Engineering Manager - Backend

Engineering Managers (EMs) lead teams of diverse groups of people who are moving towards realizing 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.

As an Engineering manager, You will be responsible to provide technical leadership and guide the team to build high quality and scalable applications. As an EM you will understand business goals and contribute to product strategy and take accountability for moving key business metrics. You will also be responsible for driving execution and project deliverables using agile methodologies by removing impediments along the way with the big picture in mind.

What you ll do:

Be a highly technical, hands-on manager for a team of 10+ engineers
Responsible for the product engineering roadmap with a focus on performance, scale, and quality for products used by millions of users across 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 of engineering to define best practices for development and champion their adoption at the same time
Perform well in a fluid environment, fast-paced environment
Responsible for hiring and skills management for the team

What you ll need:
B.Tech or any other similar qualification with experience as a tech leader and people manager for at least 10+ 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 center
Experience with JAVA,Springboot, NoSql, Memcache, Redis, Kafka, ElasticSearch, etc. programming and debugging skills
Experience of 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 and experience with new open source technologies and their adoption into product development etc.