Senior Engineering Manager

The CoinDCX Journey: Building the Future of Finance
At CoinDCX, our mission is clear - to make crypto and blockchain accessible to every Indian and enable them to participate in the future of finance.
As India’s first crypto unicorn valued at $2.45B, we are reshaping the financial ecosystem by building safe, transparent, and scalable products that power adoption at scale.
We believe that change starts together. It begins with bold ideas, relentless execution and people who want to build what’s next.
If you’re driven by purpose and thrive in environments where your work defines the next chapter of an industry, you’ll feel right at home here.
About The Team
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead backend infrastructure powering mission-critical, ultra-low latency systems. This role will own high-performance distributed systems that process millions of events per second with strict SLA, determinism, and fault tolerance requirements.
You will lead a team building core components such as order management systems (OMS), risk engines (RMS), matching engines, market data pipelines, and real-time ledger systems.
This is not a generic backend role — this is systems engineering at scale.
What You'll Do
Architect and evolve backend systems for ultra-low latency workloads
Own performance benchmarking, load testing, and capacity planning
Drive decisions on storage engines (e.g., RocksDB, in-memory stores, log-based systems)
Ensure correctness under high concurrency
Lead production incident reviews and postmortems
Collaborate with Product, Risk, and Infra teams
Define SLAs and SLOs for critical systems
Establish observability practices for latency, throughput, and determinism
You’ll Excel in This Role If You Have
Strong Background In:
Distributed systems design
Concurrency and multi-threading
Memory management and performance tuning
Network stack fundamentals
Linux internals (epoll, kernel tuning, NUMA awareness)
Experience With:
Java / C++ / Rust (low-level performance optimization)
In-memory data stores
Event streaming systems
Lock-free or low-lock architectures
High-throughput message queues
Load testing at scale
Good To Have:
Trading systems / exchange / fintech infra experience
OMS, RMS, or matching engine exposure
Deterministic system design
Market data systems
Kernel bypass (DPDK), if applicable
Leadership Expectations
Think in microseconds, not milliseconds
Performance-first mindset
Strong bias for measurement over opinion
Calm under production pressure
High ownership mentality
Ability to balance technical depth with people leadership
You’ll Know You’re Winning When
Reduce p99 latency by X%
Improve throughput capacity by Y%
Zero Sev-1 incidents from system design flaws
Build a strong backend team (hire N senior engineers)
Establish measurable performance benchmarks and CI perf gates
Hiring Process
Here’s what your journey with us looks like:
Application Review – We assess for skills, alignment, and intent
Recruiter Connect – A short conversation to understand you better
Functional Round(s) – Deep dive into your approach, craft, and problem-solving
Assignment / Simulation Round –
A take-home task or live problem-solving exercise to understand how you think and execute in real scenarios
Culture & Values Discussion – A conversation to understand our ways of working and how you thrive best
Founder Conversation (Optional) – For certain roles and senior levels, you may meet our founders to explore strategic alignment and long-term fit
Where We Work
We believe the best ideas emerge when people build together. Collaboration, speed and trust come alive when teams share the same space.
With this belief, we operate as a work-from-office organisation. This role is based out of our Bengaluru office, where energy, alignment and innovation move in real time.
Perks That Empower You
We believe great people deserve great experiences.
Design Your Own Benefits: Flexible perks to match your lifestyle
Unlimited Wellness Leaves: Rest and recharge as you need
Mental Wellness Support: Access to therapy and wellness resources
Learning Sessions: Bi-weekly learning and growth opportunities
Ready to Build What’s Next?
If you’re looking for a role that gives you direct access to high-stakes decisions, deep impact and a chance to build the future of finance, this is it.
Join CoinDCX and help us make crypto accessible to every Indian, together.

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