Providing clear and concise direction to the engineering team on their deliverable, supervising their work, and driving product releases / project completion as per the timelines decided.
Lead technical solution designs with the entire team be a sounding board & guide the team for any tech-related issue.
Work closely with the product managers and designers to refine stories, discuss, and finalize release timelines, and attend relevant meetings with stakeholders.
Communicate technical direction to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Provide guidance to ensure the overall architecture and solutions are very well designed for the long-term while also driving a pragmatic approach to deliver results in phases that is aligned with business value.
Ensure optimal application of engineering resources to meet product development and consumer requirements and ensures the implementation of agile processes.
Design the entire solution from ideation and visual design through the SDLC, life cycle activities such as extending or updating a system, planning retirement of a system.
Getting hands-on with code rollouts as and when required to ensure releases go out in a timely and accurate fashion.
Hands-on experience with third party integration would be an advantage.
Hire, onboard and build a team of capable engineers across India, both in-house and through outsourced agencies.
The Employee, as per business needs, may be required to undertake any other such duties as may be assigned in line with the employee's position, skills, and capabilities.
Requirements:
8+ years of Engineering experience, with at least last 3 years as an Engineering Manager preferably across a start-up / mid-sized company
Experience of building and growing a team is highly preferred.
Candidates must have an experience of managing in-house engineers, as well as the outsourced ones.
Excellent communication, able to manage multiple stakeholders across other departments in the organization
Hands-on software engineer who can just roll up his / her sleeves anytime to make various changes in the code and design, as necessary.
Excellent knowledge in following tech stack: Kotlin, Java, Node.js, Nest, Express, Spring Boot, MySQL, MongoDB, ELK Stack, GCP (We use Google)/ AWS, microservices is a plus
