Engineering Manager - Python/Node.js

Responsibilities :

- Lead and deliver large-scale platform and product initiatives that impact millions of users.

- Collaborate with product, design, and business teams to translate complex business problems into scalable technical solutions.

- Guide the team in adopting AI/ML models and frameworks, exploring their application in personalization, credit risk, fraud detection, or smart recommendations.

- Review architecture, suggest best practices, and ensure resilient, performant, and secure code.

- Perform technical mentorship and code reviews to build a culture of engineering excellence.

- Take ownership of system design and architecture for key services.

- Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines and contribute towards infrastructure decisions.

- Ensure rigorous security and data protection practices in collaboration with DevSecOps.

- Stay ahead of the curve by continuously evaluating and integrating new tools, trends, and AI technologies.

- 8+ years of experience in backend engineering roles with at least 2+ years in tech leadership or architect roles.

- Proven track record of leading engineering teams on complex projects from idea to production.

- Strong coding skills in Node.js, Python, JavaScript, and proficiency in web frameworks.

- Comfortable with cron jobs, RESTful APIs, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and

GCP/AWS.

- Experience with RDBMS and NoSQL databases like MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and

Elasticsearch.

- Familiarity with modern frontend practices using HTML, CSS, JS, and build tools like Webpack,

NPM.

- Solid grasp of Git and code lifecycle workflows.

- Exposure to or working knowledge of AI/ML concepts, such as : Personalization engines,

Predictive modeling (risk/fraud), NLP (chatbots, document classification).

- Working with APIs from platforms like OpenAI, HuggingFace, Langchain, or Vertex AI.