Engineering Manager - Backend

Cleartrip; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 20,00,000 - 30,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel technology company is seeking an Engineering Manager in Bengaluru to lead a team of over 10 full-stack engineers. The role involves building high-performing teams, driving execution using agile methodologies, and contributing to product strategy. Ideal candidates should have 9+ years of experience in a tech leadership role with a strong grasp of technologies like JAVA, NoSQL, and C/C++. This position offers opportunities for growth and innovation while managing diverse teams effectively.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience as a tech leader and people manager.
• Experience managing and delivering projects on time.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with startups or independent team environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 10+ full-stack engineers.
• Own and drive technical discussions and deliver solutions.
• Use Agile practices to manage deliverables.
• Work with senior leaders to define best practices.
• Responsible for hiring and skills management.

Skills

JAVA

C/C++

NoSQL

Memcache

Redis

Kafka

ElasticSearch

Agile methodologies

Education

B. E/B. Tech or similar qualification

Job description

Engineering Managers (EMs) lead teams of diverse groups of people who are moving towards realising Cleartrip's vision. They are responsible for building high-performing teams where each team member feels the impact of their work. EMs also set the direction for the team and support people in their career growth.

They ensure that the teams have an inspiring vision for the future. EMs provide technical leadership to identify and define the right component/system abstractions/capabilities for current/future product/platform asks. One of the key responsibilities of an EM is to understand business goals and contribute to product strategy, and take accountability for moving key business metrics. They are also responsible for driving execution using agile methodologies by removing impediments along the way, with the big picture in mind

Responsibilities

• Be a highly technical, hands-on manager for a team of 10+ full-stack engineers.
• Responsible for the product engineering roadmap with a focus on performance, scale, and quality for products used by millions of users across the d-site, m-site, and apps.
• Own and drive technical discussions and have a strategic tech influence.
• Communicate cross-functionally, collaborate with Business teams, Product managers, engineers, and QA to plan and own and deliver solutions on time.
• Use Agile methodologies/principles and best practices for team deliverables along with coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Work with Director / VP Engg / CTO to define best practices for development and champion their adoption at the same time.
• Perform well in a fluid, fast-paced environment.
• Responsible for hiring and skills management for the team.

Requirements

• B. E/B. Tech or any other similar qualification with experience as a tech leader and people manager for at least 9+ years.
• Deep understanding of technologies and architecture in a highly scalable and available set-up.
• Have spent 2+ years at a start-up or worked in a small and reasonably independent team/dev centre.
• Experience with JAVA, C/C++, NoSql, Memcache, Redis, Kafka, ElasticSearch, etc., programming and debugging skills.
• Experience in managing teams and delivering high-quality projects on time.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.
• Experience with managing diverse teams and delivering high-quality projects on time.
• Deep understanding of technology and architecture in a highly scalable and available setup.
• Experience with new open source technologies and their adoption into product development, etc.