Sequoia Reviews

As a Lead in Finance, the role offers strong exposure to both strategic and operational aspects of the business, including budgeting, forecasting, and driving financial insights for key decisions. There is good visibility into leadership discussions, which makes the work impactful beyond just reporting. The organization is gradually strengthening its finance processes and controls, with increasing focus on data accuracy, automation, and better reporting frameworks. Collaboration with cross-functional teams like product, engineering, and business is improving, helping finance play a more proactive role rather than a reactive one. There are also opportunities to mentor junior team members and influence how finance functions scale within the India organization.

At the Director level, you get a rare combination of ownership and influence. Leadership genuinely trusts engineers to drive outcomes rather than just deliver outputs. There is a strong focus on building scalable systems and long-term architecture rather than short-term fixes. Cross-functional collaboration with product and business teams is improving, and there’s clear effort from senior leadership to create a more transparent and inclusive environment. The company is also investing in strengthening its India engineering presence, which creates exciting opportunities to shape teams, culture, and tech strategy from the ground up. High-caliber talent across teams makes problem-solving both challenging and rewarding.