Engineering Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of Software Engineers, Senior Engineers, and Technical Leads.
• Own engineering execution, delivery, quality, and technical outcomes for one or more products or engineering teams.
• Define and execute engineering strategy aligned with product and business objectives.
• Partner with Product Managers, Architects, Design, QA, DevOps, and other stakeholders to plan and deliver product initiatives.
• Drive project planning, prioritization, resource allocation, estimation, execution, and release management.
• Establish engineering best practices across SDLC, Agile/Scrum, code quality, testing, CI/CD, security, and production operations.
• Provide technical guidance on system design, architecture, scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Review technical designs and ensure engineering solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements.
• Identify and manage technical debt, engineering risks, dependencies, and production issues.
• Monitor engineering metrics including delivery velocity, quality, reliability, availability, productivity, and operational performance.
• Build a high-performing engineering culture through mentoring, coaching, feedback, career development, and performance management.
• Participate in hiring and build effective engineering teams through technical interviews, workforce planning, and talent development.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, tools, architecture, and development practices.
• Lead incident management, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions for critical production issues.
• Communicate engineering plans, progress, risks, dependencies, and business impact to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Foster collaboration across teams and resolve technical, organizational, and delivery-related blockers.

Preferred candidate profile

• 5 to 10 years of experience in Software Engineering, with demonstrated experience managing or leading engineering teams.
• Proven experience managing Software Engineers, Senior Engineers, and/or Technical Leads.
• Strong technical background in Software Development, System Design, Software Architecture, Distributed Systems, Microservices, and Cloud Computing.
• Hands-on experience with one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, C#, .NET, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile/Scrum, CI/CD, DevOps, testing, code quality, and software engineering best practices.
• Experience designing and operating scalable, highly available, secure, and reliable systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP is preferred.
• Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, Terraform, REST APIs, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
• Strong experience in project planning, delivery management, resource planning, estimation, prioritization, and risk management.
• Proven ability to hire, mentor, coach, motivate, and retain high-performing engineering talent.
• Experience conducting performance reviews, career planning, goal setting, and succession planning.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively with Product, Engineering, Architecture, QA, DevOps, Design, and Business teams.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, decision-making, conflict-resolution, and leadership skills.
• Ability to balance technical excellence, team development, product priorities, delivery timelines, and business objectives.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Electronics, or a related technical discipline.
• B.E./B.Tech/MCA/M.Tech or equivalent qualification preferred.
• MBA/PGDM and relevant Agile, Cloud, DevOps, or Project Management certifications are an added advantage.