Engineering Manager

Weekday AI; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday AI in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager – Backend to lead a high-performing backend engineering organization. You will drive technical leadership, people management, architecture, and product execution, building scalable APIs, services, and web technologies that power critical experiences.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technology leader who guides engineers and managers, drives engineering excellence, and translates business objectives into reliable

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with significant leadership.
• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering or related
• Strong hands-on Java and OO programming
• Experience building and scaling microservices and large-scale backend systems
• Knowledge of MySQL and MongoDB (SQL/NoSQL)
• Hands-on with Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS, and ELK Stack
• Cloud technologies and distributed systems understanding
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and performance-optimization skills
• Experience designing reliable, scalable backend architectures
• Knowledge of software engineering principles, testing and best practices
• Proven ability to lead and mentor high-performing teams
• People-management and stakeholder-management skills
• Ownership mindset in ambiguous environments
• Ability to deliver high-quality tech in fast-paced, high-growth settings

Responsibilities

• Lead backend engineering organization of engineers and engineering managers.
• Provide technical leadership for scalable APIs, backend services, and web apps.
• Architect robust, flexible, scalable solutions for large-scale systems.
• Build and maintain microservices-based architectures.
• Establish engineering best practices: code quality, standards, testing, performance.
• Remain hands-on when required and guide complex challenges.
• Mentor engineering managers and ICs with clear career paths.
• Conduct performance reviews and provide feedback.
• Foster ownership, accountability and continuous improvement culture.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Business stakeholders to plan and deliver projects.
• Partner with BD and Ops to deliver reliable tech solutions.
• Identify risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Drive debugging, optimization, and production issue resolution.
• Navigate rapidly changing priorities and cross-team dependencies.
• Ensure high-quality, maintainable solutions across teams.

Skills

Java

Leadership

Microservices

Backend architecture

Distributed systems

RDBMS/NoSQL

Spring Boot

Kafka

AWS

Code quality

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Engineering or related

Tools

ELK Stack

Job description

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗥𝘀 𝟰𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 - 𝗥𝘀 𝟲𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 (𝗶𝗲 𝗜𝗡𝗥 𝟰𝟬-𝟲𝟬 𝗟𝗣𝗔)

Experience: 10+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an experiencedEngineering Manager – Backendto lead a high-performing backend engineering organization in Bengaluru. This role combinestechnical leadership, people management, architecture, and product execution, with responsibility for building scalable APIs, services, and web technologies that support business-critical experiences.

The ideal candidate will be a strong hands-on technology leader who can guide a team of engineers and managers, drive engineering excellence, and translate business and product objectives into reliable, scalable technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a backend engineering organization comprisingengineers and engineering managers.
• Provide technical leadership for the design and development of scalable APIs, backend services, and web applications.
• Architect technically robust, flexible, highly available, and scalable solutions for large-scale systems.
• Build, scale, and maintainmicroservices-based architectures.
• Establish engineering best practices covering code quality, development standards, testing, debugging, performance, and optimization.
• Remain hands-on when required and provide technical guidance on complex engineering challenges.
• Lead and mentor engineering managers and individual contributors, creating clear career paths and development opportunities.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and provide continuous, constructive feedback.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Designers, and other stakeholders to estimate, prioritize, plan, and deliver projects.
• Partner with Business Development and Operations teams to deliver scalable and reliable technology solutions.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, performance bottlenecks, and opportunities for architectural improvement.
• Drive effective debugging, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and production issue resolution.
• Operate effectively in a rapidly evolving environment with changing priorities and cross-team dependencies.
• Ensure engineering teams consistently deliver high-quality solutions with speed, reliability, and maintainability.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including significant experience in engineering leadership or management.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree inComputer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong hands-on expertise inJava and object-oriented software development.
• Proven experience building and scalingmicroservices and large-scale backend systems.
• Strong knowledge ofRDBMS and NoSQL databases, including MySQL and MongoDB.
• Hands-on experience withSpring Boot, Kafka, AWS, and ELK Stack.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies and distributed systems.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, troubleshooting, and performance-optimization skills.
• Experience designing reliable, scalable, and maintainable backend architectures.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, code quality, testing, and development best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong people-management skills with experience developing engineers and engineering managers.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills.
• Strong sense of ownership with the ability to make decisions and drive outcomes in ambiguous environments.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality technology solutions infast-paced, high-growth environments.