Engineering Manager I Digital Content Business I India's Leading FM Network
Overview
A corporate-backed media and entertainment company is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead end-to-end engineering for its digital products. The role involves managing a team of 7–8 engineers, owning backend and frontend development, and ensuring the reliability of distributed systems serving millions of users. This is a hands-on leadership role with significant impact on the company's growing digital platform.
Location & Work Mode
Aerocity, Delhi
Compensation
INR 40L - 50L
Key Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow a cross-functional team of 7–8 backend and frontend engineers.
Own architectural decisions for distributed backend systems and shared platform services.
Drive engineering best practices, including code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and service reliability.
Collaborate with product, design, and content teams to translate business requirements into engineering plans.
Define and track engineering KPIs and ensure accountability.
Identify and resolve technical debt, scalability bottlenecks, and infrastructure gaps.
Work with senior leadership on platform strategy, resource planning, and build-vs-buy decisions.
Must Have
7–8 years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years in an engineering management role leading backend and/or frontend teams.
Background in high-scale B2C consumer product companies with large concurrent user bases.
Hands-on experience designing and scaling distributed backend systems with RESTful or GraphQL APIs.
Production experience with a major cloud provider such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
Experience deploying backend services using Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
Proficiency in data modeling, caching strategies, and microservices architecture for consumer-facing products.
Proficiency in at least one modern backend language — Go, Java, Node.js, orPython — used in production at scale
Good to Have
Experience architecting shared backend platforms supporting multiple products or business verticals.
Background in media, streaming, audio/video platforms, or content-heavy consumer applications.
Familiarity with CDN architecture, adaptive streaming protocols, or real-time content delivery.
Exposure to ad-tech, programmatic advertising, or listener analytics platforms.
Additional Information
This role offers the opportunity to lead engineering for one of India's most recognized media brands, impacting over 40 million weekly listeners. You will have ownership of a growing digital platform at a pivotal stage in its development, working with a creative and fast-moving team deeply embedded in Indian culture and communities.
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