Director - Engineering

For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for peopl...

As the Director of Engineering at Smartsheet India, you will build capabilities to empower the world's largest companies to transform their approach to work. You will guide teams that own the grid ecosystem - defining how data linking, synchronization, and grid infrastructure evolve as a cohesive platform.

You will ensure architectural decisions are coherent and avoid fragmentation. You will be willing to challenge technical choices.

4+ years microservice web application development.
10+ years of combined system architecture experience across multiple  languages and frameworks.
3+ years experience managing software organizations with >25 people.
Experience with tools such as CloudFormation, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing, API Gateway, AWS Lambda, EC2, Route 53, etc.
Experience with NoSQL, Relational Databases, Object Store architectures across globally replicated cloud instances
Experience partnering with product management on roadmap prioritization, pricing/packaging, and customer adoption
Experience building autoscaling, distributed systems
BS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
Strong Computer Science fundamentals in API design, data structures, and algorithms.
Training and experience with Agile and Lean methodologies
Legally eligible to work in India on an ongoing basis
Fluency in English is required
 
Get to Know Us:
At Smartsheet, your ideas are heard, your potential is supported, and your contributions have real impact. You’ll have the freedom to explore, push boundaries, and grow beyond your role. We welcome diverse perspectives and nontraditional paths—because we know that impact comes from individuals who care deeply and challenge thoughtfully. When you’re doing work that stretches you, excites you, and connects you to something bigger, that’s magic at work. Let’s build what’s next, together.