Engineering Manager - Backend Development
First seen by Alion on Sep 11, 2026.
About the Role :
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the engineering team responsible for building and scaling Kissht's User Platform. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Python and Java, along with good knowledge of and comfort working with Golang. A strong FinTech, lending, payments, banking, or financial-services background is preferred.
Key Responsibilities :
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers.
- Own the architecture, development, scalability, and reliability of the User Platform.
- Build and scale backend systems using Python and Java.
- Work with and contribute to services and applications built in Golang.
- Drive engineering best practices across design, coding, testing, deployment, and observability.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Risk, Data, Security, and other technology teams.
- Ensure high performance, availability, security, and scalability of user-facing platforms.
- Participate in system design, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making.
- Own engineering delivery, timelines, quality, and team development.
- Build a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Must-Have Skills & Experience :
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in an Engineering Manager / Technical Lead / people-management role.
- Strong programming experience in Python and Java.
- Good knowledge of Golang and comfort working with Go-based services/applications.
- Strong understanding of backend systems, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Experience building scalable, highly available, and reliable platforms.
- Exposure to databases, cloud platforms, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability.
- Experience in FinTech, Lending, Payments, Banking, NBFC, or Financial Services is strongly preferred.
- Experience in KYC, authentication, identity, lending, payments, or customer lifecycle platforms.
- Strong people management, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Good to Have :
- Experience with high-volume financial or transactional systems.
- Exposure to KYC, authentication, identity, lending, payments, or customer lifecycle platforms.
- Experience working in a high-growth startup or FinTech environment.
- Exposure to AWS/GCP/Azure and containerized environments.
About Kissht :
Kissht is one of India's leading listed fintech companies, offering fast, personalized digital credit through its mobile app to customers across the country. Founded in 2016 by IIT/IIM alumni Ranvir Singh and Krishnan Vishwanathan, both former McKinsey consultants, Kissht was listed on the NSE and BSE in May 2026.
Kissht serves 74.6 million registered users and 12.25 million customers, with assets under management (AUM) of approximately ?8,000 crore. Its growth is powered by proprietary AI/ML-based underwriting, a robust in-house technology stack, and a pan-India collections network.
Headquartered in Mumbai and backed by marquee investors, including the Brunei Investment Authority, Vertex Growth Fund, and the Government of Singapore, Kissht is now scaling as a public company and is looking for driven, entrepreneurial talent to join its next phase of growth.
Skills
Engineering Management, Python, Java, Backend Architecture, Golang, System Design, System Architecture, Microservices Architecture, Distributed Systems