Lead Engineer - Adtech

Strong Engineering Manager / Lead Profiles

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Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 8+ years of overall Software Engineering / Development experience with a strong IC foundation.

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Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have 2+ years of formal Engineering Manager experience with direct people-management responsibility (informal Senior Engineer / Tech Lead experience managing a team does not count)

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Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have directly managed 4–6+ engineers, including 1:1s, performance management, growth plans, promotions, mentoring, and team development.

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Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must own technical direction and delivery for an engineering team/pod, including architecture, system design, code/PR reviews, execution planning, and engineering quality.

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Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have strong backend/software engineering experience with hands-on technical depth in building APIs, services, integrations, and scalable systems; specific language/framework can vary.

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Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have experience owning production operations, including on-call, incident management, debugging, and postmortems for their area.

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Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have experience driving cross-functional alignment with Product and Design and translating ambiguous business/product requirements into scalable technical solutions.

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Mandatory (Company) – Must be from a Product Company / Startup, particularly B2B SaaS, Fintech, Payments, or similar technology product environments. (Refer Target Company List)

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Mandatory (Role Fit) – Role is 80% people/team management and 20% technical/IC involvement;

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Preferred (Education) - Tier 1 engineering college

We are looking for an experienced Product & IT Manager who can combine product management, project management, and hands-on understanding of software development technologies. The role will be responsible for managing the product portfolio, driving technology initiatives, coordinating development projects, and ensuring effective delivery across product, IT, and development teams. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Plan, manage, and track software/product development projects, including timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, resources, and deliverables.

• Work closely with developers, QA, UI/UX, business teams, and stakeholders to ensure timely and quality delivery.

• Drive product delivery, client servicing, and asset retention through actionable and implementable strategies. 

• Monitor emerging technologies and recommend relevant solutions such as cloud, SaaS, analytics, AI/ML, and automation.

Project Management & Development Technology Experience – Mandatory

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Key Competencies

• Product & Project Management • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

• Technology & Solution Understanding

• Agile / Scrum Project Delivery

• Stakeholder & Client Management

• Team Leadership & People Management

• Strategic Planning & Roadmap Management

• Risk, Budget & Vendor Management •

Digital Transformation

• Problem Solving & Decision Making