Engineering Manager

Description

○ We are seeking dynamic and experienced leaders to grow our engineering teams, scale our development & release processes, and create world-class products. ○ Our platform is built on the Python Django / DRF framework with a frontend in NextJs along with MySQL/Redis and a bunch of other Amazon Web Services on the backend.

○ The job requires the following: ○ Hands-on experience in architecting, designing, developing & scaling complex systems with highly available set-ups and large transactional and complex web-based systems ○ Strong knowledge of design patterns and their applications. ○ Good know-how of standard coding practices, quality and review guidelines ○ Building / Hiring high-performance software engineering teams ○ Solid understanding of business processes and the application of technology to implement and thereafter streamline them ○ Experience in presenting plans, updates, and risks to all stakeholders is a critical part of the role. ○ Strong leadership and communication skills ○ Excellent knowledge of the latest technology trends and motivate the team for the same. ○ Well-versed in productivity and AI tools to increase productivity. ○ A technologist at heart and is passionate about the latest technological developments.

Requirements: ○ 7+ years of experience in building software products and SaaS applications with strong hands-on development experience in web technologies. ○ 3+ years of experience owning and operating high-volume production applications ○ 3+ years of solid experience in designing loosely coupled and scalable architecture. ○ 3+ years of collaborating experience with product design teams, customers, and other stakeholders to have timely deliverables. ○ 3+ years of experience in AWS from an architecture and cost perspective. ○ 2+ years of experience in building high-performance engineering teams and delivering great software. ○ 2+ years of recent experience in managing software development teams with full responsibility for software releases, processes, and people management. ○ Exceptionally well-organized individual with great listening, communication, and presentation skills ○ Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities: 1. Ownership - Must have trait ○ Provide leadership, guidance, and support to engineers, fostering their professional growth and ensuring a positive work environment. 2. Technology: ○ Identify key system components, interfaces, and dependencies and prepare high level overview / documentation ○ Participate in designing scalable systems and provide inputs to handle scalability, data volume, concurrency and system bottlenecks. ○ Review code and ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and quality guidelines. ○ Implement and maintain robust testing processes to ensure the reliability and scalability of the services and the applications. ○ Work on bench-marking different technology options with underlying use cases to make the right architectural decisions. ○ Perform intermittent code reviews to ensure high production code quality. ○ Set up best practices for development and champion their adoption. ○ Closely work with team to ensure timely, bug-free releases ○ Create RCA documentation and prevent the issues in future ○ Arrange for retrospective calls to discuss learnings from the completed sprint 3. Management: ○ Work closely with product managers and stakeholders to understand the product roadmap and plan the resources. ○ Strong experience with Build and Release, Agile processes, and Estimation/Planning ○ Set up best practices and identify areas of continuous improvement of the product development life cycle. ○ Should be able to manage the resources including creating POD charters for reutilizing the resources efficiently to improve the velocity and stability of the deliverables. ○ Identify and mitigate risks in the deliverables. ○ Managing the engineering team and taking care of their performance evaluations. ○ Perform regular 1:1 meetings and share & seek feedback ○ Work on measures to optimize team productivity and engineers' professional development ○ Clear communication and 100% visibility of project status to all stakeholders

Why This Role Might Be For You ● You want to lead an engineering team in a high-ownership environment where you’re responsible for driving projects from concept to delivery. ● You’re excited by the opportunity to influence architecture, tooling, and engineering best practices across teams. ● You care deeply about building scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems while promoting a culture of quality, testing, and clean code. ● You enjoy partnering with product, design, and other stakeholders to deliver customer-centric solutions that solve real problems. ● You want to mentor and grow engineering talent while helping shape the technical direction and culture of a fast-paced, impact-driven organization.