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Engineering Manager at a fintech start up · Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 7 - 12 years · ₹30L - ₹60L / yr (ESOP available) · Posted 21 Feb 2022

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Engineering Manager

at a fintech start up

Agency job
7 - 12 yrs
₹30L - ₹60L / yr (ESOP available)
Bengaluru (Bangalore)
Skills
Engineering Management
Engineering Manager
Engineering Head
Tech Lead
Technical Lead
VP of Engineering
Director of Engineering
Technical Manager
Software Engineering Manager
skill iconJava
Job Title/Designation:

Software Development Manager

Employment Type:

Full Time, Permanent

Job Description:

What You Will Need:

  • 8+ years of experience as an engineer or a lead - solving real world customer problems.
  • BE / B.Tech / M.Tech - preferably in Computer Science
  • Strong background in building backend technologies over distributed systems.
  • Hands on experience in building platforms, technologies, and systems for products they have worked on.
  • Proven track record of building and managing high performing engineering teams.
  • The ability to convince, negotiate and work with equally competent and smart stakeholders.
  • Experience building complex technical solutions - highly scalable service-oriented architectures, distributed cloud-based systems - which power our fintech products.
  • Proven ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders.
  • Comfortable to work in a fast paced, evolving work environment
What you’ll do?
  • Act as an entrepreneur - taking ownership of the problem statement end-to-end.
  • Deliver best products from all engineering aspects like designing, architecting across multiple product lines.
  • Lead a diverse team of high performing engineers - who set new standards everyday.
  • Be a great engineer yourself - to be able to hire, mentor, and grow the engineering team.
  • Handle multiple competing priorities and ambiguity - all in a fast-paced, high growth environment.
  • Direct and provide ongoing leadership for a team of individual contributors, set objectives, review performances, define growth plan and nurture
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Head of Engineering — Chennai (Onsite)About the Role


Job Details


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How We Work


We operate with high pace, high ownership, and short feedback loops.

You’ll be expected to get close to the product, understand the users, make decisions quickly, and ship within your first week.

If you enjoy building products from the ground up, staying close to the code, and using AI to fundamentally improve how engineering teams work, we’d love to hear from you.


How to Apply




Join Aura Gold and be part of building a high-performing team from the ground up!


Ability to commute/relocate:


  • Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Chennai District): Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Education:

  • Bachelor's (Preferred)

Language:

  • English, Tamil , Hindi (Required)

Location:

  • Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Chennai District) (Required)

Work Location: In person

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