Engineering Manager

Algo8 AI; Delhi; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Algo8 AI in India seeks an Engineering Manager with a strong backend focus to lead a fast-growing team building scalable SaaS products. You will own system design, drive architectural decisions, and ensure delivery of high-quality microservices in production.

You will guide the end-to-end lifecycle from whiteboard to production, review React/TypeScript code when needed, and align backend strategies with product goals while mentoring engineers and coordinating with DevOps.

Qualifications

• B.Tech / M.Tech in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of total software engineering experience with a strong backend focus, including 2+ years in tech lead/engineering manager roles.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Java 17+ and the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot 3.x/4.x, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring Cloud, Spring WebFlux).
• Strong experience designing and building microservices architectures, RESTful APIs, event-driven systems (Kafka / RabbitMQ), and databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Proven track record of greenfield SaaS/product development, shipping features end-to-end.
• Experience leading backend and frontend engineers, reviewing React/TypeScript code, and maintaining full-stack velocity.
• Hands-on Scrum/Agile facilitation with outcome-driven execution.
• DevOps and deployment experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitHub Actions/GitLab/Jenkins), and major cloud (AWS preferred).
• Solid understanding of system design, caching, load balancing, scaling, and high-availability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor backend and frontend engineers, aligning delivery with product goals.
• Architect and own microservices, REST APIs, and data access layers; drive scalable, production-grade solutions.
• Guide Scrum/Agile processes, manage backlogs, and ensure velocity and accountability across teams.
• Collaborate with DevOps for CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments; monitor performance and reliability.

Skills

Backend engineering

Java 17+

Spring ecosystem

Microservices

REST APIs

Event-driven

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Team leadership

Scrum/Agile

DevOps

Education

B.Tech / M.Tech in CS / Software Eng

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

Requirements:

• B. Tech / M. Tech in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of total software engineering experience with a strong backend focus, of which at least 2 years in a tech lead, engineering lead, or engineering manager role.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Java (17+) and the Spring ecosystem: Spring Boot (3 x / 4 x), Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring Cloud, and Spring WebFlux (reactive). Ability to write production-grade code, not just review it.
• Strong experience designing and building microservices architectures, RESTful APIs, event-driven systems (Kafka / RabbitMQ), and database layers (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Proven track record of building applications from the ground up in greenfield product development in a SaaS or product-company context, taking features from whiteboard to production.
• Engineering Manager
• Experience leading and managing teams of both backend and frontend engineers, comfortable reviewing React/TypeScript code, guiding frontend architecture decisions, and maintaining full-stack delivery velocity.
• Hands-on experience running Scrum / Agile processes: sprint planning, backlog management, velocity tracking, and retrospectives with a practical, outcome-driven approach (not ceremony for ceremony's sake).
• Strong DevOps and deployment experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins), and at least one major cloud platform (AWS preferred; Azure / GCP also valued).
• Solid understanding of system design fundamentals, caching strategies, load balancing, rate limiting, database indexing, horizontal scaling, and high-availability patterns.
• Experience in a high-growth start-up or similarly fast-paced environment where shipping speed, scrappiness, and wearing multiple hats are the norm.
• Excellent communication skills, able to articulate technical trade-offs to product and business stakeholders, write clear RFCs and design documents, and present to leadership.

Good to Have:

• Experience with industrial IoT, manufacturing systems, or integration with factory-floor protocols (OPC-UA, MQTT, Modbus) and SCADA/PLC systems.
• Familiarity with Python for scripting, data pipelines, or lightweight services useful for collaborating with the AI/data science team.
• Exposure to AI/ML serving infrastructure, model APIs, feature stores, inference caching, and an understanding of how backend systems integrate with computer vision or LLM pipelines.
• Experience with multi-tenant SaaS architecture, tenant isolation, role-based access control, and enterprise security compliance (SOC 2 ISO 27001).
• Knowledge of Java 21+ virtual threads (Project Loom) and reactive programming (Spring WebFlux, Project Reactor) for high-concurrency workloads.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Pulumi) and GitOps workflows for managing multi-cloud and on-premises deployments.
• Experience with performance engineering, JVM tuning, garbage collection profiling, load testing (JMeter, k6 and Gatling), and database query optimization at scale.