The Site Lead & Senior Engineering Manager will grow and lead a 35+ person engineering team, focusing on user experience improvements for Consumer FX products, while establishing operational infrastructure and fostering culture.
About the Role
Hyderabad is one of the biggest pools of SaaS talent in Asia – this is why we have selected it as our new Engineering hub! As the Site Lead, you will be a magnet for top talent in the area and take ownership of the operational requirements of opening and scaling a new office.
As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead a 35+ people engineering organization focused on improving the user experience for our Consumer FX products (web and mobile) and serving the new use cases of the Property space. You will lead the organization via their managers and technical leads, driving a culture of technical excellence and customer centricity.
What you'll do
Leadership & Site Growth
- Establish and grow our Hyderabad engineering hub, building a high-performing team and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
- Attract and retain top engineering talent by building strong industry connections and an engaging, high-performance work environment.
- Develop and implement organizational infrastructure, cultural practices, and leadership routines to ensure long-term success.
Team execution & development
- Build new products – You’ll support your teams to deliver a wide range of new products and features, engaging with cross-functional stakeholders including product managers, designers, and other engineering leads to bring user-centric, scalable solutions live for all users around the world. In addition to the Consumer space, the impact of your team’s work will expand to affect Redpin’s PropTech solutions, too.
- Developing talent – You’ll hire and empower the people in your team to be the best engineers they can be, while maintaining a supportive and engaging team culture. You’ll foster a culture of ownership, autonomy, and impact, where people find pride in shipping high quality code that solves real problems.
- Raise the technical bar – You'll set high standards of technical design and implementation, and ensure our systems are operationally excellent. You’ll plan and prioritise impactful technical investment initiatives for your teams to make our products stand the test of time and enable future use cases with high velocity.
What You’ll Need
- Extensive experience as a Senior Engineering Manager, Site Lead, or Technical Director in a scaling tech organization.
- Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams, recruiting and retaining top-tier talent.
- Strong technical background in modern software architecture, distributed systems, and cloud technologies (AWS).
- Experience leading an organization of engineering teams (on site and remote) focused on building global, customer-facing products at scale
- Experience in driving cultural change, rapidly improving quality and delivery standards to produce outcomes and not just outputs
- Previous experience with another financial/technology company with a global footprint
Bonus Points
- Experience managing managers and staff+ engineers
- Previous experience at a B2C/B2B Payments Provider
Our Tech Stack
- Java
- Spring Boot
- React
- Android & iOS
- AWS
Top Skills
Android
AWS
iOS
Java
React
Spring Boot
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