HackerRank helps companies like NVIDIA, Amazon, and Microsoft hire and upskill the next generation of developers based on skills, not pedigree. Our platform is trusted by over 2,500 of the world’s most innovative companies to build strong engineering teams ready for what’s next.
Software has entered an era where humans and AI build side by side. As this shift accelerates, the definition of strong technical talent is changing. We give companies better ways to identify and invest in next-generation skills.
People at HackerRank care deeply about the impact of their work and sweat the small details so our customers can be wildly successful with products they genuinely love to use. We move with urgency and believe great outcomes come from high standards.
As an Engineering Manager on the Assessment Platform team, you will lead the technical vision and execution for the systems that power the assessments on HackerRank. This includes giving candidates the ability to work on a real world application running on dedicated VMs with an online ADE built by HackerRank. Doing this for concurrencies of up to 100K candidates is a very interesting technical challenge. You will also partner with product teams across HackerRank to embed these solutions into every product, drive the team's roadmap, and build a high-performing, growth-oriented team that delivers scalable, resilient systems.
What you will do- Own the vision and roadmap for assessment platform, working closely with Product to shape priorities.
- Architect systems that reliably handle 100k+ concurrent users.
- Own delivery commitments and run the team's day-to-day execution using agile practices.
- Ensure operational excellence: reliability, incident response, security and privacy.
- Hire, mentor and grow engineers, and set clear career paths for each team member.
- Define how the team uses AI tools in development to improve quality and speed.
- Partner with Product, infrastructure and Security teams.
- 8+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years leading engineering teams.
- Strong experience designing highly available, scalable, fault-tolerant, secure distributed systems and large-scale web services.
- Strong technical leadership, with the ability to drive critical architecture discussions.
- Proven record of hiring, leading and mentoring technical teams and managing stakeholder expectations.
- Hands-on proficiency in at least one of Go, Python, Ruby or Node.js
- Strong hands-on proficiency in at least one of AWS or GCP.
- Clear communicator who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments.
- Experience building or scaling cloud IDEs, remote dev environments, or online coding platforms, with a developer-first mindset.
- Hands-on depth in containers, Kubernetes, and on-demand VM or sandboxed compute at scale.
- A track record of load testing, autoscaling, and capacity planning for spiky, event-driven traffic.
- Experience driving AI-assisted development practices across an engineering team.
- Enjoy balancing hands-on technical contributions with people leadership.
- Think strategically about long-term platform scalability while delivering short-term results.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving environments.
- Take ownership end-to-end from roadmap definition to execution and team growth.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of software development experience
- 3+ years leading engineering teams
- Experience designing highly available, scalable, fault-tolerant, secure distributed systems and large-scale web services
- Strong technical leadership and ability to drive critical architecture discussions
- Proven experience hiring, leading, and mentoring technical teams
- Experience managing stakeholder expectations
- Hands-on proficiency in at least one of Go, Python, Ruby, or Node.js
- Strong hands-on proficiency in at least one of AWS or GCP
- Clear communication skills and ability to thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments
- Experience building or scaling cloud IDEs, remote development environments, or online coding platforms
- Hands-on experience with containers, Kubernetes, and on-demand virtual machine or sandboxed compute at scale
- Experience with load testing, autoscaling, and capacity planning for spiky, event-driven traffic
- Experience driving AI-assisted development practices across an engineering team
HackerRank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about HackerRank and has not been reviewed or approved by HackerRank.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for many U.S. roles, with engineering and sales ranges aligning to market snapshots for base and total compensation. Overall sentiment positions compensation as above average relative to other categories.
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Healthcare Strength — Core coverage includes medical, dental, vision, mental-health/EAP, and life and disability insurance. Healthcare elements are consistently highlighted as solid within the package.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible PTO, remote-work support, and home-office stipends are offered alongside equity and an annual learning budget. Flexibility in where and how work happens is emphasized across materials.
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What We Do
HackerRank is a technology hiring platform that is the standard for assessing developer skills for over 2600 companies around the world. HackerRank helps companies hire skilled developers and innovate faster by enabling tech recruiters and hiring managers to objectively evaluate talent at every stage of the recruiting process.
