Engineering Manager - Bangalore

Role & Responsibilities

1. Create innovative architectures based on business requirements.
2. Design and develop cloud-based solutions for global enterprises.
3. Coach and nurture engineering teams through feedback, design reviews, and best practice input.
4. Lead cross-team projects, ensuring resolution of technical blockers.
5. Collaborate with internal engineering teams, global technology firms, and the open-source community.
6. Lead initiatives to learn and apply modern and advanced technologies.
7. Oversee the launch of innovative products in high-volume production environments.
8. Develop and maintain high-quality software applications using JS frameworks (React, NPM, Node.js etc.,).
9. Utilize design patterns for backend technologies and ensure strong coding skills.
10. Deploy and manage applications on AWS cloud services, including ECS (Fargate), Lambda, and load balancers. Work with Docker to containerize services.
11. Implement and follow CI/CD practices using GitLab for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
12. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design technical solutions, ensuring adherence to Microservice Design patterns and Architecture.
13. Apply expertise in Authentication & Authorization protocols (e.g., JWT, OAuth), including certificate handling, to ensure robust application security.
14. Utilize databases such as Postgres, MySQL, Mongo and DynamoDB for efficient data storage and retrieval.
15. Demonstrate familiarity with Big Data technologies, including but not limited to:

- Apache Kafka for distributed event streaming.

- Apache Spark for large-scale data processing.

- Containers for scalable and portable deployments.

Technical Skills:

1. 7+ years of hands-on development experience with JS frameworks, specifically MERN.
2. Strong coding skills in backend technologies using various design patterns.
3. Strong UI development skills using React.
4. Expert in containerization using Docker.
5. Knowledge of cloud platforms, specifically OCI, and familiarity with serverless technology, services like ECS, Lambda, and load balancers.
6. Proficiency in CI/CD practices using GitLab or Bamboo.
7. Strong knowledge of Microservice Design patterns and Architecture.
8. Expertise in Authentication and authorization protocols like JWT, and OAuth including certificate handling.
9. Experience working with high stream media data.
10. Experience working with databases such as Postgres, MySQL, and DynamoDB.
11. Familiarity with Big Data technologies related to Kafka, PySpark, Apache Spark, Containers, etc.
12. Experience with container Orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

For our Cloud and Digital team, we seek Hands-On Technical Lead who can work on designing & implementing high quality scalable cloud software while providing technical leadership/mentoring to a small team of talented developers in agile environment. Your ability to lead the architecture, design, and implementation of maintainable, high-quality, and high-performing web (Java microservices, React UI, AWS) and mobile applications (iOS, Android, React native) is essential for success in this role. 

What you will be doing:

1. Strong programming knowledge in a combination of Java/Spring boot and Ruby on Rails. Expert in working in AWS Cloud, Micro services, REST, MongoDb / RDBMS/Cassandra, React /Node/Java Script, web frameworks/web technologies, Docker, Kubernetes, Messaging Brokers (Kafka, Kinesis, RabbitMq), Redis
2. Shaping architecture for robust, reliable, and high-performance applications, considering functional and technical requirements.
3. Manage/Mentor team of talented developers. Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders.
4. Estimate/Plan/Manage project deliverables in Agile environment with incremental system delivery.
5. Knowledge of data analytics and machine learning is a plus.
6. Good knowledge in version control and branching concepts (git, mercurial)

Who you are and what you bring:

1. B.E/B.Tech in Computer Science / Electronics and Electrical. Strong academics and career track record.
2. 15+ years of solid software development experience in building secure, scalable, and resilient systems.
3. Proven experience as software technical lead/manager/architect with cloud and digital SW
4. Excellent knowledge of software implementation, design and architecture of Web and Mobile apps.
5. Proven experience in working with AWS (preferably) or GCP or Azure.
6. Strong understanding of monitoring and logging tools.
7. Strong understanding of software design principles (SOLID, design patterns etc.)
8. Strong understanding of SOA and enterprise integration patterns.
9. Strong understanding of Functional or OOP patterns.
10. Experience in Web and Mobile software development and coding in various languages (Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Java, React, iOS, Android, Python etc.). Familiarity with HTML/CSS, JavaScript and UI/UX design.

About us:

We are a team of software avengers, passionate engineers & thinkers designing the future of education. The company has its roots from IIT, IIM Alumni and various SMEs in education space. Here, we all work together with & for a single dream; ‘Education For Everyone, Everywhere.’

Dizvik is an EdTech product-based tech start-up working on exciting technologies & latest tech amendments. We use technology as an effective & efficient tool to create things that are impactful & make education easier. Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Robust Media Streaming are few of our core areas.

We are a crazy bunch of people having multiple personas always trying to keep things light-hearted! Our roots are not new, the company is nurtured by the well established group excelling since 2003. The founders of Dizvik Technologies own multiple companies & one of those is Dhyeya Educational Services Private Limited (Dhyeya IAS) having more than 20 offline Institutes/Centers in India.

Role Description:

The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and developing highly scalable, reliable and fault-tolerant micro-services based applications for the company. Using Node Js, Python, MongoDB, PostgreSql, JWT, Cassandra, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Rabbitmq, Redis, Middlewares, CDN, Elasticsearch, this candidate will be able to translate user and business needs into functional and enterprise level product.

Salary Range:  10 LPA to 25 LPA

Job Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing highly scalable, reliable and fault-tolerant backend architectures & applications for the company.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Mobile, DevOps, Data, UX, QA, etc.) on planning and execution.
• Communicate, collaborate and lead the work & team effectively across distributed features
• Owning and working end-to-end on application – from system (server, deployment, configuration management) to back end (container, application, and database).

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science.
• 3+ years of experience in backend technologies: Node Js, Python, MongoDB, PostgreSql, JWT, Cassandra, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis, Middlewares, CDN, Elasticsearch etc.
• Implementation of security and data protection.(CSRF/JWT/ORM and various middleware/DB security implementations).
• Strong problem-solving skills, algorithmic skills, and data structures experience.
• Ability to design and implement low latency RESTful services in Monolith & Microservice both the architectures.
• Data modelling experience in both Relational and NoSQL databases.
• Ability to understand and implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• Experience in troubleshooting server performance memory issues, GC tuning, resource leaks, etc.
• Ability to scope, review and refine user stories for technical completeness and to alleviate dependency risks.
• Experience in versioning systems like GitHub, SVN, gitlab etc.

CommerceIQ is a well-funded, Series B growth stage start-up that helps consumer brands grow their business on e-commerce channels (like Amazon, Walmart) using advanced algorithms and machine learning technology. We help consumer brands win shoppers at the moment of purchase by algorithmically managing supply chain, demand forecasting, promotions and advertising spend, fraud listing detection, content optimization and other aspects that help shoppers make online purchase decisions. 

In 2020, CoVid 19 affected every business, few positively and many negatively. However, E-commerce adoption has gone through the roof and we have seen e-commerce spend grow from 15% to 25% of retail spend in just 8 weeks! (Compare this to a decade that it took to grow e-commerce adoption from 5 to 15%). This put us in a unique situation and provided a huge opportunity for us to help brands grow significantly on e-commerce channels.

At the back of strong product-market fit and a change in human behaviour due to CoVid that buoyed e-commerce, we tripled our revenue consecutively in 2019 and 2020. More than 50 consumer brands use our product to drive e-commerce growth. Our customers include named brands like Bayer Healthcare, J&J, Nestle, Hamilton Beach, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Kellogg, Kimberly Clark, Colgate, Mars, Inc. and many others.

Our focus in 2021 is to heavily invest in our engineering, product and customer success capability to bolster our product, make our customers successful and establish ourselves as a market leader in this rapidly growing market!

Roles and responsibilities :

• Manage the performance and career development of a team of engineers, and own significant parts of CIQ applications that require design, architecture, and coding (Both Frontend and Backend).
• Participate with senior management in developing a long-term technology roadmap.
• Be a role model and professional coach for engineers with a strong bias for action and focus on high standards.
• Work with peers across teams to support and leverage a shared technical stack.
• Manage teams to scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying right design patterns, review code, and deliver with speed and quality.
• Produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
• Own the QA and deployment strategies for the team.
• Work‌ ‌with‌ ‌multiple‌ ‌stakeholders to understand business, prioritise and execute based on company goals and priorities.
• Be the custodian of process and SDLC best practices within the team.
• Own hiring goals for the team and hire the best.
• Delivery and tech ownership of all roadmap / tech items for the team.

What you need to succeed :

• Should have proficiency in Backend and frontend technologies along with good experience in AWS.
• Should‌ ‌be‌ ‌aware‌ ‌of‌ ‌best‌ ‌practices‌ ‌for‌ ‌Software‌ ‌development‌ .
• 6+ years of relevant engineering work experience.
• 5+ years software design, coding in Java / equivalent and a good understanding of frontend technologies.
• 1+ years of management experience in building small to medium-sized teams, demonstrating growth and a track record of successful deliveries.

Preferred Qualifications : 

• 5+ years of experience in building and working with production grade systems.
• Shipped several large-scale projects with dependencies across multiple teams.
• Built and delivered on successful cross-functional partnerships across multiple teams.
• Been actively involved in creation and execution of technical strategy and roadmap.
• Actively coached, mentored and grew team members in their careers.
• Track record in partnering with recruiting to hire and build incredible engineering teams.
• Good understanding and experience in practicing SDLC best practices.
• Strong believer in innovation culture and Engineering driven ideas.
• Experience in release management and agile methodologies.

About the role:

We are currently building an exciting multi-category, digital first, direct to consumer, commerce business for couple of new brands in Food & Fashion category. The Engineering Team forms the backbone of our ecommerce business. We build and iterate over our core platform that handles orders, payments, delivery promises, order tracking & logistics integrations.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead its development across web, mobile and in-store devices. You will be responsible to work closely with business leaders to understand the developer needs and device solutions through developer tools and services. The role incumbent will be managing a team of in-house & outsourced developers and will be responsible for defining the technical roadmap, project delivery and maintenance of systems developed in-house. The incumbent will also be driving technology innovation with integrations and external partners to fully leverage the latest solutions and technologies for servicing the organization needs. This role will report to the Director-Engineering.

Location: Mumbai based preferably. We can also consider Bangalore based candidates.

Responsibilities:

Your core responsibilities will include Technical Guidance, Execution, Delivery & Team Management. You will be working in a fast-paced and agile work environment delivering quality solutions that have immediate business impact.

• Ownership of engineering features and components from concept, design, development & deployment
• Participate in the solution architecting, enterprise interface design and integration.
• Work with users to understand requirements, design scalable and efficient technology solutions.
• Manage multiple projects across a wide breadth of technologies, coordinate dependencies, and interactions with other internal teams and external partners.

• Communicate cross-functionally, collaborate with Business teams, Product managers, engineers and QA to plan, own and deliver solutions on time.
• Ensure teams follow best practices regarding coding standards, code reviews, and testing. Responsible for code quality, review & release strategy.

• Define and drive development team priorities and ensure delivery through in-house and vendor development teams.

• Keep tab of latest technology trends and leverage it for improvements/changes in current setup to increase efficiency, reduce maintenance cost and time to market.

• Publish regular reports of activities and highlight potential risks. 
• Attract, hire, retain, motivate and mentor engineering team resources.

Required Qualification, Experience & skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
• 6-8 years of overall developer experience with a minimum 12-18 months in the GoLang toolkit – very familiar with all the frameworks and tools needed to manage and further build an end to end ecommerce platform in GoLang
• Prior experience in managing a team of min 4-6 engineers
• Hands-on management with deep-dive into the details of software design, implementation and debugging

• Experience of implementing Agile, Scrum & Iterative processes

• Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience mentoring junior software engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
• Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from Web development, Mobile app development, AWS, machine learning, large scale data platforms, service oriented architecture, distributed systems design, android platform, front-end user interfaces, databases etc.

Exp: 7 - 12 years

Min 5+ years in team management

Solid experience building teams from scratch in Startups

Preferred: Talents from Tier 1 Tech Schools / IT Product Startups

Key Skills: Java, Python, Distributed Systems, Data Structures, Algorithms, AWS, Design Patterns, HLD, LLD, Data Analytics, MongoDB, Node Js

Responsibilities:

• Vision: Building a vibrant technology culture via a shared strategic architecture vision, as the Chief Architect of the company.

• Mission: Driving the platform and product vision to life.

• Goals: Leading and delivering on the long-term road map for engineering and infrastructure efficiency.

• Execution: Building and sustaining core reusable technology that would ensure scalability, reliability, availability and resiliency for all the products running on the platform and power the enterprise's quest to remain technologically competitive as it extends its customer base and enhances customer experiences continuously.

• Assets: Owning all relevant platform technology and infrastructure, both internal (like Dev and staging environments, DevOps stacks, etc.) and client-facing (like production and HA / DR environments)

• Tools and frameworks: Leading a team of engineers and architects across DevOps, Site-Reliability, Product TechOps / NOC, Frameworks and Cloud Infrastructure teams.

• Thought leadership and industry presence: Representing technology branding and evangelism, as the face and voice of enterprise technology; sharing and evangelizing the technology strategy with internal and external entities, including employees, customers, partners, analysts, technical networks and investors.

• Team leadership: Helping build the technical talent brand of the company and in managing their portfolio of IP (intellectual property), via multiple media like blogs, conference presentations and tech media coverage.

Candidate persona mapping:

This role would be part of the Senior Leadership Team of the company, Our typical candidate for this role would be a person who:

• Is a Senior Technical Architect/Manager with 8+ years experience in Product First Tech First companies operating on a global scale

a) Preferably, with rich experience working in Silicon Valley, USA / IT Product Startups

b) Rich experience in helping build platforms that have supported products built from scratch and which have scaled over time

c) Rich experience in helping deploy products on the SaaS model

• Has rich and diverse experience in platform technology areas like design and architecture, APIs and Microservices, cloud infrastructure (private, public, hybrid or multiple), security, scale, tooling and multiple frameworks

• Has an executive presence and strong communication skills

• Demonstrates technology thought leadership

• Demonstrates a record of leading a team of Architects, managing, mentoring and appraising them

• Is, preferably, a programming polyglot

• Should have built diverse teams from scratch