Tech Lead Manager, Software Engineering

Overview

Lead a full-stack engineering team of backend and mobile engineers as a hands-on Tech Lead Manager for one of EarnIn's core services teams, contributing to the design and development of early-stage products.

What you'll do

• Partner closely with Product and other engineering teams to improve business metrics and build new features, such as improving user acquisition metrics, cross-selling and upselling products, and improving user experience.
• Drive the design and implementation of new product areas and features.
• Break complex problems down to their bare essentials, translate that complexity into elegant design, and create high-quality, maintainable code.
• Guide your team through ambiguity and ensure technical excellence through rapid experimentation cycles.
• Guide your team to strong execution by making pragmatic decisions, helping them launch MVPs quickly, and iterating based on feedback.
• Lead your team through frequent pivots and evolving priorities in a fast-changing environment.
• Recruit other great engineers for your team and support recruiting efforts across teams.
• Mentor and coach the engineers on your team to help them advance their careers.
• Manage cross-functional relationships with all teams to deliver high-quality products.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading a small team as a manager.
• Experience leading a team that consistently delivered high-quality output on critical infrastructure projects.
• Ability to work comfortably with a cross-functional team of PMs, Analysts, and mobile and back-end-focused engineers.
• Creative, tenacious problem solver with a get-it-done attitude.
• Standard bearer who takes pride in your work and can inspire others to rise to the occasion.
• Ability to create and maintain a positive, healthy team environment in which everyone is supported, encouraged, and meaningfully challenged to do great work.

Nice to have

• Preferred tech skills: C#, .NET/.NET Core, Kotlin, Python, SQL, Databricks, AWS, REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, Kafka, CI/CD, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native development.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, or similar tools) as part of your software development workflow.
• Experience in fintech.
• Experience leading the design, implementation, and deployment of high-scale cross-functional payments systems.

Details

• Hybrid role based in the Bengaluru office, with 2 days a week in the office.
• Opportunities to travel to the Mountain View HQ.