Engineering Manager - Backend
First seen by Alion on Nov 11, 2026.
Engineering Manager at MoEngage
Function : Software Engineering - Backend Development, Engineering Management
Tech Stack : API, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Python, REST, SaaS, TypeScript, Cloud
Team Leadership and People Management :
- Be accountable for the performance and results of the team; lead, mentor, and grow a team of Software Engineers and Senior Software Engineers, conducting regular 1 : 1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations.
- Foster a psychologically safe, inclusive, and high-performance engineering culture.
- Actively recruit, hire, and onboard top engineering talent in partnership with People and Talent.
- Recognise individual strengths and match engineers to opportunities that accelerate their growth.
- Adapt team plans, sprint priorities, and resource allocation to address resource constraints, operational challenges, and shifting business requirements, with guidance from senior leadership.
Technical Delivery and Execution :
- Own end-to-end delivery of engineering commitments, ensuring the team ships releasable, high-quality software on schedule.
- Partner with Product Managers and Architects to refine requirements, scope epics, and prioritise the backlog.
- Remove blockers, manage dependencies, and maintain team velocity across sprint and release cycles.
- Ensure robust test automation, monitoring, and operational readiness for production and non-production environments.
- Drive debugging and resolution of application errors and performance issues with a sense of urgency and ownership.
Technical Strategy and Quality :
- Participate in and facilitate design reviews, architecture discussions, and code reviews to maintain standards and drive quality.
- Identify technical risks and opportunities early; escalate and communicate them transparently to stakeholders.
- Champion internal standards, principles-based design, and documentation practices across the team.
- Continuously evaluate new tools and technologies to improve developer productivity and product quality.
- Recommend changes to engineering practices, tooling policies, and sub-function procedures based on team learnings and operational feedback; present findings to senior leadership for review.
Cross-functional Collaboration :
- Serve as a primary engineering liaison for cross-team initiatives and stakeholder communications.
- Collaborate with peer Engineering Managers, Principal Engineers, and Architects across the global technology organisation.
- Translate complex technical concepts clearly for non-technical audiences, including business stakeholders.
Requirements :
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 4 years in an engineering leadership or management role.
- Hands-on proficiency with our core tech stack : Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, and REST API frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience managing engineers through the full software development lifecycle : design, development, testing, release, and operations.
- Strong background in SaaS application development, cloud environments, and open-source tooling.
- Experience with test automation strategies and tools aligned with continuous delivery practices.
Leadership and Communication :
- Proven ability to lead with empathy while maintaining high standards for quality and accountability.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distil complex technical problems for diverse audiences.
- Track record of facilitating constructive technical debates, aligning teams, and driving decisions forward.
- Ability to work effectively in a globally distributed, remote-first engineering organisation.
- Experience implementing and improving engineering processes, coding standards, and documentation practices.
- Ability to make decisions guided by policies, procedures, and business plans; escalate complex or high-impact matters to senior leadership for guidance and alignment.
Skills
Engineering Management, Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, RESTful API, Backend Architecture, Technical Architect, SaaS