Senior Engineering Manager

Role Overview

We are looking for a deeply technical, hands-on Senior Engineering Manager who can build scalable systems while leading a high-performing engineering team.

This is not a pure people-management role — the expectation is 30–50% hands-on technical contribution alongside mentoring engineers and owning delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, high-availability systems

• Lead system design discussions and ensure high code quality

• Own production reliability, performance, and stability

• Manage and mentor 5+ engineers

• Drive hiring, execution planning, and predictable delivery

• Establish engineering best practices (CI/CD, testing, automation)

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering

• 1+ year managing a team of 5+ engineers

• Strong backend development experience

• Experience designing distributed systems

• Strong knowledge of microservices, REST APIs, SQL/NoSQL

• Experience with AWS, caching systems, and messaging systems

• Strong production ownership and debugging expertise

Good to Have

• Experience in Fintech, Payments, or Lending

• Knowledge of event-driven architecture

• Experience with Kubernetes

• Exposure to observability and performance optimization

What Success Looks Like

• A high-performing engineering team

• Reliable and scalable production systems

• Improved delivery velocity and strong technical culture