Engineering Manager
Responsibilities
Qualifications & Requirements
Experience Level: Senior Level
Full Job Description
Mindtickle is seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager with 7 to 11 years of experience to lead, scale, and inspire high-performing engineering teams. This critical role focuses on the delivery of mission-critical products while cultivating a culture of technical excellence and high-agency performance.
This position is central to engineering leadership, bridging technical strategy and operational execution. The Engineering Manager will spearhead a wide array of engineering initiatives, with a particular emphasis on overseeing key AI-integrated projects. A strong understanding of managing the unique lifecycles of AI-based features is essential. Furthermore, this role involves championing AI-powered optimization of internal engineering processes to enhance team velocity.
Ideal candidates will:
- Believe in building high-performing teams based on trust, high agency, and minimizing administrative friction.
- Possess a deep engineering background, capable of understanding architectural trade-offs, but prefer scaling impact through leadership.
- Thrive on implementing solutions at scale while maintaining a positive, growth-oriented team environment.
- Demonstrate a 'Product Mindset,' recognizing that the most effective code solves real customer problems.
- Collaborate closely with Product and Program Management to identify risks and shape future development, acting as a primary performance multiplier by ensuring team clarity, energy, and technical standards.
- Gain exposure to a diverse tech stack including GoLang, Java, Python, NodeJS, Serverless Technologies (AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions), and Kafka.
Key Responsibilities:
- Execution & Delivery: Oversee the end-to-end delivery of mission-critical products, ensuring high-velocity and high-quality execution against team commitments.
- Strategic Alignment: Partner with Product and Business teams to define roadmaps and translate customer needs, including AI-integrated features, into executable engineering plans.
- High-Performance Leadership: Recruit, mentor, and develop a diverse engineering team, fostering a culture of high agency, continuous growth, and collective achievement.
- Technical Stewardship: Collaborate with Tech Leads and Architects to address complex challenges, influence architectural decisions, and contribute to long-term architectural planning.
- Data & Innovation: Develop strategies for effective data engineering and scalable system design to support core features and advanced AI initiatives.
- Operational Excellence: Champion engineering best practices, manage technical debt, and ensure systems are built for enduring reliability.
- Process Optimization: Continuously assess and implement AI-powered tools, such as LLM-based coding assistants and automated documentation, to streamline workflows and boost team productivity.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
- 7-11 years of overall software engineering experience.
- 2-4 years of experience leading engineering teams.
- Strong proficiency in Agile software development methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven ability to build strong interpersonal relationships and drive teams towards common objectives.
- Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional, highly collaborative environments.
- A consistent focus on improving systems, software, and processes through data analysis and metrics.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Golang, Java, Python, Node.js, SQL, and Kafka.
- Solid understanding of Event-Driven Architecture, Microservices, Serverless Architecture, and Schema Evolution.
- Familiarity with modern DevOps tools and techniques.
- Experience in setting up and tracking key engineering metrics, and summarizing them for executive decision-making.
Mindtickle's Culture & Accolades:
Mindtickle is dedicated to creating a highly engaging and rewarding work environment, offering numerous perks and significant opportunities for professional growth.
The company's culture reflects the diverse global backgrounds of its employees, alongside a deep commitment to customers, colleagues, and a drive for excellence. This is exemplified by the company's core values: DAB (Delight your customers, Act as a Founder, and Better Together).
Mindtickle is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Your Right to Work: In compliance with applicable laws, all individuals hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the respective work locations and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
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Mindtickle
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