Engineering Manager, Data

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Guide and mentor a team of 6–10 senior engineers, potentially spanning multiple squads.

• Take responsibility for the technical strategy, architecture, and execution of intricate engineering initiatives.

• Collaborate with Product and business stakeholders to synchronize engineering priorities with business objectives.

• Promote scalable, dependable, and high-performance system architecture.

• Oversee cross-team dependencies, resource distribution, delivery risks, and technical compromises.

• Cultivate the development of senior engineers and guide prospective Engineering Managers and technical leaders.

• Drive recruitment, performance assessments, succession planning, and decisions regarding team structure.

• Balance the delivery of features with addressing technical debt, enhancing platforms, and ensuring reliability and scalability.

• Establish engineering practices centered around architecture, CI/CD, observability, quality, and operational excellence.

• Encourage a culture of ownership, collaboration, accountability, experimentation, and ongoing improvement.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years of experience in managing engineering teams, including senior engineers.

• Substantial experience in delivering complex initiatives across multiple teams or product domains.

• Robust software engineering background with proficiency in technologies such as Java/Go, Kubernetes, Cloud Services, CI/CD, microservices, and messaging systems.

• Experience in leading architecture discussions and shaping engineering strategies.

• Deep understanding of scalable distributed systems, APIs, reliability, and performance.

• Proven experience working closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders on roadmaps and prioritization.

• Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers and nurture future engineering leaders.

• Strong experience with Agile methodologies and managing intricate cross-functional dependencies.

• Excellent skills in stakeholder management, communication, and decision-making.

• Preferred: Background in FinTech, Payments, Banking, eCommerce, or high-scale consumer technology products.

• Preferred: Experience managing multiple squads or interconnected engineering domains.

• Preferred: Experience in developing platforms or products for large-scale user bases.

🏝️ Benefits

• Engage in complex, high-impact engineering and product challenges.

• Lead seasoned engineering teams with a high degree of ownership and autonomy.

• Collaborate directly with senior leaders in product, technology, and business.

• Enjoy a remote-first work environment.