Engineering Manager

Invok Hr; Kalyani Nagar; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Invok Hr is seeking a senior engineering leader to mentor and guide high-performing teams, architect scalable microservices, and drive end-to-end product delivery. You will collaborate with Product, Design, and DevOps to ensure robust, observable systems and high availability.

Guestimate leadership experience with large SaaS platforms, distributed systems expertise, and a track record of delivering high-scale production systems is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership of engineering teams with hands-on architecture experience.
• Proven delivery of high-scale, high-performance production systems.
• Deep knowledge of microservices, API design, distributed systems.
• Background in B2B product companies and series startup environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage high-performing engineering teams.
• Architect and design scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems.
• Drive end-to-end ownership of product development and delivery.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and DevOps.
• Ensure best practices in microservices, API design, and scalability.
• Oversee performance optimization, reliability, and observability.
• Contribute hands-on to critical technical decisions and problem-solving.
• Build and scale large SaaS platforms handling high traffic and data volumes.

Skills

Java

Node.js

React.js

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Nginx

AWS

GCP

Kafka

Redis

RabbitMQ

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and manage high-performing engineering teams.

• Architect and design scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems.
• Drive end-to-end ownership of product development and delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, and DevOps.
• Ensure best practices in microservices architecture, API design, and system scalability.
• Oversee performance optimization, system reliability, and observability.
• Contribute hands-on to critical technical decisions and problem-solving.
• Build and scale large SaaS platforms handling high traffic and data volumes.

Preferred candidate profile

Required Skills & Competencies

Technical Skills

• Backend & Frontend: Java, Node.js, React.js, TypeScript
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL
• DevOps & Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx, AWS, GCP
• Distributed Systems: Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ

Core Expertise

• Strong understanding of Microservices Architecture & API Design
• Experience delivering high-scale, high-performance production systems
• Expertise in distributed systems and performance tuning
• Strong knowledge of scalability, reliability, and observability

Leadership & Experience

• Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams
• Hands-on experience in architecture, solutioning, and system design
• Experience building and scaling large SaaS platforms
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in B2B product companies
• Candidates from product-based organizations preferred over services firms
• Experience working in Series B / Series C startups
• Track record of contributing to successful and scalable products