Engineering Manager

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:
Engineering Leadership and Delivery:
Lead one or more engineering teams, owning delivery outcomes, timelines, and quality.
Lead technical spikes or research efforts to de-risk major architectural decisions.
Partner with Product Managers to translate business requirements into clear technical execution plans.
Drive sprint planning, estimation, execution, retrospectives, and post-mortems.
Ensure predictable delivery while managing technical risk and dependencies.
People Management and Mentorship:
Hire, onboard, mentor, and develop engineers across seniority levels.
Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development discussions.
Foster a culture of accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning.
Support engineers in growing both technically and professionally.
Quality, Reliability, and Operational Excellence:
Partner across teams to ensure high availability and performance.
Promote strong CI/CD practices, automation, and engineering hygiene.
Oversee production readiness, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
Ensure teams proactively address technical debt and reliability risks.
Innovation and Tooling:
Encourage adoption of modern engineering practices, frameworks, and tooling.
Support teams in leveraging LLMs and AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and testing efficiency.
Continuously evaluate ways to improve developer experience and team effectiveness.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Work closely with Product, Design, Security, Compliance, and other engineering teams.
Ensure alignment across teams on priorities, dependencies, and architectural direction.
Contribute to engineering documentation, standards, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements:
10+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in an engineering management role.
Strong background in backend systems (e. g., Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture).
Experience leading Agile teams and managing end-to-end delivery.
Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker), version control (Git), and Agile methodologies.
Proven ability to mentor engineers and build high-performing teams.
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and execution skills.
Experience with the AWS cloud platform.
Nice-to-Have:
Exposure to front-end technologies (React, Angular) to support full-stack teams.
Familiarity with DevOps practices, containerization (Docker), and IaC tools like Terraform.
Understanding of secure coding practices and GDPR-compliant development.
Interest or experience in integrating AI/LLM tools into engineering workflows.

Experience
10-14 yrs