Engineering Manager

We're hiring an Engineering Manager (7-12 years) who can lead a high-performing engineering team, drive product delivery, architect scalable systems, and cultivate a culture of excellence. This role is ideal for someone who has been a strong individual contributor and is now passionate about leading people, driving execution, and shaping technology roadmap.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend, frontend, mobile, and DevOps engineers.
• Drive high performance through code quality, engineering discipline, and structured reviews.
• Build a culture of ownership, speed, and continuous improvement.
• Hire top talent and help scale the engineering org.
• Work with product, design, data, and business to define the technical direction for FOY.
• Architect robust and scalable systems for: Mobile commerce, High-scale APIs, Personalisation and recommendations, Product/catalogue systems, Payments, checkout, and logistics.
• Ensure security, reliability, and high availability across all systems.
• Own end-to-end delivery of key product features and platform capabilities.
• Drive sprint planning, execution, tracking, and timely delivery.
• Build and improve engineering processes/CD pipelines, testing automation, and release cycles.
• Reduce tech debt and ensure long-term maintainability.
• Drive standards across: Code quality, System performance, Monitoring and alerting, Incident management
• Work closely with QA, mobile, backend, and data teams to ensure smooth releases.
• Partner with product managers to translate business goals into technical outcomes.
• Work with designers, marketing, operations, and supply chain to deliver user-centric solutions.
• Balance trade-offs between speed and engineering excellence.

Requirements:

• 7-12 years of hands-on engineering experience with at least 2-4 years in a leadership or tech lead role.
• Strong experience in backend development (Node/Python preferred).
• Good exposure to mobile or web engineering (Native Android/iOS).
• Strong understanding of system design, APIs, microservices, caching, databases, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP).
• Experience running Agile/Scrum teams with measurable delivery outputs.
• Ability to dive deep into code when required, while enabling the team to succeed independently.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for building user-focused products and solving meaningful problems.

Bonus Points:

• Experience in e-commerce, high-scale consumer apps, or marketplaces.
• Prior experience in a fast-growing startup environment.
• Strong DevOps/Cloud knowledge (CI/CD, Kubernetes, SRE principles).
• Data-driven approach to engineering decisions.
• A GitHub/portfolio showcasing real projects or open-source contributions.