Description :

Role & Responsibilities

We are seeking a visionary and decisive Engineering Manager to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will lead and inspire a talented team of software engineers, driving innovation and excellence in product development efforts. This is an exciting opportunity to influence and shape the future of our engineering organization.

Key Responsibilities :

As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for managing the overall software development life cycle of one product.

You will work and manage a cross-functional team consisting of Backend Engineers, Frontend Engineers, QA, SDET, Product Managers, Product Designers, Technical Project Managers, Data Scientists, etc.

- Responsible for mapping business objectives to an optimum engineering structure, including correct estimation of resource allocation.

- Responsible for key technical and product decisions.

- Provide direction and mentorship to the team.

- Set up best practices for engineering.

- Work closely with the Product Manager and help them in getting relevant inputs from the engineering team.

- Plan and track the development and release schedules, proactively assess and mitigate risks.

- Prepare for contingencies and provide visible leadership in crisis.

- Conduct regular 1 :1s for performance feedback and lead their appraisals.

- Responsible for driving good coding practices in the team like good quality code, documentation, timely bug fixing, etc.

- Report on the status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management.

- Create and maintain an open and transparent environment that values speed and innovation, and motivates engineers to build innovative and effective systems rapidly.

Ideal Candidate :

- Strong Engineering Manager / Technical Leadership Profile

- Mandatory (Experience 1) : Must have 9+ years of experience in software engineering with experience building complex, large-scale products

- Mandatory (Experience 2) : Must have 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager / Tech Lead with people management responsibilities

- Mandatory (Tech Skills 1) : Strong technical foundation with hands-on experience in Java (or equivalent compiled language), scripting languages, web technologies, and databases (SQL/NoSQL)

- Mandatory (Tech Skills 2) : Proven ability to solve large-scale technical problems and guide teams on architecture, design, quality, and best practices

- Mandatory (Leadership & Delivery) : Experience in leading cross-functional teams, planning and tracking delivery, mentoring engineers, conducting performance reviews, and driving engineering excellence

- Mandatory (Collaboration) : Must have strong experience working with Product Managers, UX designers, QA, and other cross-functional partners

- Mandatory (Communication) : Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to influence technical direction and stakeholder decisions

- Mandatory (Company) : Product companies

- Mandatory (Stability) : Must have stayed for at least 2 years with each of the previous companies

- Mandatory (Education) : B.Tech in computer science or related field from Tier 1, Tier 2 colleges

- Mandatory (Note) : Education can be ignored for candidates with proven experience in strong, reputed product companies.