Requirements

Optional technologies

Java

Python

Our requirements

• At least 5 years of proven leadership experience managing backend or cross-functional engineering teams
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to align engineers, product, and business stakeholders
• Experience in project delivery with agile practices, prioritisation, and balancing short- vs. long-term goals
• Ability to mentor and grow engineers, fostering career development and high performance
• Solid understanding of engineering best practices
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills with a balance of technical depth and business impact
• Track record of driving operational excellence in areas like performance, reliability, and incident management

Optional

• Prior development experience in back-end micro services in Scala / Java / Python in Big Data Domain
• Knowledge on technology used in Big Data domain like Kafka, Hadoop, Vertica, Cloud technology will be added advantage
• Prior experience in Adtech domain

Your responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Development: Hire, mentor, and grow engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Project Delivery: Plan, prioritise, and oversee execution of backend projects, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product owners, other development teams, architects to achieve business goals
• Operational Excellence: Own system reliability, performance, and monitoring; drive incident management and root-cause analysis
• Process Improvement: Continuously refine team processes (agile, CI/CD, testing) to boost productivity and quality
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate progress, risks, and technical trade-offs effectively with leadership and non-technical stakeholders
• Technical Guidance: Technically aware to support and challenge the team in making architectural and design decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable