Engineering Manager / Senior Engineering Manager

Eightfold AI; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Eightfold AI is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a high-performance engineering team across frontend and backend systems. You will mentor engineers, drive architecture and code reviews, and partner with product managers to shape end-to-end development strategies.

You will generate ideas for new product experiences, attract top engineering talent, and establish best-in-class engineering practices while navigating a fast-paced, startup-like environment.

Qualifications

• Must have 10+ years in product or tech roles.
• At least 4+ years as an Engineering Manager.
• Strong frontend and backend software skills, distributed systems, APIs and web services.
• Experience building AI agents using GenAI infra technologies (e.g., langgraph/langchan, crewAI).
• Willingness to innovate, own revenue-generating products, and wear multiple hats.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of high-caliber engineers, driving excellence in predictability, quality, and velocity.
• Mentor team members and help them grow in their careers.
• Act as hands-on technical leader in architecture, design and code reviews.
• Develop end-to-end development strategies with product managers and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Generate and implement ideas for new product experiences and lead related initiatives.
• Attract and retain top engineering talent.
• Establish and maintain best-in-class engineering practices and processes.

Skills

Leadership

Full‑stack

Distributed systems

APIs & Web services

GenAI infra

Mentoring

Team building

Job description

About Eightfold

Eightfold is a global leader in an AI-native enterprise talent platform, trusted by the world’s largest & most respected fortune 500 organizations. Our platform is built from the ground up operating at scale across Azure and AWS, deployed in multiple regions globally, including IL4-compliant environments for US Government, supporting users in 100+ countries and 30+ languages. Today, Eightfold is at the forefront of agentic AI, delivering intelligent agents that actively drive outcomes across hiring and talent workflows, while much of the industry is still experimenting with prototypes. Backed by over $410M in funding and valued at $2B+, we are defining the next era of agentic talent systems.

About Eightfold

Eightfold is a global leader in an AI-native enterprise talent platform, trusted by the world’s largest & most respected fortune 500 organizations. Our platform is built from the ground up operating at scale across Azure and AWS, deployed in multiple regions globally, including IL4-compliant environments for US Government, supporting users in 100+ countries and 30+ languages. Today, Eightfold is at the forefront of agentic AI, delivering intelligent agents that actively drive outcomes across hiring and talent workflows, while much of the industry is still experimenting with prototypes. Backed by over $410M in funding and valued at $2B+, we are defining the next era of agentic talent systems.

What sets Eightfold apart is not just the technology & our mission, but the team behind it. We are a deeply technical, execution-driven organization that values ownership, collaboration, and high standards. Our engineers, product leaders, and go-to-market teams work closely together - in person and across functions - to build systems that scale in the real world. If you’re excited to work on hard problems, move with urgency, raise the bar every day, and help build agentic systems that transform how the world works, Eightfold is the place to do it.

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Our customers

Press

Founders

Varun Kacholia (https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunkacholia/ ) & Ashutosh Garg (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashutoshgarg893/)

About The Team

Eightfold’s Talent Management platform powers internal mobility, skills intelligence, and workforce planning for global enterprises. The platform operates at scale across Fortune 500 customers and supports mission-critical talent workflows.

We are evolving the platform toward an AI-native architecture. This role is central to that transformation while also ensuring the stability, performance, and scalability of our existing enterprise product lines.

You will modernize and extend a large-scale production system while building the next generation of AI-powered capabilities on top of it.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a team of high-caliber engineers, driving excellence in predictability, quality, and velocity.
• Mentor team members, fostering their growth and helping them achieve their career aspirations.
• Serve as a hands-on technical leader in architecture, design, and code reviews, contributing to the codebase when necessary.
• Develop end-to-end development strategies in close collaboration with product managers and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Generate and implement ideas for new and improved product experiences (e.g., new products, better UX, improved supportability) and lead the team in these initiatives.
• Attract and retain top engineering talent.
• Establish and maintain best-in-class engineering practices and processes.

What We Need

• A "war-time" leader with the courage to navigate uncertainty, the curiosity to discover new paths, and the hustle to guide the team to success.
• Preferably 10+ years of experience in the product industry, including at least 4+ years as an Engineering Manager.
• Strong technical skills with a solid understanding of frontend and backend development, distributed systems, APIs, and web services.
• Ability to develop AI agents using GenAI infra technologies like langgraph/langchan, crewAI etc
• A willingness to innovate and manage the company's most revenue-generating product.
• A passionate engineer at heart who tackles tough problems head-on and is willing to wear multiple hats as needed.
• Experience with SaaS products and startup environments is a plus.
• Proven ability to build, scale, and maintain a high-performance engineering team.

Engineering Culture At Eightfold

We are a team of self-starters who excel in their fields. We believe in giving you responsibility, not a task. We want you to have ownership and pride in your work and see your work’s positive impact on your colleagues, our customers, and the world. We believe in providing transparency and support so you can do the best work of your career.