Engineering Manager

Razorpay; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 6,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Razorpay seeks an Engineering Manager in Bengaluru to lead multiple projects and manage diverse engineering teams. You will shape technical strategy, drive delivery, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product and operations to align with Razorpay’s goals.

You will hire and nurture top talent, improve engineering processes, and foster a culture of craftsmanship and excellence across groups. Strong leadership and hands-on coding leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Total of 7+ years experience in software engineering management.
• Experience with very large-scale applications and data-intensive systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple projects and engineering teams effectively.
• Attract, hire, and retain top engineering talent.
• Define and execute group technical strategy and roadmap with metrics.
• Mentor direct reports and drive engineering excellence across teams.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration with Product, Business, and Operations.

Skills

Leadership

Technical leadership

Roadmap planning

Mentoring

Cross-functional

Agile methods

Distributed systems

Web technologies

Problem solving

Coding skills

Job description

An Engineering Manager at Razorpay comes with considerable engineering management experience and proven leadership skills. You are expected to work on multiple projects at the same time, and also build and manage teams of engineers, possibly with a diverse set of tech skills. You may also be required to manage first-line managers. You will formulate and execute strategies, and coordinate with other managers. Your responsibilities mainly include people management, delivery management, and overseeing all the activities related to each project.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• We believe in Impact creation at scale, so it is imperative for an Engineering Manager.
• Ability to attract and hire top-notch Engineering talent for the organization.
• Be responsible for the group's technical strategy and roadmap - creating success metrics in close collaboration with other groups across the organization in executing initiatives in an agile way.
• Brings a strong perspective that drives change and motivates engineers to develop simple solutions to complex problems.
• Help implement effective engineering processes and champion their adoption.
• Has the technical capacity and capability to partner with tech leads and architects in problem-solving.
• Mentor the professional development of each direct report through personal and performance management.
• Give engineers the tools, confidence, and motivation to make decisions independently that lead to their recognition.
• Effective at influencing a culture of engineering craftsmanship and excellence.
• Initiate cross-functional (Product, Business, Operations) collaborations with development teams throughout Razorpay and gather feedback and requirements. Seek diverse perspectives to drive bottom-up innovation and create buy-in from all technical stakeholders.
• Ensure the team fully understands the goals and objectives of Razorpay as a company and how their work fits into 'the bigger picture.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Total of 7+ years experience, 5+ years of experience in very large-scale applications, and 3+ years experience in actual people management.
• Strong problem-solving skills, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience with distributed systems handling large amounts of data.
• Excellent coding skills in one of the languages PHP/Python/C++/Java.
• Very good understanding of Web Technologies.
• Very good understanding of any RDBMS and/or messaging.