This position is exclusively only for Candidates-Who have 7 plus years of experience in Product/ Tech companiesWho are willing to work 5 days a week from our Pune officeCV’s shall be rejected if any of the above criteria are not met.About the Role:We’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead and mentor a high-performing scrum team within the OneXtel Engineering organization. You’ll be responsible for building and scaling our omni-channel messaging platform—covering SMS, Email, Voice, and Social— engineered to handle billions of transactions daily.You’ll bring deep technical expertise, a strong sense of ownership, and the ability to drive excellence in engineering practices, delivery, and team culture.Key Responsibilities: Lead, mentor, and grow a scrum team delivering highly scalable, reliable, and high-performance messaging systems.Own the full product development lifecycle for your team—from design to deployment to support.Work closely with business and product teams to align delivery with business goals and customer needs.Define and measure engineering quality metrics, ensuring the team meets standards for performance, scalability, and code quality.Champion engineering best practices: agile delivery, TDD, CI/CD, and strong documentation.Contribute to solution and subsystem architecture decisions, ensuring modularity, reuse, and maintainability.Conduct design and code reviews, guiding the team toward robust, clean, and efficient solutions.Manage team performance, career growth, hiring & building a motivated, high-caliber engineering group.Drive operational excellence and customer satisfaction through on-time delivery within cost and quality expectations.Lead POCs, benchmarking, and technical evaluations to support innovation and continuous improvement.Own production issues and drive quick, effective resolutions.Ensure engineering processes, version control, release management, QA are followed rigorously.Drive strategic initiatives like productivity, automation, and process optimization.Skills Set: 7-12 years of experience in software development, with at least 5 to 3 years in a technical managerial or team leadership role.Deep, hands-on experience in designing and delivering scalable systems in Java/Spring.Solid understanding of message-oriented middleware and PostgreSQL.Strong background in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).Knowledge of functional programming and Erlang is a plus.Deep understanding of:Internet protocols (from application to physical layer)Virtual machine architectureREST API designSingle-page applicationsSocket-level programming, TCP/IP protocolStrong exposure to Agile delivery, TDD, CI/CD, QA lifecycle, JIRA, and GitHub.Desired skills:Erlang/ElixirSMPP UnderstandingEducation:Bachelor’s in Computer Science &/or Engineering.5-8 years of solid experience in one or more elements of the above-mentioned tech stack.Why Join Us:Group Mediclaim Insurance floater policy for self, spouse and 2 dependent childrenGroup Personal Accident Insurance policy for selfEmployee friendly leave policy - 30 leaves in a year - 18 Earned Leaves and 12 casual leaves, maternity and adoption leave, compassionate leave and advance leaves for medical exigency, self-wedding, or higher education.11 Annual Company Paid Holidays over and above leaves provided.Mental Health & Wellness Support (EAP, Counselling sessions)Employee referral schemeInternal job mobility & career progression opportunitiesInclusive and collaborative work culture - culture that values innovation, ownership and work-life balance.Flat hierarchy and open-door policyEqual opportunity employer
Job Title
Engineering Manager