About the role

Responsibilities:

Drive the technical vision for our platform at HackerRank.
Architect systems that can scale to hundreds of thousands of concurrent users.
Execute product plans and manage delivery commitments for user-facing features.
Mentor engineers and help them deliver high-quality, maintainable solutions.
Set clear career paths for team members and support their professional growth.
Work closely with the Product, Engineering, and Design teams to develop and curate the community product roadmap.

Requirements:

An engineering leader with 8+ years of experience in designing enterprise systems and building highly available, scalable, fault-tolerant, secure, distributed systems.
2+ years of engineering management, including hands-on technical management.
Demonstrated experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management.
Self-driven and initiative-taking, with good communication skills; able to hire, lead, and mentor technical teams; meet deadlines; and manage stakeholder expectations.
Demonstrated experience of going in front of customers to explain the product and answering any technical queries.
Hands-on technical depth in one or more modern programming languages; we are open to any language with a strong emphasis on engineering fundamentals and scalable system design.

Even better if you have:

You will thrive in this role if:

Enjoy owning initiatives end to end, across the full product lifecycle.
Excel at designing scalable B2C platforms and building APIs and services that are reusable, efficient, and maintainable.
Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and designers to build solutions that integrate seamlessly into the broader platform.
Are a strategic thinker who can evaluate trade-offs and balance short-term delivery with long-term platform health.
Thrive in fast-paced environments where priorities evolve based on user feedback and insights.
Have a strong bias for action, experimentation, and continuous improvement.

Engineering Manager