Senior Engineering Manager - Backend Development (13-16 yrs)

Key Responsibilities :

- Own the engineering function for Company'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 organisation.

Preferred Qualifications/Skills :

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

- 13+ 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.

- Highly analytical with the ability to think first principles. Has excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to make quick decisions based on business needs.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences.