Engineering Manager

Tekion; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekion in Bengaluru, India is seeking an Engineering Manager who bridges technical depth with people leadership. You will drive architectural decisions, grow senior talent, and deliver complex platform capabilities across a distributed environment.

You will oversee 10+ engineers, own hiring and performance, and partner with product, design, QA to translate business requirements into scalable solutions. You will lead end-to-end delivery, enforce quality standards, and mentor engineers across time

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years in engineering leadership.
• Strong Java and Spring Boot backend expertise; hands-on in design reviews and code-level discussions.
• Experience building and operating distributed microservices on AWS at scale.
• Proven track record of recruiting and developing senior engineering talent in competitive markets.
• Excellent cross-functional communication with product, design, and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of 10+ engineers, owning hiring and career development.
• Drive end-to-end delivery of platform components from architecture through deployment and monitoring.
• Engage in system design reviews; set and enforce engineering quality standards.
• Partner with product, design, QA to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Mentor engineers across levels and coordinate across US-India distributed teams.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, debt, and systemic risks.
• Foster ownership, code quality, testing, and operational practices.

Skills

Leadership

Java/Spring

Distributed systems

AWS

Recruiting

Cross-functional

Job description

We're looking for an Engineering Manager who is equally fluent in technical depth and people leadership—someone who can drive architectural decisions, grow senior talent, and deliver complex platform capabilities in a fast-moving, distributed environment. This role oversees project execution, team performance, and cross-functional collaboration, while fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and grow a team of 10+ engineers (including senior ICs and potentially tech leads), owning hiring, performance, and career development.
• Drive end-to-end delivery of platform components from architecture and design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
• Engage credibly in system design and architecture reviews; set and enforce engineering quality standards across the team.
• Partner closely with product, design, QA, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, technical debt, and systemic risks before they become incidents.
• Foster a high-ownership engineering culture model code quality, rigorous testing, and thoughtful operational practices.
• Write high-quality code and take responsibility for your tasks.
• Coordinate across US-India distributed teams, ensuring alignment, velocity, and clear communication across time zones.
• Mentor and develop engineers at all levels.

Requirements:

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in engineering leadership managing teams of 7+ engineers.
• Strong Java and Spring Boot backend expertise; hands-on ability to engage in design reviews and code-level discussions.
• Experience building and operating distributed microservices and event-driven architectures on AWS at scale.
• Proficiency with multi-database stacks: MongoDB, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis, or similar.
• Strong problem-solving and technical troubleshooting skills; experience diagnosing and resolving production-scale performance issues.
• Proven track record of recruiting and developing senior engineering talent in competitive markets.
• Excellent cross-functional communication; comfortable working directly with product, design, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience delivering in high-ambiguity, fast-paced SaaS environments with evolving platform dependencies.

Good to Have:

• Prior experience managing both backend and frontend engineering disciplines (React, Angular) within the same org.
• Experience with automotive retail technology, dealership workflows, or adjacent domains.
• Exposure to AI/ML platform development or integrating LLM-based capabilities into production systems.