Engineering Manager - PHP/Node.js (10-15 yrs)

Job Description :

Role & Responsibilities :

About the Role :

Freight Tiger is growing exponentially, and technology is at the centre of it. Our Engineers love solving complex industry problems by building modular and scalable solutions using cutting edge technology. Your peers will be an exceptional group of Software Engineers, Quality Assurance Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Infrastructure and Solution Architects.

We are looking to hire a lead Engineering on our SAAS products. This role will report into our VP of Engineering. This role would involve designing, building and delivering software products for our enterprise clients, leveraging the latest developments in cloud hosted micro services, data warehousing, AI & ML. The focus of this role would also be on attracting the best talent, setting longer term technical vision and creating a culture of quality and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities :

- Own the engineering function for Freight Tiger's SAAS product suite.

- Oversee all software development activity - manage tasks, milestones, and dependencies across multiple concurrent projects.

- Lead a team of Engineering Managers & Principal Engineers.

- Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Product Mgmt, Business, Sales etc) to improve product capabilities and services.

- Provide technology leadership and create a collaborative working environment.

- Ensure implementation of formal best practices and standards for software development.

- Play an active role in hiring, training, mentoring, and motivating a world-class engineering talent pool.

- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities and negotiate the best possible outcomes for the organization.

Ideal Candidate :

- 5+ years of experience directly managing teams of Software Engineers.

- 10+ years of hands-on software development experience.

- Deep experience in building enterprise software solutions.

- A strong track record of project delivery for large, cross-functional, projects and bringing in and growing engineering talent.

- Proficiency in languages such as PHP, NodeJS, Java, Golang, Scala.

- Familiarity with database technologies like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Kafka.

- SAP & Integration experience a bonus.