Engineering Manager (Backend)

We're looking for an Engineering Manager (Backend) with deep expertise in Java, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud technologies, combined with proven experience scaling consumer-facing products in a B2C/D2C environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend engineers.
• Remain actively involved in architecture, design reviews, code reviews, and critical technical decisions.
• Build and scale highly available, resilient, and performant backend systems serving millions of users.
• Partner with Product, Design, Data, and Business teams to deliver impactful customer experiences.
• Drive engineering excellence, operational efficiency, and best development practices.
• Own delivery planning, technical roadmap, hiring, and team development.

Requirements:

• 11+ years of software engineering experience with recent engineering management responsibilities.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, distributed systems, and system design.
• Proven experience building large-scale platforms in a B2C/D2C product company.
• Strong understanding of databases, caching, messaging systems, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Ability to dive deep into code when required and provide technical leadership to the team.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred:

• Experience managing teams of 8-20 engineers.
• Exposure to AI-driven products, personalization, recommendation systems, or data-intensive platforms.
• Experience with high-traffic, consumer-scale applications.
• We're specifically looking for candidates from leading B2C/D2C product companies who are still technically hands-on with Java and backend architecture.