Come join our Engineering team
Our Engineering team builds the infrastructure, reporting, and data products that turn Karat’s unique interview and performance data into meaningful insights. We partner across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, and the business to create a reliable data foundation and to improve how Karat understands, uses, and delivers data.

What you will do
As Director of Engineering, India, you will lead and grow Karat’s India-based engineering organization. You will report to the Vice President of Engineering and work closely with engineering leaders and teams in the United States.

You will own engineering delivery for multiple product areas and features, from technical approach through dependable launch and ongoing operation. You start as a hands-on leader while you grow the India engineering team so that you can delegate product and feature ownership over time. You will also be a cross-company leader and resource for India-based employees and their global counterparts, helping teams build strong working relationships, navigate local needs,



and operate effectively as one company.

This position requires a schedule that overlaps with U.S. business hours.

• Lead the design and development of intuitive enterprise workflows and self-serve hubs that streamline the hiring process. Key initiatives include the HM Experience App, Recruiter Hub, ATS integrations, active candidate funnel management, and post-interview decisioning portals.
• Enhance delivery operations tooling, cost-saving initiatives (e.g., messaging and notifications infrastructure), and payment operations.
• Identify and apply emerging technologies, including AI-assisted workflows, to advance Karat’s interviewing platform and technical-assessment capabilities.
• Develop senior technical talent and engineering managers, build solid local leadership, and delegate meaningful product and feature ownership across teams.
• Build effective working relationships across India and g

📌 Director of Software Engineering (Bengaluru)
🏢 Karat
📍 Bengaluru