Engineering Manager - Data

slice; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extensive medical insurance

Flexible working hours

Tailored vacation and leave policies

Reward system for hard work

Learning opportunities

Cool office environment

Job summary

A dynamic fintech company in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead its Data/AI Platform and MLOps teams. The ideal candidate will manage a high-performing team focused on building robust data infrastructure and drive AI initiatives. Candidates should possess strong engineering experience, technical leadership, and a background in cloud infrastructure, especially AWS.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years managing data or infra teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Proven experience improving performance in large-scale data systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the data platform pod focused on data processing.
• Maintain hands-on technical leadership through code reviews.
• Drive the development of internal data products.

Skills

Engineering experience

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Data platform expertise

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

Apache Spark

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

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slice’s purpose is to make the world better at using money and time, with a major focus on building the best consumer experience for your money. We’ve all felt how slow, confusing, and complicated banking can be. So, we’re reimagining it. We’re building every product from scratch to be fast, transparent, and feel good, because we believe that the best products transcend demographics, like how great music touches most of us.

Our cornerstone products and services: slice savings account, slice UPI credit card, slice UPI, slice UPI ATMs, slice fixed deposits, slice borrow, and UPI-powered bank branch are designed to be simple, rewarding, and completely in your control. At slice, you’ll get to build things you’d use yourself and shape the future of banking in India. We tailor our working experience with the belief that the present moment is the only real thing in life. And we have harmony in the present the most when we feel happy and successful together.

We’re backed by some of the world’s leading investors, including Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Advent International, Blume Ventures, and Gunosy Capital.

About the role

We’re looking for Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Data / AI Platform and MLOps teams at slice. In this role, you’ll be responsible for building and scaling a high-performing team that powers data infrastructure, real-time streaming, ML enablement, and data accessibility across the company. You will partner closely with ML, product, platform, and analytics stakeholders to build robust systems that deliver high-quality, reliable data at scale. You will drive AI initiatives to centrally build AP platform and apps which can be leveraged by various functions like legal, CX, product in a secured manner.

This is a hands-on leadership role perfect for someone who enjoys solving deep technical problems while growing people and teams.

What You Will Do

• Lead and grow the data platform pod focused on all aspects of data (batch + real-time processing, ML platform, AI tooling, Business reporting, Data products – enabling product experience through data)
• Maintain hands-on technical leadership - lead by example through code reviews, architecture decisions, and direct technical contribution
• Partner closely with product and business stakeholders to identify data-driven opportunities and translate business requirements into scalable data solutions
• Own the technical roadmap for our data platform including infra modernization, performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Drive the development of internal data products like self-serve data access, centralized query layers, and feature stores
• Build and scale ML infrastructure with MLOps best practices including automated pipelines, model monitoring, and real-time inference systems
• Lead AI platform development for hosting LLMs, building secure AI applications, and enabling self-service AI capabilities across the organization
• Implement enterprise AI governance including model security, access controls, and compliance frameworks for internal AI applications
• Collaborate with engineering leaders across backend, ML, and security to align on long-term data architecture
• Establish and enforce best practices around data governance, access controls, and data quality
• Ensure regulatory compliance with GDPR, PCI-DSS, SOX through automated compliance monitoring and secure data pipelines
• Implement real-time data processing for fraud detection and risk management with end-to-end encryption and audit trails
• Coach engineers and team leads through regular 1:1s, feedback, and performance conversations

What You Will Need

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years managing data or infra teams with proven hands-on technical leadership
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience translating business requirements into data solutions and identifying product enhancement opportunities
• Strong technical background in data platforms, cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), and distributed systems
• Experience with tools like Apache Spark, Flink, EMR, Airflow, Trino/Presto, Kafka, and Kubeflow/Ray plus modern stack: dbt, Databricks, Snowflake, Terraform
• Hands on experience building AI/ML platforms including MLOps tools and experience with LLM hosting, model serving, and secure AI application development
• Proven experience improving performance, cost, and observability in large-scale data systems
• Expert-level cloud platform knowledge with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker) and Infrastructure-as-Code
• Experience with real-time streaming architectures (Kafka, Redpanda, Kinesis)
• Understanding of AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch), LLM hosting platforms, and secure AI application development patterns
• Comfort working in fast-paced, product-led environments with ability to balance innovation and regulatory constraints
• Bonus: Experience with data security and compliance (PII/PCI handling), LLM infrastructure, and fintech regulations

Life at slice

• An extensive medical insurance that looks out for our employees & their dependents. We’ll love you and take care of you, our promise.
• Flexible working hours. Just don’t call us at 3AM, we like our sleep schedule.
• Tailored vacation & leave policies so that you enjoy every important moment in your life.
• A reward system that celebrates hard work and milestones throughout the year. Expect a gift coming your way anytime you kill it here.
• Learning and upskilling opportunities. Seriously, not kidding.
• Good food, games, and a cool office to make you feel like home. An environment so good, you’ll forget the term “colleagues can’t be your friends”.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Industries: Internet Marketplace Platforms