Tech Lead Manager

EarnIn; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,200,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Internet / cell phone reimbursement

Learning and development stipend

Travel to Mountain View HQ

Job summary

EarnIn in Bengaluru is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead Manager to lead a full-stack engineering team across backend and mobile services. You will shape product direction, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while delivering high-impact features in a fast-paced fintech environment.

The role is hybrid with two days per week in the Bengaluru office. EarnIn offers healthcare, device reimbursements, and a development stipend, with potential travel to HQ in Mountain View.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years leading a small team as a manager or tech lead manager.
• Experience shipping product features end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product and other engineering teams to improve metrics and build new features.
• Drive design and implementation of new product areas and features.
• Guide team through ambiguity with emphasis on technical excellence and rapid experimentation.
• Lead execution, MVP launches, and iteration based on feedback.
• Recruit and mentor engineers; support cross-team collaboration.

Skills

Tech leadership

Architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on coding

Mentoring

Product collaboration

Distributed systems

Cloud (AWS)

CI/CD

Git

Education

Bachelor's / Master's / PhD in CS or related

Tools

C#/.NET Core

Kotlin

Python

SQL

Databricks

AWS

REST APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

Kafka

CI/CD

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud-native development

Job description

As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for those with the unique needs of living paycheck to paycheck. Our community members access their earnings as they earn them, with options to spend, save, and grow their money without mandatory fees, interest rates, or credit checks.

We’re fortunate to have an incredibly experienced leadership team, combined with world-class funding partners like A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, Ribbit Capital, and a very healthy core business with a tremendous runway. We’re growing fast and are excited to continue bringing world-class talent onboard to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.

POSITION SUMMARY

We're on a mission to reinvent the financial system and make it work for people. We are looking for an experienced professional to lead a full-stack engineering team comprising backend and mobile engineers. As a hands-on Tech Lead Manager for one of our core services teams, you will have the unique opportunity to contribute to the design and development of some of our early-stage, innovative products. You will work with your cross-functional partners and team to shape the direction of these products and help make them significant drivers for the company.

This position is a hybrid role based in our Bengaluru office, with 2 days a week in the office as part of our expanding site. EarnIn offers excellent benefits, including healthcare, internet/cell phone reimbursement, a learning and development stipend, and potential opportunities to travel to our Mountain View HQ. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Partner closely with product and other engineering teams to improve business metrics and build new features. Examples include improving user acquisition metrics, cross-selling and upselling products, and improving user experience.
• Drive the design and implementation of new product areas and features. Break complex problems down to their bare essentials, translate that complexity into elegant design, and create high-quality, maintainable code.
• Guide your team through ambiguity and ensure technical excellence through rapid experimentation cycles.
• Guide your team to strong execution—make pragmatic decisions, help them launch MVPs quickly, and iterate based on feedback.
• Lead your team through frequent pivots and evolving priorities in a fast-changing environment.
• Recruit other great engineers for your team and support recruiting efforts across teams.
• Mentor and coach the engineers on your team. Help them advance their careers by enabling them to do the best work of their lives.
• Manage cross-functional relationships with all teams to deliver high-quality products.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's, Master’s, or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading a small team as a manager or tech lead manager
• You're just as energized diving into architecture, writing clean, scalable code, and solving challenging technical problems as you are mentoring engineers, shaping team culture, and driving delivery. You know when to roll up your sleeves and when to empower others—and you're equally excited to do both.
• You can work comfortably with a cross-functional team of PMs, Analysts, and mobile and back-end-focused engineers
• You have led a team that consistently delivered high-quality output on critical infrastructure projects
• You are a creative, tenacious problem solver with a get-it-done attitude
• You tend to be the standard bearer who takes a great deal of pride in your work and can inspire others to rise to the occasion
• You can create and maintain a positive, healthy team environment in which everyone is supported, encouraged, and meaningfully challenged to do great work
• Preferred tech skills: C#, .NET/.NET Core, Kotlin, Python, SQL, Databricks, AWS, REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, Kafka, CI/CD, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native development.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, or similar tools) as part of your software development workflow
• Experience in fintech is a plus
• Experience leading the design, implementation, and deployment of high-scale cross-functional payments systems

At EarnIn, we believe that the best way to build a financial system that works for everyday people is by hiring a team that represents our diverse community. Our team is diverse not only in background and experience but also in perspective. We celebrate our diversity and strive to create a culture of belonging. EarnIn does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. EarnIn is an E-Verify participant.

EarnIn does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or HR team.

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