Engineering Manager

Job Location - Andheri- Onsite

Role Overview

The Manager – Talent Acquisition will play a strategic and hands-on role in building a strong talent pipeline aligned with business goals. The role involves close collaboration with business leaders to proactively identify hiring needs, attract and recruit high-quality talent within defined cost and timelines, and continuously improve hiring outcomes through data-driven decision-making and superior candidate experience.

This position is responsible for driving recruitment excellence, optimizing sourcing channels (internal and external), and strengthening employer branding while ensuring compliance, consistency, and efficiency across the hiring lifecycle.

Principal Purpose

Partner closely with department heads and stakeholders to proactively identify current and future talent requirements.

Attract, engage, and hire the right talent at the right cost, quality, and time.

Explore, optimize, and manage multiple sourcing channels to build a sustainable talent pipeline.

Drive recruitment excellence through experience design, process optimization, and data-backed insights.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Strategic Workforce Planning

Identify talent needs and translate them into a comprehensive recruitment plan aligned with business priorities.

Ensure hiring plans are delivered within agreed timelines, budgets, and quality benchmarks.

Develop a deep understanding of role requirements, including technical skills, experience, and behavioral competencies required for success.

Stakeholder Partnership

Conduct detailed vacancy intake discussions with hiring managers to align on expectations, hiring strategy, and timelines.

Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders by sharing market insights, talent availability, and hiring trends.

Continuously evolve recruitment strategies based on changing business needs and market dynamics.

End-to-End Recruitment Management

Create and manage hiring plans with clear deliverables, milestones, and formal tracking mechanisms.

Coordinate, schedule, and conduct interviews in line with role specifications and organizational standards.

Screen, interview, and assess candidates to build strong shortlists within consistent timelines.

Conduct in-depth candidate interviews and anticipate hiring manager preferences to ensure strong role fit.

Talent Pipeline & Sourcing

Build and maintain a strong network of potential candidates through proactive sourcing, research, and relationship management.

Leverage internal talent pools, referrals, job portals, social media, agencies, and other sourcing channels effectively.

Ensure a continuous pipeline of ready-to-hire talent for critical and future roles.

Process Excellence & Data-Driven Decisions

Track and analyze recruitment metrics such as time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, quality-of-hire, and candidate experience.

Use data insights to improve hiring efficiency, decision-making, and overall recruitment outcomes.

Drive continuous improvement in recruitment processes, tools, and systems.

Team Leadership

Lead, mentor, and guide Talent Acquisition Specialists to ensure high performance and capability development.

Set clear goals, review performance, and foster a collaborative and high-accountability culture within the team.

Responsibilities:

• Contact potential customers via telephone to promote products or services.
• Utilize scripts to engage customers in conversation and persuade them to purchase our offerings.
• Understand customer needs and requirements to recommend the most suitable products or services.
• Provide accurate information about product features, pricing, and after-sales services.
• Keep detailed records of calls and customer interactions, including recording sales and lead information.
• Follow up with customers to ensure satisfaction, resolve any issues, and maintain strong customer relationships.
• Meet or exceed sales targets and performance goals on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Stay updated on product knowledge and industry trends to effectively communicate with customers.
• Collaborate with the sales team to identify opportunities for cross-selling or upselling products.
• Handle objections and complaints professionally and escalate issues as needed to the appropriate department.
• Maintain confidentiality of customer information and adhere to company policies and procedures.
• Participate in training sessions and meetings to improve skills and knowledge.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience as a telecaller or similar sales/customer service role is preferred.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively engage customers and build rapport over the phone.
• Strong persuasive and negotiation skills.
• Good listening skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in using CRM software and basic computer applications.
• Flexibility to work in shifts and adapt to changing priorities.
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn and grow in a dynamic environment.

• You will be having 3+ years of experience of writing optimized Code in Javascript/Typescript and working with Advanced NodeJs frameworks targeting Latest NodeJs version.
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable codes by setting expectations and features priorities throughout the development life cycle.
• Understanding of basic RDBMS using relational databases like PostgresSQL, MySQL, or MSSQL
• API development (Rest/GraphQL)
• You will participate in regular design sessions, code reviews and agile ceremonies.
• You will work closely with the Product Owner and scrum team to help deliver high quality features inside of agreed timescales
• You will Provide technical mentorship and upskilling to scrum team members and across functional boundaries where appropriate
• You will Identify areas for modification or refactoring inside our code-base and champion their improvement.
• You will lead by example, contributing to a culture of high quality, personal ownership and customer focused execution

The Games Lead will work with a cross-disciplinary team to manage the development process on a new, unannounced FPS shooter game.

This person will work primarily with engineering and QA to support and facilitate the on-time and on-budget delivery of our game.

Responsibilities

• Manage hybrid Scrum-based development process using different tools such as Clickup.com, Asana, JIRA, spreadsheets, Miro, and other tools used to manage teams and processes.
• Work with engineering in planning and development oversight: manage daily check-ins, track progress, and lead end-of-sprint retros.
• Ensure we are getting the most out of engineering, work closely with design to ensure on-target implementation, and track against the schedule to keep on time and on budget.
• Ensure that we are utilizing the most effective development processes possible.
• Create reports that quantitatively track our progress every week and highlight progress and areas for improvement.
• Coordinate QA and support for maximal efficiency and effectiveness.
• Own the product roadmap, development schedule, and overall project P&L.
• Ensure we approach development focused on a key risks-based approach working closely with all disciplinary leads and the CEO.

Qualifications

• Prior lead PM or producer role on at least 1 successful F2P mobile title full lifecycle.
• Experience working on at least 3 mobile game titles, full lifecycle.
• Expert knowledge of all major development processes: You should know the whys (why are we doing things in specific ways?) and not just the actions/motions of the practices.
• Expert knowledge of all major PM tools (Asana, JIRA, and Monday at the minimum).
• Excellent leader and motivator of teams.
• World-class problem solver.
• Appropriate alignment with our company’s Values.
• Ability to think outside of process (when necessary).
• Willingness to abandon politics and bullshit and instead focus on problems & solutions and the delivery of as high quality of a product as our team can possibly create.
• An extremely hard working and get it done work attitude.

Company Introduction

Edfone is an educational technology company, which creates smart tools for students.

This position is for a global project where your work will create an impact on students across the globe. Being one of the early in-house team members you will get to enjoy interacting with founding team and working with early customers - students and teachers. And as always, you will be eligible for a fair share of startup benefits. If you are someone who loves to write mouth watering code and is game to for an exciting ride to help students across the world learn better, do see if you have the skills we need and apply.

Job Description

We are looking for a React Native developer interested in building performant mobile apps on both the iOS and Android platforms. You will be responsible for architecting and building these applications, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

Responsibilities

• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.
• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Reach out to the open source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixes
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Transition ownership of existing React Native apps from out sourced developers to in-house

Skills

• Firm grasp of the JavaScript and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
• Knowledge of functional or object-oriented programming
• Ability to write well-documented, clean Javascript code
• Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts
• Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle, Android Studio
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
• Experience with automated testing suites, like Jest or Mocha

Requirements:

• Understanding of fundamental design principles for building a scalable application in the web/win platform.
• Proven experience as a .NET Developer or Application Developer.
• Hands-on experience in ASP.NET framework, SQL Server and design/architectural patterns (e.g. Model-View-Controller (MVC)).
• Hands-on experience of at least one of the .NET languages (e.g. C#, Visual Basic .NET).
• Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC).
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.