Engineering Manager at Jobgether – India

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for an Engineering Manager in India.

This role offers the opportunity to lead and grow a high-performing engineering team within a mission-driven fintech environment focused on expanding financial access through technology. You will guide a small but impactful group of engineers working across full-stack products and infrastructure, helping shape both technical direction and team culture. The position combines hands-on technical involvement with people leadership, enabling you to mentor engineers while also contributing to architectural and product decisions. You will work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative setting where ideas are shared openly and decision-making is decentralized. As an Engineering Manager, you will play a key role in balancing long-term technical vision with rapid execution. Your leadership will directly influence product scalability, engineering excellence, and the company’s ability to serve underbanked populations.

• Lead, recruit, and develop a team of engineers, fostering strong ownership, technical excellence, and accountability for outcomes.
• Build and reinforce a collaborative engineering culture grounded in customer focus, data-driven decisions, and resilience in problem-solving.
• Define and evolve the long-term technical strategy for your team while balancing immediate product and delivery priorities.
• Act as a hands-on technical leader, contributing to architecture discussions, code reviews, and occasional development work when needed.
• Partner with other engineering managers and cross-functional leaders to align on goals, priorities, and organizational direction.
• Remove execution blockers and support the team in delivering high-quality, scalable, and reliable solutions.
• Support continuous improvement in engineering processes, team efficiency, and delivery practices.

• 2 to 5 years of engineering management experience in a technology company or fast-growing startup environment.
• Strong background as a software engineer with experience across systems, stacks, or domains.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and support career development and team growth.
• Experience in recruiting and building engineering teams, with a thoughtful and structured approach to hiring.
• Strong technical depth and the ability to engage in architecture and hands-on engineering when required.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-autonomy environments with evolving priorities.

• Competitive salary with equity package.
• Fully paid group medical insurance and personal accident insurance.
• Generous paid time off and company-recognized public holidays.
• Fully paid parental leave for fathers and non-birthing parents (12 weeks), in addition to statutory maternity leave.
• Monthly work-from-home stipend and one-time home office setup allowance.
• $500 annual learning and professional development budget.
• Quarterly team social events and monthly sponsored team lunches.
• High-autonomy, fast-paced, and collaborative work environment.