Engineering Manager

Aurora Energy Research; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance

Hybrid work

Provident Fund

Maternity leave

Aurora Academy

EAP

Job summary

Aurora Energy Research in Gurugram, India is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a growing software team. You will shape the team culture, scale capabilities, and deliver customer-facing software that supports the energy transition.

The role blends people leadership with hands-on engineering, guiding architecture and high-quality delivery while partnering with Oxford and other colleagues. You will establish regular coaching, performance management, and inclusive practices, while growing the

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and team-building experience.
• Strong coaching and feedback skills.
• Experience hiring engineers and managing growth.
• Ability to drive delivery and maintain quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow Gurugram engineering team with a positive culture.
• Own end-to-end hiring and onboarding processes with HR.
• Coach team members through 1:1s, set goals, provide feedback.
• Contribute as a senior engineer: code, architecture, design guidance.
• Run engineering ceremonies to ensure predictable delivery.
• Collaborate with Product and stakeholders to align priorities.

Skills

People leadership

Hiring & onboarding

Mentoring & coaching

Communication

Engineering leadership

Tools

Node/TypeScript

ExpressJS

React

SQL/NoSQL

AWS

Job description

Engineering Manager

Department: Tech - Software Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Gurugram, India

Description

Based in Gurugram, you will lead our newly established software team (currently four engineers) as we enter an exciting new phase of expansion. We are seeking an Engineering Manager who will build a strong, happy, high-performing team, creating the environment, clarity, and support that enables people to do their best work. This is a people-first role: you will have proven strength in leadership, scaling teams, and developing others. You will report to the Head of Software Product Engineering.

Aurora’s mission is to help drive the energy transition through data-driven energy market intelligence and software that supports decision‑makers across the power system. You will partner closely with colleagues in Oxford and across the business to help the team build customer‑facing software that delivers on this mission.

Our platform includes microservices and modern web applications (TypeScript/Node, React, AWS). While this is a leadership-focused role, you will still do some hands‑on senior engineering work, contributing code when needed, leading by example on quality, and helping the team make sound technical decisions.

You will establish the people and process foundations for an effective engineering team: regular 1:1s, coaching and feedback, inclusive ways of working, and strong delivery practices (planning, stand‑ups, reviews, and retrospectives). A key part of the role is growing the team through hiring, attracting, assessing, and onboarding great talent in Gurugram.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Gurugram engineering team, creating a positive, inclusive, high-trust culture with strong team health and engagement.


• Hire, onboard, and retain great engineers, owning the hiring process end-to-end in partnership with HR and engineering leadership.


• Coach, mentor, and develop team members through 1:1s, goal setting, feedback, and growth plans; support performance management when needed.


• Contribute as a senior engineer: write and review code, guide architecture and technical design, and continuously raise the bar on engineering standards (testing, reliability, and maintainability).


• Run effective engineering processes and ceremonies (planning, daily coordination, reviews, and especially high-quality retrospectives) that drive continuous improvement and predictable delivery.


• Partner with Product and stakeholders to shape priorities, manage expectations, and ensure the team delivers valuable outcomes with a sustainable pace and high quality

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Required attributes:

• Strong people leadership and emotional intelligence: able to build trust, communicate clearly, handle difficult conversations, and foster psychological safety.


• Proven experience coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers (including regular 1:1s, feedback, goal setting, and progression support), with a genuine interest in people development.


• Demonstrated hiring capability: defining roles, running structured interviews, assessing both technical and behavioural skills, and making high-quality hiring decisions.


• Experience running effective team processes (e.g., planning, reviews, and retrospectives) and using outcomes to drive continuous improvement.


• Able to lead within a distributed environment and collaborate effectively with Oxford-based colleagues through proactive communication and inclusion.


• Experience working hands‑on with our (or similar) stack: Node/TypeScript, ExpressJS, React, SQL/NoSQL, AWS and microservices.


• Strong organisational skills: can balance competing priorities, create clarity, and follow through on commitments.

Desirable attributes:

• Experience using delivery metrics (e.g., DORA) to inform team practices.


• Experience with engineering quality practices such as unit testing and CI/CD pipelines.

What we offer

Some of the benefits we include are:

• Accidental, term life and medical insurance


• Hybrid Work model


• Employee’s Provident Fund Scheme


• Maternity leave


• A fun, informal, collaborative and international work culture


• Access to the Aurora Academy, our training programme offering a range of opportunities to develop your skills within the responsibilities of your role and within the wider context of the industry.


• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering a complete support network that offers expert advice and compassionate guidance 24/7/365, covering a wide range of personal and professional aspects

The Company is committed to the principle that no employee or job applicant shall receive unfavorable treatment on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.