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TECHNICAL MANAGER

Department: Product Engineering Location: Noida/Chennai

Experience: 12+ years with 2+ years in a similar role

Job Summary:

We are looking for an inspiring leader to lead a dynamic R&D team with a strong “Product & Customer” spirit. As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for the entire process, from design and specification to code quality, process integration and delivery performance

Key Responsibilities:

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Collaborate closely with Product Management teams to design and develop business modules.

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As a manager, coordinate a diverse team and ensure collaboration between different departments. Empathetic and fair yet demanding management with particular attention to operational excellence.

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Actively participate in resolving technical issues and challenges that the team encounters during development and escalated client implementation and production issues

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Anticipate technical challenges and work to address them proactively to minimize disruptions to the development process. Guides the team in making architectural choices

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Promote and advocate for best practices in software development, including coding standards, testing practices, and documentation.

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Make informed decisions on technical trade-offs and communicate those decisions to the team and stakeholders.

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Be on top of critical client/ implementation issues and keep stakeholders informed.

PROFILE

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Good proficiency overlaps with technologies like: Java17, Spring, SpringMVC, RESTful web services, Hibernate, RDBMS, Spring Security, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, JMeter, Angular.

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Strong experience in development tools, CI/CD pipelines. Extensive experience with Agile.

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Deep understanding of cloud technologies on at least one of the cloud platforms AWS, Azure or Google Cloud

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Strong communicator with ability to collaborate cross-functionally, build relationships, and achieve broader organizational goals.

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Proven leadership skills

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Product development experience preferred. Fintech or lending domain experience is a plus.

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Engineering degree or equivalent.

About Techjays

At Techjays, we build production-grade AI platforms for global clients. We operate at the intersection of backend engineering, distributed systems, and applied AI — delivering secure, scalable, and enterprise-ready intelligent systems. Our team has built and scaled products at Google, Akamai, NetApp, ADP, Cognizant, and Capgemini.

About the Role

This is not a feature-delivery role. We are looking for an AI Lead who can architect, own, and scale intelligent backend systems end-to-end. You will drive both technical direction and execution — working across LLM integrations, RAG pipelines, agentic AI workflows, and cloud-native backend systems for global clients.

What You'll Do

• Architect and scale backend systems powering AI-driven applications
• Design and implement RAG pipelines, AI agents, and LLM integrations
• Own systems end-to-end — from architecture to deployment and scaling
• Integrate and optimize LLMs (Claude, GPT, Gemini) for real-world production use cases
• Build high-performance distributed systems with observability and cost efficiency
• Lead backend and AI initiatives with strong technical ownership
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across teams
• Collaborate with product and AI teams to deliver AI-native solutions

What We're Looking For

• 6–10 years of strong backend engineering experience
• Hands-on expertise in Python (FastAPI / Django / Flask)
• Deep understanding of Generative AI and LLM-based systems
• Strong experience with RAG pipelines and Vector Databases (Pinecone, FAISS, ChromaDB, Weaviate)
• Solid knowledge of Agentic AI — building autonomous agents and multi-agent workflows
• Proficiency in AWS or GCP in production environments
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and system design
• Strong grasp of Data Structures, Algorithms, and Design Patterns
• Familiarity with WebSockets, Git, Linux/Unix, and CI/CD

Nice to Have

• Experience with Anthropic Claude API and Claude Code
• Familiarity with real-time data systems or streaming (Kafka, etc.)
• MLOps and AI system lifecycle experience
• Optimizing AI systems for latency, cost, and scalability

Who You Are

• You think in systems, not just features
• You take full ownership of what you build
• You are comfortable navigating fast-moving, ambiguous environments
• You stay updated with the latest in Generative AI and backend technologies
• Strong communicator who can collaborate across teams and global clients

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation (Best in Industry)
• Work on production-grade AI systems used by global clients
• Exposure to cutting-edge AI tools and frameworks
• A culture that values clarity, integrity, and continuous growth

Strong Engineering Manager / Lead Profiles

Mandatory (Experience 1) - Must have 8+ years of overall Software Engineering/Development experience

Mandatory (Experience 2) - Must have 3+ years of experience as Engineering Manager / Team Lead role, with ownership of technical direction, delivery, and people management

Mandatory (Experience 3) - Must have hands-on Backend development experience using Python or Java, with frameworks such as FastAPI / Django / Spring / Express (Node.js)

Mandatory (Experience 4) - Must have Frontend development exposure using ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Mandatory (Experience 5) - Must have experience designing and building APIs, services, and integrations, including system design, PR reviews, and architectural decision-making.

Mandatory (Experience 6) - Must have experience leading engineers end-to-end – mentoring, code reviews, execution planning, and improving team productivity/quality

Mandatory (Company) - Must be from Product Companies / Startups (early to growth stage), B2B SaaS + Fintech industry is highly preferred

Mandatory (Note) - This role will be 80% team management and 20% IC (hands on coding required)

Preferred

Preferred (Education) - Tier 1 engineering college

About OJ Commerce: 

OJ Commerce is a fast-growing, profitable online retailer based in Florida, USA with a full-fledged India office based in Chennai driven by a sophisticated, data-driven system to run the operations with virtually no human intervention. We strive to be the best-in-class ecommerce company delivering exceptional value to customers by leveraging technology, innovation and brand-partnerships to provide a seamless & enjoyable shopping of high-quality products at the best prices to our customers.

Responsibilities:

Work with business-stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype, build and deploy it.

CRUD the backend code you own keeping maintenance, performance and security in mind.

Keep up breast of latest technologies and its ecosystem and adopt ones that aid safe product delivery at speed.

Automate the boring and mundane stuff for you prefer to be productive than being busy.

We are flat. Be responsible for professional growth of self and the team. 

• Tune application for performance.
• Take initiatives and manage change to work towards business goals at speed without compromising safety.
• Coach full-stack developers on backend skills.
• Provides problem resolution support, specific to application issues, identifies and resolves problems in application software, determines symptoms and ensures accurate problem definition

Develop functional, architectural and other documentation as required for productive functioning of teams.

• Be the brand ambassador for OJ Commerce by speaking at meetups, conferences, etc.
• We are fluid. Be ready for changing dynamics in responsibilities from time to time. Exciting isn't?
• Take the lead in digital transformation of legacy applications.

What you need to shine?

• You have the prior experience in modernising legacy applications.
• You are a passionate hands-on developer with deep experience in building enterprise grade software in Microsoft ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, SOA, Micro-Services and RESTful Services with knowledge of SQL Server database.
• You have the ability to see and work on the big picture (Application Architecture) and devilish details (Complex Code).
• Strong experience in developing web applications using C#, VB.Net, .NET, LINQ, Net Framework 4.0, MVC 3/4/5, ASP.NET Web API, .Net Core etc.
• You are Cloud savvy, preferably Google Cloud.
• You have rich experience in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with good knowledge of practical design-patterns and its applications.

Hands-on experience in building SOA or Micro-services preferably on .NET Core.

Proven Architectural skills with high standards in Code quality

Knowledge of ReactJS/Typescript would be added advantage.

Practical experience in Agile development methodologies of using CI/CD.

Extreme Programming (TDD) experience is sought after by us.

What we Offer

• Greenfield opportunity to transform legacy backend applications to latest technology stack.
• Fast-paced start-up environment: This is not for the faint hearted; you need grit and passion as much as you need the core skills.
• Work in an interdisciplinary team where learning from one another and developing solutions cross-functionally is a key part of our culture.
• Golden opportunity to make history by making big business impact.
• Competitive salary to take good care of self and family.
• Insurance Benefits: Medical and Accident cover.
• Flexible Working Hours

• Strong knowledge of .NET web frameworkwith .Net 3.5/4.0 Version.
• Experience on web-based projects using NET, C# and MS-SQL Server, JavaScript.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming.
• Skill for writing reusable libraries.
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns.
• Knowledge of concurrency patterns.
• Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience with popular web application frameworks.
• Familiarity with Windows Presentation Framework.
• Knack for writing clean, readable, and easily maintainable code.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles for building a scalable application
• Experience creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.

We are looking for Django Developers who will  work on a wide range of industries namely automobile, banking, education, fashion, etc.

Skills Required: 

• Professional and precise communication skills.
• Creating self-contained, reusable, testable modules and components..
• Extensive knowledge of CSS and JS methods for providing performance visual effects and keeping the frame rate above 30fps at all times.
• Thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform,  database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system.
• Validating user actions on the client side and providing responsive  feedback.
• Writing non-blocking code, and resorting to advanced techniques such as multithreading, when needed.
• Experience with all levels of operation available to the front-end, such as from creating XHRs in vanilla JS to using a custom wrapper around resources.
• Experience with building the infrastructure for serving the front-end app and assets.

Qualifications and Experience Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in Backend Development
• Preferred skills - Python, MySql, PostgreSQL
• Proficiency with Python, Django framework, JavaScript, CSS and HTML5.
• Knowledge of AWS Cloud Services ( EC2, AWS Lambda,Elastic Beanstalk, API Gateway, S3 etc )
• Familiar with XAMPP, LAMP etc.

Zycus was incorporated in Princeton, U.S. in 1998. Since then, we have grown everyday, and established as an organization which now is a leading global provider of complete Source-to-Pay suite of procurement performance solutions.

We develop cloud-based (SaaS) https://www.zycus.com/solution/procurement-performance.html">Source-to-Pay solutions for large global enterprises, and have successfully deployed about 200 solutions to over 1000 Global clients. Our spirit of innovation and our passion to help procurement create greater business impact are reflected among procurement solution deployments that we have undertaken over the years. We are proud to have as our clients, some of the best-of- breed companies across verticals like Manufacturing, Automotives, Banking and Finance, Oil and Gas, Food Processing, Electronics, Telecommunications, Chemicals, Health and Pharma, Education and more.

With a team of 1000+ employees, we are present in India with 3 development centers at Bengaluru, Mumbai & Pune and offices in thehttps://www.zycus.com/careers/US-Careers.html">U.S., U.K., Australia, https://www.zycus.com/press-releases/zycus-expands-middle-east-presence-with-new-location-in-dubai.html">Dubai and https://www.zycus.com/press-releases/zycus-continues-global-expansion-with-new-office-in-singapore.html">Singapore and Netherlands.

http://www.zycus.com/">Know more about the LEADER of: Gartner’s 2013, 2015 & 2017 Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites and The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement, Q2 2017

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
7 Product Lines

OFFICES
Princeton, Chicago, Atlanta, London, Netherlands, Melbourne, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune

MARKET SIZE
USD 2 Billion and grows tremendously during economic downturns

Skill & Experience:

Experience : 4 to 6 years

• Strong understanding of JavaScript/Object Oriented JS, its quirks, and workarounds.
• Must have working knowledge of Node JS.
• Must have knowledge of any one Node JS framework such as Express.js, Hapi.js, Sails.js, etc.
• Understanding of REST API and MVC.
• Understanding of Asynchronous Request handling techniques.
• Understanding of Unit testing frameworks like Mocha/Chai.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as SVN or GIT.
• Good to have understanding of Design Patterns and SOLID OOP principles.
• Understanding of modern JavaScript development techniques

Should be able to optimize & effectively manage resources and time of the team members.

Should be able to identify, track and mitigate risks to the product

Should not hesitate to carry out healthy and constructive confrontation with team members, peers and managers for the benefit of Product.

• Attractive compensation with a fast track growth opportunity.
• Opportunity to work with a Young and dynamic innovative team of UI professionals .

• Flexible and employee friendly organization