About the Role

As VP of Engineering for Platform, you will own the technical direction and delivery of the AIXBI Data Intelligence Platform the data foundation, the analytics engine, and the generative AI layer that sits on top. You will lead the Hyderabad engineering organization and be the person who turns our Reporting-to-Intelligence strategy into shipped software our customers rely on every day.

This is a builder role. You will inherit a proven analytics business with a large customer footprint, and your job is to scale the platform and the team as we move from a BI vendor to an AI-native Data Intelligence company.

What You Will Do

Platform and architecture

- Own the end-to-end architecture of AIXBI™ — data ingestion, unified data model, semantic layer, query engine, pre-built content, and the generative AI layer.
- Own the connector and extraction strategy across the hybrid enterprise — Oracle E-Business Suite on-premise, Oracle Fusion, and HCM SaaS (Workday, UKG, Taleo, ADP).
- Drive our OCI-first cloud strategy — reference architecture, cost efficiency, multi-region reliability, and OCI Marketplace readiness.
- Bring the AI-native experience to life: embedded conversational analytics, natural-language-to-data, agentic workflows, evaluations, and guardrails that keep quality high in production.
- Set the standard for engineering craft — code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, performance, and security.
- Ensure the platform meets enterprise security and compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and customer-specific controls).

People and organization

- Build, mentor, and scale the Hyderabad engineering organization across platform, data, AI/ML, connectors, and application teams.
- Recruit senior talent — staff and principal engineers, engineering managers, and directors — and create the conditions where they do their best work.




- Design the org for speed and quality: team topology, career ladders, performance management, and a culture of ownership.
- Partner closely with the US-based product, GTM, and executive teams across time zones.

Delivery and operations

- Own release cadence, on-call, and 24x7 production reliability with clear SLOs across cloud and hybrid customer deployments.
- Set and hit quarterly delivery commitments; run rigorous planning and prioritization with the VP of Product.
- Manage the engineering budget and vendor portfolio; make build-versus-buy calls that hold up under scrutiny.

Customer and market

- Represent engineering to strategic customers, partners, and prospects; participate in large deals when it matters.
- Deepen the Oracle partnership — OCI, Fusion, and EBS ecosystem — and represent SplashBI in joint technical forums.
- Feed customer signal directly into the roadmap and act on it quick.

What You Bring Must-have experience

- 15+ years in software engineering with 7+ years in engineering leadership; 3+ years as a VP, SVP, or Head of Engineering at a SaaS or platform company.
- Proven track record scaling engineering teams to 100+ engineers without losing velocity or quality.
- Deep hands-on background in data platforms — data warehouses, data lakes, ETL/ELT, streaming, and distributed query engines.
- Direct experience shipping generative AI features to production — LLMs, RAG, agentic systems, prompt design, fine-tuning, evaluations, and guardrails.




- Strong grasp of the up-to-date AI stack — vector databases, embeddings, orchestration frameworks, model serving, and inference cost management.
- Built and operated multi-tenant SaaS platforms with real enterprise customers at scale.
- Track record of delivering enterprise-grade security, compliance, and reliability.

Strongly preferred

- Deep familiarity with the Oracle ecosystem — Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Fusion, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and Oracle BI/Analytics.
- Experience building or integrating with HCM SaaS platforms — Workday, UKG, Taleo, ADP, SAP SuccessFactors.
- Prior experience at a BI, analytics, or data platform company — SplashBI competitors and peers such as ThoughtSpot, Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Sigma, MicroStrategy, Qlik, Visier, One Model, Alation, or dbt Labs.
- Experience running an engineering centre of excellence in India that supports a global customer base.
- Experience partnering with private equity or growth investors on a value creation plan.

How you show up

- You lead through clarity, not chaos. You raise the bar without burning people out.
- You are equally comfortable in a code review, a customer meeting, and a board update.
- You have strong opinions, held loosely; you disagree, commit, and move.
- You care about the craft — and about the people building it.

Education

- BE, BTech, MS in Computer Science, or a related engineering field; equivalent experience is welcome.

What We Offer

- The chance to lead the engineering of AIXBI™ — the AI-native Data Intelligence Platform at the center of SplashBI's next chapter.
- Competitive base compensation, performance bonus, and comprehensive advantages.
- A senior seat on the executive team of a profitable, global analytics company that is going through a category shift.
- A large, loyal customer base that will pull you forward.

📌 VP of Engineering, Platform (Hyderabad)
🏢 Splash Business Intelligence
📍 Hyderabad