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Engineering Manager
Easyship
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaonsitePosted 1 day ago
Skill Required
FulltimeEngineering ManagerSystem DesignRailsMicroservicesObservabilityWorkdayKafkaRubyGenerative AI
Key highlights
- Full-time, onsite role in Bangalore
- 10+ years backend engineering experience required
- Hands-on Ruby on Rails development
- Generous remuneration and stock units
- Work from Anywhere for 4 weeks/year
- EU/UK-aligned hours
Role overview
Easyship is a leading multi-carrier shipping software platform that simplifies global eCommerce by providing access to 550+ courier services across 200+ destinations. The company is hiring a hands-on Engineering Manager for its Bangalore team to lead a backend-focused squad, drive technical quality, and contribute directly to the Ruby on Rails codebase. The role involves technical leadership, architecture design, and collaboration with distributed teams across EU/India timezones, with a focus on integrating AI-augmented workflows to enhance productivity.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a backend-focused squad, driving technical quality, delivery velocity, and team wellbeing
- Stay hands-on with the Ruby on Rails codebase — actively contributing to architecture decisions, code reviews, and complex feature development
- Own the technical architecture of your squad’s domain: design scalable, maintainable backend systems on our Rails monolith and evolving microservices layer
- Partner with product managers and engineering leadership to translate roadmap priorities into clear technical plans with realistic timelines
- Champion engineering best practices — testing, observability, security, and clean code — and raise the bar across the team
- Identify and introduce AI-augmented workflows (agentic tooling, LLM integrations, AI-assisted development) to accelerate delivery and reduce toil
- Drive continuous improvement: own retrospectives, unblock your team, and create an environment where engineers grow fast
- Collaborate cross-functionally with other EMs and the Head of Engineering to improve engineering processes across the organisation
Requirements
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience, with at least 2 years in an engineering management or technical lead capacity
- Deeply hands-on with Ruby on Rails — this is not a “managed from a distance” role; you’ll be in the code regularly
- Strong architecture experience: you’ve designed and evolved backend systems at scale, made hard tradeoffs, and owned the consequences
- Comfortable working on a large Rails monolith and have opinions about how to evolve it sustainably
- Exposure to agentic AI or LLM tooling — whether in production, side projects, or active experimentation — and can bring that thinking into the team
- Strong async communicator and can collaborate effectively with distributed teams across EU/India timezones
- Lead with empathy — you know how to give direct feedback, run a good 1:1, and create psychological safety in a team
Nice to have
- Experience with microservices, Kafka, or distributed systems in a high-volume SaaS environment
- Prior experience working in a shipping, logistics, or eCommerce platform
Benefits
- Generous remuneration and stock units
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Reimbursement for gym and wellness expenses
- Zomato digital meal credits and a pantry full of wholesome snacks
- The freedom to ‘Work from Anywhere’ for 4 weeks in a year
- Generous vacation policy, plus duvet days and mental health days
Additional details
- This is a full-time, onsite role based at our Bangalore office, working broadly aligned to EU/UK hours to collaborate effectively with our engineering teams in Portugal and across Europe
- We are an award-winning, global team (Forbes 30 Under 30, TechInAsia’s Best Startup) with offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, and beyond
- Easyship is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions — recruiting, hiring, pay, benefits, training, promotion, leave, and separation — based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, veteran or military status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law
- If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you
