Engineering Manager

Weekday 1; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday 1 is seeking an Engineering Manager – Backend in Bengaluru to lead a high-performing backend engineering organization. You will guide architecture, product delivery, and technical excellence while mentoring engineers and managers.

The role emphasizes building scalable APIs, services, and web technologies, with hands-on leadership and collaboration across product and business teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience including leadership or management.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong hands-on Java and object-oriented software development experience.
• Proven experience building and scaling microservices and large-scale backend systems.
• Solid knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL databases (MySQL, MongoDB).
• Hands-on experience with Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS, and the ELK stack.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a backend engineering organization comprising engineers and engineering managers.
• Provide technical leadership for scalable APIs, backend services, and web applications.
• Architect robust, highly available, scalable solutions for large-scale systems.
• Build, scale, and maintain microservices-based architectures.
• Establish engineering best practices for quality, testing, performance, and debugging.
• Hands-on in complex engineering challenges and guide others.
• Mentor engineers and engineering managers with clear career paths.
• Collaborate with product, BI, design, and stakeholders to plan and deliver.

Skills

Leadership

Java

Microservices

Backend architecture

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Performance tuning

Debugging

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Code quality

Education

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

Tools

Spring Boot

Kafka

AWS

ELK Stack

Job description

This role is for one of the Weekly's clients

Salary range: Rs 400000 - Rs 600000 (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.