Engineering Manager

AppsForBharat; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

AppsForBharat in Bengaluru is seeking a seasoned Backend Engineering Manager with deep Golang expertise to lead our backend team. You will guide delivery of high-scale B2C systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product to ship features at 10K+ RPM and 150K DAU.

The role requires 7+ years in backend and 2-3 years as a tech lead, with strong distributed systems and cloud experience. You will champion observability, reliability, and performance, and partner with product managers to deliver

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional backend experience.
• 2-3 years as Tech lead and delivering through others.
• Experience building/maintaining high-scale B2C systems with 150K DAU.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and development of backend systems operating at 10K+ RPM scale.
• Guide the team in building transactional systems (payments, orders, etc.) and behavioral systems (analytics, personalization, engagement tracking).
• Partner with product managers to scope, prioritize, and release B2C product features and applications.
• Ensure architectural best practices, high-quality code, and robust testing.
• Own delivery of projects end-to-end with scalability, reliability, and business impact.
• Champion observability, monitoring, and reliability across backend services.
• Continuously improve system performance, scalability, and resilience.

Skills

Golang

Python

Distributed systems

APIs

SQL/NoSQL

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Job description

We are seeking a seasoned Backend Engineering Manager with deep expertise in Golang to lead our backend team. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience in backend technologies and 3 years of proven engineering mentoring experience, having successfully scaled systems and shipped B2C applications in collaboration with product teams.

What you’ll Champion:

Technical & Product Delivery

• Oversee design and development of backend systems operating at 10K+ RPM scale.
• Guide the team in building transactional systems (payments, orders, etc.) and behavioral systems (analytics, personalization, engagement tracking).
• Partner with product managers to scope, prioritize, and release B2C product features and applications.
• Ensure architectural best practices, high-quality code standards, and robust testing practices.
• Own delivery of projects end-to-end with a focus on scalability, reliability, and business impact.
• Has worked on B2C setup with at least 150K DAU and served transactions to this userbase.

Operational Excellence

• Champion observability, monitoring, and reliability across backend services.
• Continuously improve system performance, scalability, and resilience.
• Streamline development workflows and engineering processes for speed and quality.

What is needed for this role

• 7+ years of professional experience in backend technologies.
• 2-3 years as Tech lead and driving delivery.

Technical Skills:

• Strong hands-on expertise in Golang OR Python.
• Proven track record with high-scale systems (≥10K RPM).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms.

Leadership Skills:

• Demonstrated success in managing teams through 2–3 appraisal cycles.
• Strong experience working with product managers to deliver consumer-facing applications.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Nice-to-Have

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Previous leadership experience in B2C product companies operating at scale.