# Engineering Manager

> Weekday AI · Bengaluru, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-24

**Salary:** INR 4,000,000–6,000,000

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Weekday's Client via platform

## Description

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗥𝘀 𝟰𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 - 𝗥𝘀 𝟲𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 (𝗶𝗲 𝗜𝗡𝗥 𝟰𝟬-𝟲𝟬 𝗟𝗣𝗔)

Experience: 10+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an experienced **Engineering Manager – Backend** to lead a high-performing backend engineering organization in Bengaluru. This role combines **technical leadership, people management, architecture, and product execution**, with responsibility for building scalable APIs, services, and web technologies that support business-critical experiences.

The ideal candidate will be a strong hands-on technology leader who can guide a team of engineers and managers, drive engineering excellence, and translate business and product objectives into reliable, scalable technology solutions.

## Requirements

### Key Responsibilities

-   Lead and manage a backend engineering organization comprising **engineers and engineering managers**.
-   Provide technical leadership for the design and development of scalable APIs, backend services, and web applications.
-   Architect technically robust, flexible, highly available, and scalable solutions for large-scale systems.
-   Build, scale, and maintain **microservices-based architectures**.
-   Establish engineering best practices covering code quality, development standards, testing, debugging, performance, and optimization.
-   Remain hands-on when required and provide technical guidance on complex engineering challenges.
-   Lead and mentor engineering managers and individual contributors, creating clear career paths and development opportunities.
-   Conduct regular performance reviews and provide continuous, constructive feedback.
-   Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement.
-   Work closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Designers, and other stakeholders to estimate, prioritize, plan, and deliver projects.
-   Partner with Business Development and Operations teams to deliver scalable and reliable technology solutions.
-   Identify technical risks, dependencies, performance bottlenecks, and opportunities for architectural improvement.
-   Drive effective debugging, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and production issue resolution.
-   Operate effectively in a rapidly evolving environment with changing priorities and cross-team dependencies.
-   Ensure engineering teams consistently deliver high-quality solutions with speed, reliability, and maintainability.

### What Makes You a Great Fit

-   **10+ years of relevant software engineering experience**, including significant experience in engineering leadership or management.
-   Bachelor's or Master's degree in **Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline**.
-   Strong hands-on expertise in **Java and object-oriented software development**.
-   Proven experience building and scaling **microservices and large-scale backend systems**.
-   Strong knowledge of **RDBMS and NoSQL databases**, including MySQL and MongoDB.
-   Hands-on experience with **Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS, and ELK Stack**.
-   Strong understanding of cloud technologies and distributed systems.
-   Excellent problem-solving, debugging, troubleshooting, and performance-optimization skills.
-   Experience designing reliable, scalable, and maintainable backend architectures.
-   Strong understanding of software engineering principles, code quality, testing, and development best practices.
-   Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor high-performing engineering teams.
-   Strong people-management skills with experience developing engineers and engineering managers.
-   Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills.
-   Strong sense of ownership with the ability to make decisions and drive outcomes in ambiguous environments.
-   Proven ability to deliver high-quality technology solutions in **fast-paced, high-growth environments**.

## Apply

[Apply at Weekday AI](https://apply.workable.com/weekday-1/j/97AD3E7674/apply)

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