This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 2800000 - Rs 4500000 (ie INR 28-45 LPA)
Min Experience: 7 years
Location: Mumbai
JobType: full-time
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and scale a high-performing engineering team responsible for building reliable, scalable, and modern software products. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and delivery ownership, making it ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced product environments and enjoys driving innovation through engineering excellence.
As an Engineering Manager, you will work closely with product, design, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions while ensuring strong technical standards and efficient execution. You will play a key role in shaping engineering practices, improving release processes, and building a collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement and innovation.
The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on expertise in Java-based backend systems, microservices architecture, cloud-native technologies, and engineering leadership experience in dynamic, growth-oriented environments.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage engineering teams to deliver high-quality software solutions
- Drive technical execution and ensure timely delivery of projects aligned with business goals
- Collaborate with product management, design, and cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements and priorities
- Oversee software architecture, development practices, and engineering standards
- Manage release cycles and ensure smooth, reliable software deployments
- Promote adoption of agile methodologies, CI/CD practices, and modern engineering workflows
- Guide teams in building scalable applications using Java, Spring Boot, Redis, PostgreSQL, microservices, and Kubernetes
- Ensure code quality, system reliability, performance optimization, and operational excellence
- Support hiring, onboarding, and team development initiatives
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning
- Monitor project timelines, resource allocation, and engineering productivity
- Stay updated with emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve systems and processes
What Makes You a Great Fit
- 7–12 years of software development experience with strong engineering leadership exposure
- Hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, Redis, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes
- Strong understanding of scalable backend systems and distributed architectures
- Proven experience managing engineering teams and driving successful project delivery
- Experience with release management, CI/CD pipelines, and agile development methodologies
- Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical involvement
- Experience working in startup or fast-paced product-driven environments is highly valuable
- Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on innovation and execution
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS is an added advantage
Skills Required
- 7-12 years of software development experience with engineering leadership exposure
- Hands-on expertise in Java and Spring Boot
- Experience building microservices-based architectures
- Experience with Redis and PostgreSQL
- Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native deployments
- Experience with release management, CI/CD pipelines, and agile methodologies
- Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Familiarity with AWS
- Experience in startup or fast-paced product-driven environments
What We Do
Weekday is an AI-powered recruitment platform that helps startups hire top-tier engineering and product talent. By leveraging a massive database of white-collar professionals and advanced outreach tools, the company streamlines the hiring process through automated sourcing, AI-driven resume screening, and white-glove contingency services. Their mission is to modernize recruitment by enabling companies to discover and engage passive candidates efficiently, ensuring high-quality hires for critical roles.
