Engineering Manager

Recrew AI; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Embassy TechVillage, Bangalore

Cross-regional collaboration

Job summary

Recrew AI is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a product engineering team within its Global Technology Department. You will set technical direction, drive architecture decisions, ensure delivery quality and production reliability across a cloud-native stack, and mentor engineers.

The role requires close collaboration with product, design, and Japan-based stakeholders to align engineering work with business priorities across geographies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with leadership experience.
• Proven ability to own technical direction and production systems.
• Experience balancing scope, speed, quality and long-term health.

Responsibilities

• Own technical direction and delivery outcomes, ensuring reliability.
• Lead architecture discussions and guide implementation decisions.
• Mentor engineers and build accountable, high-performing teams.
• Collaborate with product/design and Japan-based stakeholders to align scope.
• Drive CI/CD, testing, observability, and production operations standards.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software architecture

Team mentorship

CI/CD & automation

Observability & reliability

Cross-regional collaboration

Cloud-native systems

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS/GCP/Azure

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Microservices

Job description

Function: Engineering / Technology Leadership

Type: Full-time

About Company

The company is a data-driven marketing research firm with over 25 years of experience. It operates one of the world's largest consumer research networks, with 130 million+ global panelists.

The company serves approximately 2,500 domestic and 1,500 overseas clients across Asia-Pacific. It integrates survey, digital behavioral, and daily purchase data to deliver comprehensive insights.

Backed by ~$848M in funding, it is currently in a merger stage. The culture is built on deep thinking, transparency, swift collective action, and ownership.

Position Overview

This role leads a product engineering team within the company's Global Technology Department. The Engineering Manager is responsible for technical direction, delivery quality, and production reliability across a modern cloud-native stack. The role bridges deep technical engagement with people leadership - setting engineering standards, driving architectural decisions, and building a team that independently owns and delivers outcomes. Close collaboration with product, design, and Japan-based stakeholders is required to align engineering execution with business priorities across geographies.

Role & Responsibilities

• Own the team's technical direction and delivery outcomes, ensuring engineering decisions support product goals, maintainability, scalability, and reliability
• Lead architecture and system design discussions, evaluate technical trade-offs, and guide implementation decisions for complex or ambiguous problems
• Stay technically engaged through design reviews, code reviews, debugging, and hands-on contribution when necessary to resolve critical issues or unblock the team
• Take end-to-end accountability for delivery, engineering quality, production reliability, and technical risks - establish clear priorities, address blockers, and ensure commitments are managed transparently
• Partner with product managers, designers, platform teams, and Japan-based stakeholders to clarify requirements, challenge assumptions, and align on scope, priorities, and trade-offs
• Build a team of engineers who can independently own problems and deliver solutions through effective delegation, technical guidance, mentoring, and constructive feedback
• Establish high engineering standards across testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and production operations, driving continuous improvement in quality and reliability
• Drive effective adoption of AI-assisted development tools and workflows, improving engineering productivity while maintaining accountability for code quality, security, and production outcomes
• Support hiring, performance management, and engineer development to build a strong, accountable, and high-performing engineering team

Must Have Criteria

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 3 years leading engineering teams as an Engineering Manager or equivalent technical leadership role
• Strong technical foundation in software development, architecture, and system design, with the ability to evaluate implementation details and challenge technical decisions
• Demonstrated experience owning technical direction and making sound engineering decisions for production systems
• Proven ability to take end-to-end accountability for delivery, balancing scope, speed, engineering quality, reliability, and long-term technical health
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, production operations, and incident management
• Experience identifying technical risks, resolving complex problems, and removing blockers to enable independent and effective team delivery
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder-management skills: partnering with product and design, challenging assumptions constructively, and aligning geographically distributed teams including Japan-based stakeholders
• Proven ability to mentor engineers, delegate effectively, and develop technical ownership and decision-making capabilities within the team

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud-native systems, microservices, and distributed systems
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and establishing effective AI-enabled engineering practices across a team
• Experience improving developer productivity through automation, better engineering workflows, and continuous process improvement
• Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams, particularly across Japan and India
• Experience managing production incidents and driving follow-up improvements to prevent recurrence
• Japanese language proficiency and experience collaborating with Japan-based stakeholders; familiarity with Japanese business culture is an advantage

What We Offer

• Leadership role with direct influence over technical direction and team-building within the company's Global Technology Department
• Exposure to one of Asia-Pacific's largest consumer data platforms, serving 4,000+ global enterprise clients
• Hybrid work model (2-3 days in office) at Embassy TechVillage, Bangalore - one of the city's premier tech campuses
• Collaborative, ownership-driven culture with cross-regional scope across India and Japan
• Opportunity to shape engineering culture and practices during a pivotal merger and growth stage