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Engineering Manager
BukuWarung
IndiaremotePosted 1 day ago
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Key highlights
- Required experience: 12+ years in software engineering
- Key requirement: Prior experience as an EM or Tech Lead
- Notable requirement: Strong backend system design experience
Role overview
BukuWarung is building the digital and financial infrastructure for millions of underserved merchants, operating at the intersection of payments, credit, software, and commerce. As they scale toward serving 1M+ merchants, they are looking for an Engineering Manager who still thinks like a builder to own a squad end-to-end, drive execution without sacrificing architecture, and raise the bar on both velocity and engineering depth. This is a leadership role with hands-on technical credibility rather than a coordination role, designed for someone who wants to build both systems and people while remaining technically sharp.
Responsibilities
- Lead a cross-functional squad (engineering + product alignment)
- Translate business outcomes into strong technical execution plans
- Drive realistic commitments and intelligent pushback when needed
- Ensure system design rigor before implementation
- Mentor engineers and grow future senior talent
- Improve sprint predictability and flow efficiency
- Partner closely with architecture and platform teams to ensure scalable solutions
- Foster a culture of ownership, curiosity, and high standards
- Be accountable not just for delivery, but for how delivery happens
- Review pull requests
- Debate architecture trade-offs
- Coach mid-level engineers
- Push back on unrealistic timelines
- Translate product ambition into engineering reality
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with prior experience as an EM or Tech Lead managing teams
- Strong backend system design experience (distributed systems, APIs, data modeling, reliability patterns)
- Ability to review and challenge architectural decisions
- Experience delivering production-grade systems at scale
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to balance speed with long-term maintainability
Nice to have
- Experience in fintech or high-transaction environments
- Experience scaling teams during high-growth phases
- Exposure to AI-augmented development workflows
Additional details
- The engineering organization is evolving from a fast-moving startup to a disciplined, high-scale platform company
- The company values leaders who understand system design deeply, can spot scaling risks early, care about developer experience, and raise standards quietly and consistently
- Originally posted on Himalayas