Sr Engineering Manager at Clari · Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 12 - 16 years · Raised funding · Posted 23 Sep 2021
You will:
- Champion the product delivery in the fast paced startup with deep focus on quality, design & architecture
- Own the technical roadmap for a product
- Hire and provide leadership and oversight to a team of software engineers building solutions and capabilities at scale with high engineering and quality standards.
- Recruit the best by owning the recruitment processes for your teams.
- Engagement and collaboration with cross teams, architects and other stakeholders to deliver on a common goal.
- Drive the adoption of key engineering best practices to improve quality and reliability of team's deliverables.
- Responsible for keeping the team engaged, motivated and operating with a high execution velocity.
- Responsible for evaluating, coaching and mentoring of direct reports.
- Collaborate/communicate across global businesses and technology teams, providing sound business analysis and process.
- Build a collaborative and conducive environment for the team to deliver the best of their abilityImbibe and maintain a strong customer service oriented attitude while designing and building products
Qualifications:
- 6+ years of managerial experience leading and building high-performing teams
- 8+ years of professional experience using Java or similar object-oriented language
- Demonstrated ability to manage highly skilled technology teams that have delivered high quality enterprise class applications.
- Experience of managing applications in production environment that support high-throughput/availability/resiliency low latency at scale and exposure to managing production outages and remediations.
- Experience building and using RESTful APIs & Microservices
- Creative thinking and excellent problem solving skills.
- Great product sense and communication skills

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Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the software development function, including developers, technical leads, architects, and QA engineers.
- Define and execute the software development roadmap in alignment with the company's business strategy and growth objectives.
- Oversee the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and high-performance software applications.
- Lead the development and enhancement of fintech platforms, financial applications, payment solutions, and digital financial products, as applicable.
- Drive API development, third-party integrations, banking integrations, payment gateway integrations, and other financial technology integrations.
- Establish software architecture standards, coding practices, development methodologies, and engineering best practices.
- Ensure application security, data protection, system reliability, scalability, and performance across software platforms.
- Drive the adoption of modern technologies, cloud-based solutions, DevOps practices, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Oversee software development life cycles, sprint planning, release management, quality assurance, and production support.
- Establish engineering KPIs, monitor team performance, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
- Collaborate with Product, Business, Compliance, Information Security, and Operations teams to translate business requirements into effective technology solutions.
- Ensure software development processes adhere to applicable regulatory requirements, security standards, internal policies, and IT governance practices.
- Manage technology budgets, external development partners, software vendors, and resource allocation.
- Mentor and develop engineering leaders, build a high-performing technology team, and foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Identify opportunities for process optimization, technical debt reduction, and improvement in software delivery efficiency.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 15–20+ years of experience in software development, engineering, and technology delivery, with approximately 20 years preferred.
- Significant experience in leading software development teams and managing large-scale application development initiatives.
- Strong expertise in software architecture, system design, API development, databases, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Experience with modern programming languages, frameworks, cloud platforms, DevOps, CI/CD, and software engineering tools.
- Proven experience in developing scalable, secure, and high-availability applications.
- Experience in fintech, banking, payments, digital lending, financial services, or related technology domains is preferred.
- Understanding of financial data security, application security, regulatory compliance, and secure software development practices.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, engineering teams, delivery timelines, and technology priorities.
- Excellent leadership, strategic planning, analytical, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
Work Location: In person
Location: Bangalore
Department: Engineering
Reports to: SVP
Experience required: 6+ years
About Tracxn:
Tracxn (Tracxn.com) is a Bangalore-based product company providing a research and deal sourcing platform for Venture Capital, Private Equity, Corp Dev, and professionals working around the startup ecosystem.
We are a team of 600+ working professionals serving customers across the globe. Our clients include Funds like Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, GGV Capital, and Large Corporations such as Citi, Embraer & Ferrero.
Founders
- Neha Singh (ex-Sequoia, BCG | MBA - Stanford GSB)
- Abhishek Goyal (ex-Accel Partners, Amazon | BTech - IIT Kanpur)
About Technology Team:
Tracxn's Technology team is 60+ members strong and growing. The technology team is subdivided into multiple smaller teams, each owning one or more services/components of the technology platform. Ours is a young team of motivated engineers with a minimal management structure where almost everyone is actively involved in technical development and design activities. We have a team-centric culture where the ownership and responsibility of a feature or module lie with a team compared to an individual.
We value ownership, continuous learning, consistency, and discipline as a team.
Our Tech Stacks:
We work on an array of technologies, including but not limited to backend and frontend systems such as Java, Python, Spring Boot, Node.js, ReactJS, Next.js, Webpack, and Storybook; cloud and serverless platforms like AWS, etc; data and infrastructure technologies such as Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch), MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and Ansible; large-scale web crawling solutions; modern data pipelines and ETL workflows; and AI/ML-driven projects.
Job Overview:
We are looking for experienced software engineers with 6+ years of overall software development experience, including backend development and proven people-management skills. The ideal candidate will lead the engineering team(s), drive technical excellence, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers
- Own technical planning, architecture discussions, and execution
- Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders
- Drive best practices in software development, testing, and deployment
- Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards
- Manage delivery timelines, resource planning, and technical risks
- Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management of engineers
Job Requirements :
Professional Experience
- Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams
- Track record of delivering complex, scalable software systems
- Experience driving technical initiatives and influencing architectural decisions
- Strong collaboration experience with product, design, and cross-functional teams.
Technical Leadership & Management
- Ability to mentor, coach, and grow engineers across different experience levels
- Experience conducting performance reviews and providing technical feedback
- Strong ownership of team delivery, timelines, and quality
- Experience balancing hands-on technical work with people management
Backend & System Architecture Expertise
- Strong proficiency in modern backend architectures, design patterns, and microservices architecture.
- Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language (e.g., Java, Python, etc.)
- Solid understanding of API design principles and implementation
- Hands-on experience with relational and non-relational databases and knowledge of data pipelines and data warehousing concepts.
Technical Competencies
- Strong system design and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of caching strategies, performance optimization, and scalability
- Understanding of data modeling and query optimization
- Familiarity with search and indexing technologies
- Understanding of security best practices in backend systems
Culture:
- Work with performance-oriented teams driven by ownership and passion.
- Learn to design systems for high accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
- No strict deadlines, focus on delivering quality work.
- Meritocracy-driven, candid culture. No politics.
- Very high visibility regarding which startups and markets are exciting globally.







