Engineering Manager

CheQ; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

CheQ is seeking a senior engineering leader in Bengaluru to drive large-scale platform programs. You will guide cross-functional teams to turn complex problems into scalable technical solutions and champion secure, reliable architectures across services.

You will mentor engineers, own critical system designs, and help shape CI/CD and cloud infra decisions while advancing AI/ML capabilities for personalization, risk, and fraud detection.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in backend/frontend engineering with 2+ years in tech leadership or architect roles.
• Proven track record of leading teams on complex projects from idea to production.
• Strong coding skills in Node.js, Python, JavaScript with web frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver large-scale platform initiatives impacting millions of users.
• Collaborate with product/design/business to translate problems into scalable solutions.
• Guide adoption of AI/ML models and frameworks for personalization, risk, fraud detection.
• Review architecture, enforce best practices, and ensure secure, performant code.
• Mentor engineers and perform code reviews to raise engineering excellence.
• Own system design/architecture for key services.
• Set up CI/CD pipelines and contribute to infra decisions.
• Ensure security and data protection with DevSecOps.
• Continuously evaluate new tools and AI technologies.

Skills

Node.js

Python

JavaScript

Web frameworks

REST APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS

AI/ML concepts

APIs (OpenAI/Gemini/Anthropic)

Langchain/HuggingFace

Tools

Webpack

NPM

Git

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver large-scale platform and product initiatives that impact millions of users.
• Collaborate with product, design, and business teams to translate complex business problems into scalable technical solutions.
• Guide the team in adopting AI/ML models and frameworks, exploring their application in personalization, credit risk, fraud detection, or smart recommendations.
• Review architecture, suggest best practices, and ensure resilient, performant, and secure code.
• Perform technical mentorship and code reviews to build a culture of engineering excellence.
• Take ownership of system design and architecture for key services.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines and contribute towards infrastructure decisions.
• Ensure rigorous security and data protection practices in collaboration with DevSecOps.
• Stay ahead of the curve by continuously evaluating and integrating new tools, trends, and AI technologies.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in backend/frontend engineering roles with at least 2+ years in tech leadership or architect roles.
• Proven track record of leading engineering teams on complex projects from idea to production.
• Strong coding skills in Node.js, Python, JavaScript, and proficiency in web frameworks.
• Comfortable with cron jobs, RESTful APIs, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and GCP/AWS.
• Experience with RDBMS and NoSQL databases like MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with modern frontend practices using HTML, CSS, JS, and build tools like Webpack, NPM.
• Solid grasp of Git and code lifecycle workflows. Exposure to or working knowledge of AI/ML concepts, such as: Personalization engines, Predictive modeling (risk/fraud), NLP (chatbots, document classification, and extraction).
• Working with APIs from platforms like OpenAI, Gemini, and Anthropic.
• Working with libraries like HuggingFace, Langchain, or Vertex AI.