Engineering Manager, Backend - Central Platforms
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Data-driven signals on your job's competitivenessTier-1 brand, metro location, popular backend manager role, and broad platform scope increase competition.
Strong backend platform skills transfer across industries, but fintech product context raises domain specificity.
Explicit 10+ years, 2+ years leadership, and mandatory distributed-systems/platform expertise make screening strict.
Job Description
Structured overview of role & requirementsAbout This Role
Lead engineering decisions and planning for assigned backend platform areas, ensuring production system hygiene and performance.
Drive engineering best practices and accountability for engineering outputs impacting the health of owned business segments.
Manage stakeholder relationships and lead hiring, mentoring, and retention of a high-performing engineering team.
Minimum Requirements
10+ years of software development experience with at least 2 years in formal team leadership roles.
Strong experience in designing and implementing large-scale distributed backend systems.
BTech, MTech, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent).
Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical audiences.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Experienced leader skilled at driving design and architecture of complex software subsystems in fast-paced or startup environments.
Proven ability to translate business and product feedback into engineering execution with ownership over engineering outcomes.
Comfortable managing cross-functional stakeholders including business, product, operations, and external vendors.