fast-paced environments, join us in transforming EdTech for Naya Bharat. Embrace our startup culture, where innovation and determination reshape India's educational future.
About Role:
ConveGenius Digital India is at the forefront of educational transformation and we operate at massive scale impacting millions of students. This role is the critical intersection between our deep-tech core and our user-facing delivery. This leader will take
complete, end-to-end ownership
of the engineering health, architectural integrity, and delivery timelines for all client-facing applications.
This is a high-ownership, hands-on senior leadership role responsible for scaling our mission-critical EdTech platform, which serves over 121 million users. This high-ownership role ensures
Mission-Critical Reliability,
requiring applications function flawlessly with real-time user experiences for millions, requiring complete architectural and engineering ownership to guarantee
on-time delivery without quality compromise
. The leader reports directly to the CDSO, focusing on robust data flow architectures, and managing a
multi-cloud/Hybrid Architecture
essential for high scale and reliability in low-bandwidth EdTech environments.
Core Responsibilities:
Ownership of Platform Delivery (Hands-On Imperative):
Must maintain non-negotiable, hands-on ownership by serving as the final Architectural Authority, performing rigorous Quality Gatekeeping (code/architecture reviews), and acting as the ultimate technical escalation point for Issue Resolution.
Engineering Management and Team Growth:
Lead and mentor a substantial 15+ person engineering team, including leads, by defining rigorous engineering practices and owning the recruitment, retention, and growth strategy to cultivate a high-performance culture.
Agile Governance and Project Rigor:
Must ensure meticulous project execution by championing effective Agile methodologies using tools like Jira for precise tracking, and building automated, self-organizing processes to manage multiple concurrent deliveries across the large team.
Stakeholder Management and Interoperability:
You will be the senior client-facing technical authority to manage expectations and provide system assurance to partners, actively co-solutioning with Product and QA teams. Design and maintain standardized data schemas and secure, interoperable API infrastructure to facilitate data transfer and analysis with external entities.
Key Technical Expertise Required:
Proficiency in architecting high-performance backends for real-time features and building complex, data-intensive user interfaces.
Demonstrated expertise in Multi-Cloud Deployment. This includes optimizing infrastructure for cost, security, and redundancy.
Deep understanding of SQL Databases and interfacing with the central Data Warehouse. Essential for high-volume, high-fidelity data ingestion that directly supports the adaptive learning engine and analytics.
Experience leading the design of highly scalable and resilient systems, including Event-Driven Microservices Architecture and using Message Queuing to ensure reliable data capture and application functioning.
Minimum Requirements:
Experience:
A minimum of
8+ years
of progressive experience in software engineering and delivery, with substantial influence over system design and technical architecture.
Leadership Track Record:
At least
4 years
in a senior technical leadership role, managing and mentoring teams of
10 or more engineers
, including senior and lead technical staff.
Technical Depth:
Demonstrated expertise and
hands-on proficiency
in the core stack: Node.js, React, SQL, and managing large-scale infrastructure across
different cloud service providers.
Process Mastery:
Extensive, proven experience running and scaling complex software delivery programs within an
Agile methodology
, with mastery of tracking tools like Jira.
Education:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.