Engineering Manager

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗥𝘀 𝟰𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 - 𝗥𝘀 𝟲𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 (𝗶𝗲 𝗜𝗡𝗥 𝟰𝟬-𝟲𝟬 𝗟𝗣𝗔)

Experience: 10+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager – Backend to lead a high-performing backend engineering organization in Bengaluru. This role combines technical leadership, people management, architecture, and product execution, with responsibility for building scalable APIs, services, and web technologies that support business-critical experiences.

The ideal candidate will be a strong hands-on technology leader who can guide a team of engineers and managers, drive engineering excellence, and translate business and product objectives into reliable, scalable technology solutions.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a backend engineering organization comprising engineers and engineering managers.

• Provide technical leadership for the design and development of scalable APIs, backend services, and web applications.

• Architect technically robust, flexible, highly available, and scalable solutions for large-scale systems.

• Build, scale, and maintain microservices-based architectures.

• Establish engineering best practices covering code quality, development standards, testing, debugging, performance, and optimization.

• Remain hands-on when required and provide technical guidance on complex engineering challenges.

• Lead and mentor engineering managers and individual contributors, creating clear career paths and development opportunities.

• Conduct regular performance reviews and provide continuous, constructive feedback.

• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement.

• Work closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Designers, and other stakeholders to estimate, prioritize, plan, and deliver projects.

• Partner with Business Development and Operations teams to deliver scalable and reliable technology solutions.

• Identify technical risks, dependencies, performance bottlenecks, and opportunities for architectural improvement.

• Drive effective debugging, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and production issue resolution.

• Operate effectively in a rapidly evolving environment with changing priorities and cross-team dependencies.

• Ensure engineering teams consistently deliver high-quality solutions with speed, reliability, and maintainability.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including significant experience in engineering leadership or management.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Strong hands-on expertise in Java and object-oriented software development.

• Proven experience building and scaling microservices and large-scale backend systems.

• Strong knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL databases, including MySQL and MongoDB.

• Hands-on experience with Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS, and ELK Stack.

• Strong understanding of cloud technologies and distributed systems.

• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, troubleshooting, and performance-optimization skills.

• Experience designing reliable, scalable, and maintainable backend architectures.

• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, code quality, testing, and development best practices.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor high-performing engineering teams.

• Strong people-management skills with experience developing engineers and engineering managers.

• Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills.

• Strong sense of ownership with the ability to make decisions and drive outcomes in ambiguous environments.

• Proven ability to deliver high-quality technology solutions in fast-paced, high-growth environments.