Engineering Manager, Backend

PhonePe
Bengaluru
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Communication","Mentoring","Decision making"]

Lead backend engineering for a team responsible for large-scale distributed systems and production system health. Facilitate engineering discussions, define and execute engineering plans, drive best practices, and ensure accountable engineering output against business and product outcomes. Hire, mentor, and retain high-performing engineers while managing stakeholders across business, product, operations, and partners/vendors.

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PhonePe
PhonePe
15 hours ago

Engineering Manager, Backend

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Job Summary

Lead backend engineering for a team responsible for large-scale distributed systems and production system health. Facilitate engineering discussions, define and execute engineering plans, drive best practices, and ensure accountable engineering output against business and product outcomes. Hire, mentor, and retain high-performing engineers while managing stakeholders across business, product, operations, and partners/vendors.
Location: Bengaluru
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Facilitate discussions and lead engineering decision-making for the team.
  • •Define and execute engineering plans for areas under ownership.
  • •Drive engineering best practices for the team.
  • •Define, implement, and maintain production system and process hygiene for owned areas.
  • •Hire, mentor, and retain a best-of-class engineering team while managing key business, product, operations, and client/vendor stakeholders.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceCritical IllnessDentalLife InsuranceEmployee AssistanceOnsite MedicalMaternity BenefitPaternity BenefitRelocation BenefitsEmployee PfGratuityHigher EducationCar LeaseSalary Advance

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of software development experience and 3+ years leading teams.
  • •Proven skills designing and developing solutions, including experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.
  • •Proven track record building and managing high-performing software development teams.
  • •Experience driving design and architecture of multiple subsystems with other senior team members.
  • •BTech, MTech, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical discipline (or equivalent).
Experience:8+ yearsDistributed systems
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementCommunicationMentoringDecision making

Company Brief

PhonePe
PhonePe is an Indian digital payments and financial services platform offering UPI payments, wallet services, mutual funds, insurance, and merchant solutions to consumers and businesses across India.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Bengaluru, India
Founded: 2015
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