Engineering Manager at BillTrim · Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 3 - 7 years · ₹30L - ₹50L / yr (ESOP available) · Raised funding · Posted 11 Jan 2022

BillTrim uses ML + Human to negotiate and monitor all utility bills such as cable, internet, cell phone, electricity, auto insurance, etc
BillTrim negotiates a better rate and protects our customers from overpaying.
BillTrim is San Francisco-based growing startup funded by well-respected and proven investors.
Why work with us?
BillTrim is here to make history. We are passionate to solve problems.
We deeply care about our customers.
To work on something great, something big not average.
We do not compromise with quality. To make SAAS that customers will love and appreciate.
To witness crazy growth and take your career and take it to new heights.
We believe in one outstanding employee gets more done and costs less than two adequate employees.
Less is better, do not clutter unnecessary text, images, buttons, or even a line of code.
We follow Silicon Valley culture.
Personality traits to become a part of BillTrimmer's famiy:
Go to attitude
Tenacious and hungry to make a name
Willing to learn and adapt
Willing to work on weekends if need be
Filled with curiosity and not afraid to ask questions
Think independently and be open-minded to possibilities
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Why We Need You
Our current engineering team is growing fast and we’ll need leadership to support a focused team effort across a variety of projects and priorities.
We’re looking for someone who will help us with:
- Manage, mentor, and grow an extremely talented and energetic engineering team
- Define our engineering culture and process broadly as our first management hire
- Work closely with product and design in determining the strategy and direction of your team
- Define the development process of the team to create a constructive and efficient work environment
Your Role:
- Lead the development of APIs, customer/developer experience, and supporting systems
- Be actively involved in our long-term strategic direction, working closely with the CTO/co-founder
- Experience scaling teams and processes in a high growth environment
- Empower the team to achieve a high level of technical productivity
- A strong belief in high engineer agency, responsibility, and accountability
- Own the existing SCRUM & SPRINTS & make sure throughput and DEADLINES are me
- A compassionate but clear and focused approach to leadership
- Ability to ruthlessly prioritize in a chaotic and ambiguous environment
Experience that would help you succeed: (Note, we don't expect you to a spike in all aspects, but to grow there in time)
Growth-minded: You have a keen product sense and an exceptional track record for delivery, as well as examples of innovation and/or influential impact.
Experienced: You will develop our current team, hire additional team members, and empower each member to have an owner mentality within their role. You have a large task ahead and building a high-output team will be your top priority.
Driven: You have experience in the past that lends itself to being able to dive in on tactical problems, while also being able to scale with the company as the needs change.
Technical: You’re able to leverage a strong technical background and have hands-on experience in solving large and difficult technical problems, with the ability to make decisions swiftly and thoughtfully.
Apply only if the answer is yes to all of the following :
- 3+ years of Engineering Manager of team size 10-50 experience
- Proven ability to manage high complexity projects
- Motivated by a fast-paced, high impact environment
- Proactive and comfortable with ambiguity
- Well versed with Hiring as well as Firing
- HAVE worked in a B2C Startup for at least a year?
- CAN join in within 30-45 days?

About BillTrim
About
About BillTrim:
BillTrim uses ML + Human to negotiate and monitor all utility bills such as cable, internet, cell phone, electricity, auto insurance, etc
BillTrim negotiates a better rate and protects our customers from overpaying.
BillTrim is San Francisco-based growing startup funded by well-respected and proven investors.
Why work with us?
BillTrim is here to make history. We are passionate to solve problems.
We deeply care about our customers.
To work on something great, something big not average.
We do not compromise with quality. To make SAAS that customers will love and appreciate.
To witness crazy growth and take your career and take it to new heights.
We believe in one outstanding employee gets more done and costs less than two adequate employees.
Less is better, do not clutter unnecessary text, images, buttons, or even a line of code.
We follow Silicon Valley culture.
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Roles & Responsibilities
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager who treats engineering management as a systems problem, not a career milestone.
You’ll lead engineers while staying close to the technical core—owning architecture, modeling decisions, and execution quality in a domain where correctness matters as much as velocity.
Technical & Product Ownership
- Build and evolve core platform features
- Design and ship APIs, services, and integrations that power billing automation, usage metering, invoicing, revenue recognition, and financial reporting.
- Model complex financial workflows
- Work deeply on pricing logic, proration, true-ups, multi-currency handling, approval workflows, and event-driven billing pipelines—where small decisions have long-term consequences.
- Make architectural trade-offs
- Balance “ship it now” against “live with it forever” while scaling systems that process high-volume usage data and real-time financial calculations.
- Stay technically fluent
- You won’t write code every day, but you’ll review PRs, catch subtle bugs, and guide design discussions with confidence.
Team Leadership & Management
- Lead and grow the engineering team
- Mentor and manage engineers across experience levels, setting clear expectations and raising the bar on ownership, execution, and quality.
- Create high-output systems
- Establish clear problem definitions, focused execution cycles, code reviews that actually catch issues, and enough slack for engineers to think—not just ship.
- Debug team dynamics like software
- Observe signals, form hypotheses, intervene deliberately, and measure outcomes—whether the issue is delivery, alignment, or collaboration.
- Build the team intentionally
- Design interviews that surface real problem-solving ability, not just pattern matching. At this stage, every hire shifts the average.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Product, Finance, and Customer Success to translate real-world contract terms into correct, scalable systems
- Partner with stakeholders to solve ambiguous problems where requirements evolve and trade-offs are unavoidable
- Ensure systems remain accurate, auditable, and compliant as the product scales
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About the Role
Pendo is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead teams building core product capabilities across Analytics, Guides, and Platform services. These are the systems that power how hundreds of millions of end users experience the software.
In this role, you will drive execution against business objectives, direct complex initiatives from kickoff through delivery, and build a team that operates with clarity and focus. You will set clear expectations, delegate effectively, and partner closely with product, design, and senior engineering leadership to keep teams aligned and moving. You default toward action, push teams to deliver value daily, and actively use AI tools as part of how you work.
If you're energized by directing high-impact teams, developing strong engineers, and building a culture where craft and velocity coexist, this role is a great fit.
What You'll Do
Team Leadership & Hiring
- Create an environment where engineers are encouraged to take risks, experiment, and challenge the status quo.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers through clear expectations, coaching, and timely feedback.
- Own hiring end-to-end, partnering with recruiting to attract and close top engineering talent.
- Build an inclusive, high-performing team culture grounded in ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Delivery & Execution
- Maintain a high bar for velocity, predictability, and quality.
- Own team execution against product and engineering goals.
- Partner with Product and Design to define roadmaps, scope work, and deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Identify and remove blockers, manage risks, and ensure strong planning and prioritization.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with product, design, infrastructure, and other engineering teams to deliver cohesive customer experiences.
- Align team priorities with broader organizational goals and strategy.
Operational Excellence
- Drive improvements in system reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Establish strong practices around monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
- 3+ years of experience managing and growing engineering teams.
- Proven track record of hiring and building high-performing teams.
- Experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives in a product-driven environment.
- Strong technical foundation in backend, distributed systems, or full-stack development.
- Proven ability to lead teams through ambiguity and change while maintaining execution.
- Actively uses AI tools in day-to-day work and helps drive adoption across teams.
- Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience working on analytics products, user-facing SaaS platforms, or data-intensive systems.
- Experience managing teams across both frontend and backend domains.
- Familiarity with modern cloud environments and scalable architectures.
- Experience working in distributed teams across multiple time zones.
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Experience required: 6+ years
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Tracxn's Technology team is 60+ members strong and growing. The technology team is subdivided into multiple smaller teams, each owning one or more services/components of the technology platform. Ours is a young team of motivated engineers with a minimal management structure where almost everyone is actively involved in technical development and design activities. We have a team-centric culture where the ownership and responsibility of a feature or module lie with a team compared to an individual.
We value ownership, continuous learning, consistency, and discipline as a team.
Our Tech Stacks:
We work on an array of technologies, including but not limited to backend and frontend systems such as Java, Python, Spring Boot, Node.js, ReactJS, Next.js, Webpack, and Storybook; cloud and serverless platforms like AWS, etc; data and infrastructure technologies such as Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch), MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and Ansible; large-scale web crawling solutions; modern data pipelines and ETL workflows; and AI/ML-driven projects.
Job Overview:
We are looking for experienced software engineers with 6+ years of overall software development experience, including backend development and proven people-management skills. The ideal candidate will lead the engineering team(s), drive technical excellence, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers
- Own technical planning, architecture discussions, and execution
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- Drive best practices in software development, testing, and deployment
- Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards
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Job Requirements :
Professional Experience
- Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams
- Track record of delivering complex, scalable software systems
- Experience driving technical initiatives and influencing architectural decisions
- Strong collaboration experience with product, design, and cross-functional teams.
Technical Leadership & Management
- Ability to mentor, coach, and grow engineers across different experience levels
- Experience conducting performance reviews and providing technical feedback
- Strong ownership of team delivery, timelines, and quality
- Experience balancing hands-on technical work with people management
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- Strong proficiency in modern backend architectures, design patterns, and microservices architecture.
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Technical Competencies
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- Meritocracy-driven, candid culture. No politics.
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