Senior Engineering Manager - Campaigns
First seen by Alion on Aug 31, 2026.
About MoEngage :
MoEngage is an Agentic customer engagement platform trusted by 1,350+ global brands, including Coca-Cola, Flipkart, Starbucks, Citibank, Domino's, T-Mobile, and OYO.
We power personalized experiences for 2+ billion users monthly across 60+ countries, delivering over 2 trillion messages annually.
Founded in 2014 to solve repetitive customer engagement challenges, we've evolved into a full-stack solution that unifies data, AI, and engagement across 16+ channels.
At the core of our platform is Merlin AI our purpose-built Agentic AI for marketing teams.
Merlin enables marketers with a suite of specialized native and custom agents to build segments, campaigns, discover insights and automate marketing workflows.
With our recent acquisition of Aampe, brands can now create a decisioning agent per user to bring true 1:1 personalization at scale.
For over a decade, MoEngage has helped brands in 60+ countries create standout digital experiences for more than a billion customers every month.
Backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs Asset Management, B Capital, Steadview Capital, ChrysCapital, Multiples, Eight Roads, F-Prime, and Matrix Partners, we've grown to 800+ employees across 15 global offices, recently closing a $280M Series F round.
We're also proud to be recognized as a 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant Visionary for Personalization Engines, a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave for Cross-Channel Marketing Hubs, and the only vendor named a Customers' Choice in the 2026 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Email Marketing.
About the Team :
The campaigns team is the engine behind 4 billion+ daily notifications spanning Push, SMS, WhatsApp, Email, InApps, and beyond and we build every piece of it in-house.
You'll own end-to-end feature development, architecting high-performance, resilient infrastructure that powers personalized, context-aware engagement at a scale most engineers never get close to.
Our Stats and Automation platforms process billions of real-time campaign events, driving intelligent targeting and workflow automation that directly impacts client retention and lifetime value today, not someday.
If building dependable, large-scale systems that millions of users experience in real-time sounds like your kind of challenge, this is where you belong.
About the Role :
Reporting to the Senior Director of Engineering for Campaigns, the Senior Engineering Manager will lead the Campaigns Inbound teams based in Bangalore and serve as a key leader within MoEngage's Campaigns ecosystem.
In this role, you will manage a team of 20 software engineers across two pods, responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the following Inbound product modules :
- InApp Messaging
- On-Site Messaging (OSM)
- Cards
- Personalization
These modules span highly scalable and reliable backend APIs as well as frontend campaign editor interfaces.
You will partner closely with Product, SRE, UX, Data, and Platform teams to drive new feature development and continuous engineering improvements.
Beyond technical delivery, you will play a pivotal role in attracting top engineering talent, developing your team, and sustaining high performance - ensuring that Campaigns Inbound remains a world-class engineering organization.
Requirements :
Education & Experience :
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 12+ years of overall software engineering experience, with 5+ years in engineering management or technical leadership.
Leadership & Communication :
- Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and grow high-performing engineering teams across multiple pods or workstreams.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate technical strategy, trade-offs, and progress clearly to senior leadership and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven experience in hiring, onboarding, and retaining top engineering talent.
Cross-Functional Collaboration :
- Strong track record of collaborating effectively across Product, DevOps, QA, UX, and Platform teams.
- Experience partnering with product managers on roadmap development, prioritization, and sprint planning.
Technical Depth :
- Solid hands-on background in Java and/or Python, including relevant frameworks and ecosystem tools.
- Strong proficiency in both SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).
- Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform - GCP, AWS, or Azure.
- Ability to meaningfully review and provide guidance on frontend engineering work.
Engineering Excellence :
- Proven track record of driving engineering best practices, including code quality, system reliability, and performance at scale.
- Familiarity with and ability to champion Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) practices and security best practices across the team.
At MoEngage, we respect and value differences.
We believe that when people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives collaborate, we create the most value - for our clients, our employees, and society.
We embrace diversity and uphold a strong set of values.
We are committed to inclusivity and take pride in providing equal opportunities for success and growth.
Employment at MoEngage is based solely on professional competence, skills, and experience.
We stand firmly against all forms of discrimination and support equal rights and opportunities regardless of gender, ethnicity, abilities, age, identity, orientation or expression, marital status (including pregnancy), religion and beliefs, or any other status protected by law.
It is our policy to comply with all applicable national, state, and local laws related to non-discrimination and equal opportunity.
MoEngage is truly a place where everyone can bring their passions, authentic selves, and talents to work, collaborating to drive progress and solve meaningful challenges.
Why Join Us!
At MoEngage, we are passionate about our team and technology see below to know more about us.
- Life@MoEngage
- Tech@MoEngage
- Scale @MoEngage
We handle more than a billion messages every day.
Rest assured, you will be surrounded by really smart and passionate people as we scale much more to build a world-class technology team.
Skills
Engineering Management, Java, Python, Distributed Systems, SQL, NoSQL, SDLC, Cloud, System Architecture