Lead Engineering Manager

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Weekday (YC W21)

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2021

☁️ SaaS

🎯 Recruiter

Human Resources • SaaS • Recruitment

Weekday is a modern recruitment platform that combines AI technologies with a vast database of potential candidates, aiming to streamline the hiring process for companies in India. They offer various services, including a proactive outreach approach that helps employers connect with top talent, as well as tools for candidates to easily apply for jobs. Weekday's emphasis on candidate engagement through multiple channels, including email, WhatsApp, and phone calls, sets it apart in the competitive landscape of recruitment agencies.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and manage multiple engineering teams while fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. • Build and develop engineering talent through coaching, performance management, career planning, and succession planning. • Drive the planning, execution, and successful delivery of complex software projects across multiple teams. • Collaborate with product managers and business stakeholders to define technical roadmaps and prioritize engineering initiatives. • Establish engineering best practices, coding standards, architectural guidelines, and development processes. • Ensure high levels of software quality through robust development methodologies, testing strategies, and code review practices. • Identify technical risks, remove delivery bottlenecks, and make informed decisions to ensure successful project execution. • Promote operational excellence by improving system reliability, scalability, security, and performance. • Work closely with senior leadership to define long-term engineering strategies and organizational goals. • Encourage innovation by evaluating new technologies, frameworks, and development practices. • Drive Agile development methodologies and continuously improve engineering workflows and team productivity.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager leading large software engineering teams. • 11–22 years of overall software development and engineering leadership experience. • Strong experience managing cross-functional engineering teams across multiple projects. • Demonstrated success in hiring, mentoring, and retaining high-performing engineering talent. • Excellent understanding of software architecture, scalable system design, and modern development practices. • Strong stakeholder management and the ability to align engineering priorities with business goals. • Experience managing Agile development processes, sprint planning, release management, and project execution. • Exceptional leadership, communication, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills. • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a focus on execution excellence. • Good-to-Have Skills • Experience working with React Native applications or leading mobile engineering teams developing cross-platform solutions. • Exposure to mobile application architecture, performance optimization, and modern frontend development practices. • Familiarity with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and monitoring tools. • Experience working with distributed teams across multiple geographical locations.