Engineering Manager - Backend

We are Licious and we are a Bengaluru based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, our founders, foodies and friends. We pride ourselves on being India’s most successful D2C food-tech brand operating in 20 cities across the country delighting over 32 lac customers with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood!

Think you have what it takes to be the magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on…

About the role:

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead supply chain control tower team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering with a focus on backend development. If you're passionate about building scalable and robust backend systems and have a proven track record of managing high-performing engineering teams, we want to hear from you!

What makes the role meaty?

Team Leadership: Manage and inspire a team of team of 6-10 backend engineers, guiding them in designing, developing, and scaling a reliable data platform

Product Development: Drive technical architecture and design of backend systems for scalability and reliability. Set the processes & standards across SDLC lifecycle. Champion high availability, performance culture, and customer-centric product focus

Code Quality: Oversee code reviews, architecture discussions, and ensure the team follows coding standards and best practices

Project Management: Set clear goals and track progress towards achieving project milestones. Prioritize operational excellence, incident management, and risk identification

Performance Optimization: Lead efforts to optimize applications for speed, responsiveness, and resource efficiency, utilizing profiling tools and performance analysis

Technical Problem Solving: Address complex technical challenges and provide guidance on architecture, performance optimization, and scalability

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams like engineering, product and operations teams

Mentorship and Development: Mentor engineers, lead a team and emphasize engineering excellence and quality

We hope that you..

Have a minimum of 7+ years of experience

Have strong problem-solving skills, data oriented mindset and innovative thinking

Have a strong understanding of OOP concepts, distributed systems, SQL, and NoSQL databases

Have experience with message brokers and caching systems

Have experience with CI-CD

Have experienced in architectural decisions and design

Have knowledge with any cloud AWS/Azure/Google

Are highly adaptable to changing stakeholder needs in a fast-paced environment

Are User-focused with the ability to drive product improvements

Have leadership skills for coaching and providing growth opportunities

Can effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Have a commitment to continuous improvement through experimentation and experience

Have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent