Engineering Manager

About the Role 

Hey there! Are you a mastermind looking for your next big challenge? If so, we want you to join our team as our VP of Engineering! We're looking for someone who's driven, experienced, and ready to lead the charge for our tech products and solutions. As the VP, you will manage a team of developers, identify new technologies and implement them to drive business results. 

But it's not all about tech - you'll also be working closely with our core team to make sure we're meeting the needs of the market. Basically, you'll be a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to our tech and make sure we're always ahead of the game. So, if you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a real impact, hit us up! 

We can't wait to see what you bring to the table. 

What You'll Do 

• Lead the development team and ensure projects are completed smoothly and on  schedule 

• Stay ahead of the game by finding and using new technologies to boost the business 

• Work hand in hand with the core team to figure out their needs and keep our products on point with the market trends 

• Keep our products high-quality, scalable, and secure 

Develop and maintain a detailed project plan to track progress and ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget 

• Brainstorm and plan the company's tech strategy with the CTO and other important leaders 

• Keep up to date with the latest tech trends and find new growth opportunities 

• Give the development team technical guidance and be a mentor to them 

What You'll Bring 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field 

• A 8+ years of experience leading software development teams, with a track record of delivering complex products 

• Technical know-how and experience with the latest software development tech 

• Proven experience in identifying and implementing new technologies to drive business  results 

• Experience handling the challenges and taking advantage of the opportunities that come with working in a startup environment 

• Ace leadership, communication, and teamwork skills 

• Self-starter with loads of drive and a desire to make things happen 

What we would also love to see 

• Understand the mobile development landscape especially Android and iOS 

• Hands-On experience with API based development 

Position Overview: 

The Engineering Manager will work closely with the management and customers and partners globally. He/She will report to the VP - Engineering. He/She will be responsible for shaping the product and strategizing its delivery around when and how it will be done so. 

The ideal candidate should have prior experience as Engineering Manager in a start-up or Product company, developing an Enterprise SAAS product.

Responsibilities: 

●Lead Product Development, QA and Documentation for multiple client Products 

●Deliver Engineering Product Releases and Patches 

●Provide work break-down and be responsible for all Engineering Team deliverables 

●Interact with team members and ensure timely and successful delivery of each sprint iteration 

●Provide technical guidance, coaching and mentoring to the Engineering Team 

●Be responsible for tools and processes for all Engineering activities 

●Work with Product Management and help shape the product roadmap 

●Work with Services Organization and set the right expectations regarding the product roadmap, delivery of enhancements and patches 

●Define and manage quarterly goals for Engineering Team 

●Manage engineering budget, incentive programs and team-building activities 

●Hire and manage Product Development, QA and Documentation Team members 

The Ideal Candidate: 

●Should have completed a 4-year Engineering degree in Computer Science (preferably) or an advanced degree in a similar stream 

●Should have 10-12 years of experience with at least 2-3 years as an Engineering Manager 

●Must have experience with Containerization, Docker, Kubernetes 

●Should have designed and delivered: 

• Open Source based Enterprise Software 

• Software based on Java, Angular JS, ReactJS, Python, no-SQL databases etc

• Solutions in the Cloud (AWS or Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)) 

●Delivered multiple releases of products using Agile Development 

●Delivered Artifacts like Design/Test-Plan/Documentation-Plan documents 

●Possess Team Management skills: 

• Led Product Development Teams involving UI, Middle-Tier and Database developers, QA and Documentation Teams 

• Delivered performance reviews, and improvement plans to team members 

Desired Skills: 

●Experience having worked at a startup or product development company is an advantage 

1. Own Architecture and Design for one or more verticals end to end
   Work with stakeholders (Product teams, Partners, UI/UX teams & Vendors) to create right architecture for large scale, large volume consumer facing applications
2. Ability to work in ambiguous environments
3. Be on top of emerging technology and make recommendations to future-proof products and solutions
4. Ensure that systems are architected to be secure and resilient through the effective application of security and Business Continuity principles
5. Lead the definition and validation of architecture principles and standards

We are looking for an Engineering Manager, who adopts a hands-on approach and loves to build scalable, distributed and large web / mobile products. You would be responsible for designing the architecture, reviewing the code, building the technology and deploying web/mobile applications.

• Own the product development from
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant
• Contribute to discussion on software architecture while mentoring a team of
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, SCRUM ceremonies, and troubleshooting to ensure uptime for live systems
• Lead teams in the development of new products, solutions, processes, and implementation of cost management
• Communicates technical information to stakeholders, including investors and potential customers.

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field from a premier
• Prior 7+ years of relevant experience in a start-up or a dynamic work
• Proven supervisory and technical
• Good exposure in writing and optimizing SQL for high-performance
• Understanding of asyncio and eventloop/ uvloop concepts. Knowledge of frameworks such as Quart/ Fastapi/ Starlette is
• Past use of Agile/Scrum or similar collaborative
• Knowledge of AWS; Caching technologies like Redis, Memcache; ELK; mySQL Databases, etc.
• Strong understanding of System Design, Microservice Architecture, Kafka, Pub/Sub, Message queues, and in-memory data stores
• Customer oriented, responsive to changes, and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

• Master’s degree in engineering or MBA a plus

‍Expected to manage the product plan, engineering, and delivery of Plum Integration activities. Plum is a rewarding and incentive infrastructure for businesses. It's a unified integrated suite of products to handle various rewarding use cases for consumers, sales, channel partners, and employees. 31% of the total tech team is aligned towards this product and comprises 32 members within Plum Tech, Quality, Design, and Product management. The annual FY 2019-20 revenue for Plum was $ 40MN and is showing high growth potential this year as well. The product has a good mix of both domestic and international clientele and is expanding. The role will be based out of our head office in Bangalore, Karnataka however we are open to discuss the option of remote working with 25 - 50% travel.‍

• Scope and lead technology with the right product and business metrics.
• Directly contribute to product development by writing code if required.
• Architect systems for scale and stability.
• Serve as a role model for our high engineering standards and bring consistency to the many codebases and processes you will encounter.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across disciplines like sales, customers, product, design, and customer success.
• Code reviews and feedback.
• Build simple solutions and designs over complex ones and have a good intuition for what is lasting and scalable.
• Define a process for maintaining a healthy engineering culture (Cadence for one-on-ones, meeting structures, HLDs, Best Practices In development, etc.).

• Manage a senior tech team of more than 5 direct and 10 indirect developers.
• Should have experience in handling e-commerce applications at scale.
• Should have experience working with applications like HubSpot salesforce and other CRM.
• Should have experience in B2B integrations.
• Should have at least 10+ years of experience in software development, agile processes for international e-commerce businesses.
• Should be extremely hands-on, with an Automate as much as possible mind set full-stack developer.
• Should exhibit skills to build a good engineering team and culture.
• Should be able to handle the chaos with product planning, prioritizing, customer-first approach.
• Technical proficiency
• Frameworks like React, React Native, Node.js, GraphQL
• Databases technologies like Elasticsearch, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka
• Dev ops to manage and architect infra - AWS, CI/CD (Jenkins)
• System Architecture w.r.t Microservices, Cloud Development, DB Administration, Data Modeling
• Understanding of security principles and possible attacks and mitigate them.

‍You will lead the Plum Integration Engineering team and work in close conjunction with the Tech leads of Plum with some cross-functional stake with other products. Your will report to the CTO directly.

Key Responsibilities

• Primarily responsible for the design, development and testing of LTE features for small cell system being developed by Mavenir
• Software development (code & test) of their modules with no supervision. Ability to do high level design and review low-level design/code.
• Accurate estimation of their work.
• Participate in architecture discussions.
• Adherence to development process and quality metrics.

Job Requirements

• Good understanding of 5G,  LTE and/or UMTS standards.
• Knowledge of 3GPP NR, EUTRAN procedures.
• Knowledge on any of the protocols like RRC, MAC, RLC, LTE/NR L3/L2 protocol stacks.
• Knowledge of RRM, Tr069 interface, NETCONF, YANG.
• Experience of developing UNIX/Linux applications.
• Excellent knowledge of C, data structures and operating systems.
• Knowledge of Network virtualisation concepts will be a plus.
• Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: IP Networks and Protocols, SCTP, MTP3, M3UA, SS7, SCCP, HNBAP, RUA, RANAP, S1AP, GTP
• Good knowledge of any of version control system like SVN, MKS, clearcase.
• Good team player with knowledge of Agile methodology will be a plus

Location: Bangalore/Mumbai

Requirements:

• Experience in building tech platforms
• Setup SDLC processes within the team.
• Define Architecture and tech design of the system. Take strategic calls in deciding the tech stack to be used.
• Should be a hands on coder and should contribute significantly to the code base.
• Manage task allocation and delivery timelines for the team.
• Team building and hiring. Should be able to define the resource requirements and work with hiring managers to fill in the positions.
• Work closely with the product and business team to execute the vision and roadmap of the company.
• Domain expertise in Payments/Lending/Fintech is preferred.

• Understanding product features, preparing technical documentation.
• Take ownership over project timelines and deliverables.
• Contribute to the design, architecture and build of our Core Platform.
• Help scale the platform and build out new features.
• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems, delivering high-availability and performance.
• Self-directed, but also work well with other engineers.
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code.
• Anticipate future technical needs and craft plans to realize them, and balance feature development with investments in tech debt reduction.
• The ability to combine speed and quality and that you can achieve both at same time.
• Excited about working for a startup and moving quickly.
• Experience in team handling will be a plus.
• Work with customers for understanding requirements whenever needed.