Babylon Health Hiring for Director of Engineering – AI Platform at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

Full Job DescriptionWould you like to be a part of shifting the direction of global healthcare from the inside out? Are you seeking a leadership opportunity within a mission-critical team that is core to the business’ success?

We are growing fast and looking for an accomplished technical leader to help us accelerate. In this exceptional leadership opportunity as Director of Engineering – AI Platform, you will lead a team of engineers that executes complex cross-functional projects and programs that focus on the building of new, the alteration of existing. You will recruit and empower an elite management team to build highly-functioning engineering teams – teams that will define themselves as creative and collaborative – and pride themselves on continuous integration and delivery. Together with other leaders in data science, product, and design, you will drive a consistent strategy that stitches our members, our clinicians, and our partners together. You’ll report directly to the VP of Engineering and drive significant change at scale – relying on your keen understanding of the technology, business acumen and people management.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
Work closely with technical leaders, business partners, and product managers to define and articulate technical requirements, communicate status, risks with resolution plan, upcoming milestones, and recent releases
Build and maintain a long-term vision and technical roadmap – as well as work under timelines to keep key initiatives on schedule
Lead the agile software development phases of various projects, drive roadmap execution, provide technical direction for the project(s) while planning for new ones
Optimize recruiting, hiring, and onboarding to keep pace with company growth
Inspire and lead your team as a strong people leader – apply your leadership strengths to drive outcomes
Partner with the business to have a clear understanding of how the technology stack is tied to business outcomes and our bottom line
Identify areas of improvement within the code and suggests solutions
Advocate for operational excellence (such as unit testing, establishing SLAs, programming for resiliency and scalability)
Examine inefficiencies in the existing stack operation and encourage engineers to improve them
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Strong background in AI/ML Platforms and consumer focused services built on modern cloud native technology using the latest open source strategy
Ability to look at solutions in creative ways – recognizing opportunities to innovate and drive business results
Confident decision-making skills and the ability to develop and articulate clear technical solutions from ambiguous requirements
Self-motivated with an attitude towards automation and scalability – emphasizing speed and execution
Strong technical leader with excellent verbal and written communication skills – and the ability to demonstrate effective leadership and mentoring skills to optimally grow, develop, and empower teams

WHAT WE OFFER
Whether you work in one of our amazing offices or a distributed team, Babylon is highly collaborative and fun! You’ll have a chance to work in a fast-paced environment with experienced industry leaders. We have a learning environment where you can make an impact.

WHO WE ARE
We are a team on a mission, to put accessible and affordable healthcare in the hands of every person on earth. Our mission is bold and ambitious, and it’s one that’s shared by our team who shares our values, to dream big, build fast and be brilliant. To achieve this, we’ve brought together one of the largest teams of scientists, clinicians, mathematicians and engineers to focus on combining the ever-growing computing power of machines, with the best medical expertise of humans, to create a comprehensive, immediate and personalized health service and make it universally available.

At Babylon our people aren’t just part of a team, they’re part of something bigger. We’re a vibrant community of creative thinkers and doers, forging the way for a new generation of healthcare. We’re only as good as our people. So, finding the best people is everything to us. We serve millions, but we choose our people one at a time…

DIVERSITY AT BABYLON
We believe that difference inspires a better, healthier world. That’s why it’s at the heart of everything we do. From our people to our products, difference enriches every part of our business and creates a culture based on equality of opportunity, and in which all Babylonians can progress their careers. We’re committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, pregnancy status, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.