Senior Engineering Manager, Backend

Overview

Lead multiple engineering teams while shaping the technical direction of a major product area. The role combines organizational leadership with deep technical judgment and requires participation in architecture reviews, challenging technical decisions, and helping teams navigate ambiguity.

What you'll do

• Lead multiple engineering teams across a product area.
• Develop Engineering Managers and technical leaders.
• Drive execution across large cross-functional initiatives.
• Define engineering strategy aligned with company goals.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and executive leadership.
• Improve engineering processes without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Ensure engineering investments align with long-term platform strategy.
• Drive architectural consistency across teams.
• Own organizational planning, staffing, hiring, and succession planning.
• Create an environment where engineers can do their best work.
• Participate in architecture reviews and challenge technical decisions.
• Help teams navigate ambiguity.

What you'll need

• 10+ years software engineering experience.
• 5+ years engineering management experience.
• Experience managing managers or multiple engineering teams.
• Strong background building large distributed systems.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across complex organizations.
• Proven ability to execute large, cross-functional programs.
• Excellent communication and organizational leadership.

Nice to have

• Experience in marketplaces, search, advertising, or machine learning.
• Experience scaling engineering organizations.
• Experience leading organizational change.
• Experience building high-performing engineering cultures.

Details

• Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.