Engineering Manager

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing product engineering team and drive the architecture, development, and delivery of scalable enterprise software products. This role requires a strong technical leader who can mentor engineers, own architectural decisions, and collaborate across Product, QA, Customer Success, Sales, and Marketing to build robust, reliable, and high-performing applications. The ideal candidate has a strong background in product engineering, people management, system design, and modern software architecture, while remaining hands-on with technology and engineering best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable, secure, and high-performance software products.
• Drive technical decisions with a focus on scalability, maintainability, reliability, and performance.
• Manage and mentor a team of 5-8 software engineers, providing coaching, technical guidance, and performance feedback.
• Conduct code reviews and establish engineering best practices, coding standards, and development processes.
• Partner closely with Product Management to define technical solutions aligned with business objectives and product roadmaps.
• Lead Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, estimation, and production releases.
• Collaborate with QA teams to ensure high-quality, defect-free product releases.
• Monitor production systems, troubleshoot critical issues, and continuously improve system performance and reliability.
• Drive innovation by evaluating and adopting modern technologies and architectural patterns.
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture decisions, engineering roadmaps, and development standards.

Requirements:

• 8-12 years of software development experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a product-based company.
• At least 2 years of experience as an Engineering Manager, managing teams of 5-8 engineers.
• Strong hands-on experience with one or more backend technologies: C# /. NET NET (Preferred), Java, Node.js
• Experience with frontend technologies such as React.js, TypeScript, Angular, or JavaScript.
• Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, SQL Server, or Oracle.
• Proven experience designing and building scalable, distributed systems with a strong understanding of non-functional requirements.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and leading engineering teams through complete product development lifecycles.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Preferred Skills: Experience with the following technologies and architectural patterns is highly preferred: AWS (S3 SQS, EKS), Microservices, Event-driven architecture, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), CQRS, Event Sourcing, Clean Architecture, EventStore, NServiceBus.

Technology Stack:

• Backend: C#, ASP. NET, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, EventStore.
• Frontend: React, TypeScript.
• Cloud: AWS (S3 SQS, EKS).
• Messaging: NServiceBus.
• Architecture: Domain-Driven Design (DDD), CQRS, Event Sourcing, Clean Architecture.

Good to Have:

• Strong technical leader with a hands-on engineering mindset.
• Proven experience building and scaling enterprise SaaS products.
• Ability to mentor engineering teams while driving technical excellence.
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for solving complex engineering challenges and delivering high-quality software products.