Engineering Manager

Position Summary: GEDU seeks an Engineering Manager who will lead our team of innovators and technologists in the development of cutting-edge solutions that will enhance our business operations. Your in-depth knowledge of design, analytics, development, coding, testing, and application programming will assist teams in improving their performance, meeting standards, and functional and business requirements. You will be relied upon to set strategic direction and resolve complex and mission-critical problems, both internally and externally, based on your expertise in a variety of technology domains. Your team is motivated by your pursuit of adopting cutting-edge technologies and methodologies. He/she should work with multiple Agile SCRUM teams as an Engineering Manager. Responsible for co-developing the vision and strategy of the product by collaborating with Product Managers, product owners, architects, R&D leadership. He/she develops and communicates the strategic direction for the software teams. He/she collaborates with user experience team to define intuitive user experience to our users. He/she collaborates with R&D stakeholders to define the non-functional roadmap for the product. Duties and Responsibilities: - Design scalable products using best coding practises, best coding principles, and open-source software and platforms. - Writing code for web applications utilising modern JavaScript frameworks, coding rest APIs, and integrating apps with cloud platforms such as Azure or third-party APIs are daily occurrences. - Participate in product assessment meetings and offer suggestions for enhancements. - Create novel user-facing functions. - Build reusable code and libraries for future use. - Ensure that UI/UX designs are technically viable. - Identify prospective issues and improvement opportunities for applications and processes, with a focus on usability, performance, and security. - Document the development process, architecture, and component standards. - Application deployment on AWS/Azure or comparable platforms. - Coordinate with the product team to develop applications according to the specifications. - Coordinate all phases of product development, beginning with the initial concept art and ending with finalisation and distribution. - Provide architecture guidance with a strong emphasis on solution architecture, architecture artefacts, performance, scaling, and security to produce applications that are scalable, flexible, robust, and efficient. - Lead the technical design solution conversation, select the appropriate frameworks for the business solution, and consistently implement design patterns. - Should be able to manage a team of Devs, QAs, BAs, Scrum Master etc. - Should be able to set the growth path for the team. - Should be able to manage the expectations of the stakeholders. Required Skills and Qualifications: - Mentor and coach developers to transition architecture skills and communicate big picture goals and agendas. - Manage a small but diverse group of technical professionals (engineers, developers, testers). - Good experience as senior developer and technical lead implementing .NET based applications using C# and .NET technologies (ASP.NET, ADO.NET and others). - Experience of developing secured and high-performance web/ mobile application(s). - Experience of Front-End Technologies like React/ Angular/ JavaScript/ CSS Frameworks. - Expertise with the entire software development infrastructure. - Be able to provide concise status on all IT team activities & progress. - Analyse business requirements, processes, data, and system integration points to determine/recommend appropriate technology solutions. - Designing, coding, testing, documenting, and deploying global applications based on system and user requirements and expert knowledge in analysing, designing, and developing solutions to highly complex problems. - Must have strong integration development and support experience. - Should have implementation experience in the implementation of Microservices architecture. - Extensive experience in developing solutions with Azure functions, Logic App, Service Bus queues and Topics, Application insights etc. - Should have experience working with Azure Data Factory Pipelines (ADF) - Should have experience working with Git Hub, NuGet and BICEP technologies. - Should have knowledge of ORM, API Gateway, API management. - Knowledge and experience on working cloud services integration. - Experience on Microsoft SQL Server, SSIS and MySQL - Hands on implementation of NoSQL like Mongo DB - Experience of programming in LINQ (Language Integrated Query) and Lambda expression - Experience of code review and code refactoring with best industry practices. - Must have basic knowledge of integrating applications with single sign-on services (e.g.: Active directory/LDAP authentication/SSO) - Knowledge of software development life-cycle methodologies e.g. Iterative, Waterfall, Agile, etc. - Experience in Microsoft .NET Core / 6.0 / 7.X framework - In-depth knowledge of Microsoft ASP.Net, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET API, C#, JavaScript, Angular - Sound knowledge and hands on design principles. - Experience on OOPS, Design Pattern and n-tier architecture application. - Must have knowledge of working on code repository repositories (Azure Repos, GIT etc..) - Working knowledge of JIRA Agile, Confluence, Source Control systems like Bit Bucket/Team Foundation Server, Test Automation (like NUnit and Selenium) and Continuous integration - Should have Innovative and Entrepreneurial traits like: - Take Risks - Look for new Opportunities - Challenge the norm - Set Ambitious goals - Ask for Feedback - Be Resilient - Persuasion - Entrepreneurship - Experience in EAI using API, TIBCO, Kafka, APIGEE, AKANA, SOA, ESB, Biztalk and other tool for Enterprise application Integration. - Prior experience of working in cloud like Azure, AWS and GCP - Prior experience of working with Global Clients Nice to have Skills and Qualifications: - Prior experience of working in a start-up culture - Prior experience of working in Agile SAFe and PI Planning - Prior experience of working in Ed-Tech/E-Learning companies - Any Backend/API development Certification - PMP, CSM and TOGAF certifications Professional and Behavioural Competencies: - Interpersonal skills : Ability to work across business lines at senior levels to influence and effect change to achieve common goals. - Able to build and maintain strong cross-functional partnerships at all levels of the organization. - Communication : Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain digital concepts to business leaders and business concepts to technologists, and to sell ideas and processes internally at all levels. - Analytical and problem-solving abilities : Combines and organizes information into meaningful patterns; identifies underlying relationships, causes and effects; and combines pieces of information to form conclusions or general rules. - Customer-centric mindset : Passionate about driving improvements to customer experience. - Delivery-focused : Results oriented mindset with the drive to deliver exceptional services. - Pragmatic and detail oriented : Consistently take a thorough, accurate, organized, and productive approach. - Strong organizational skills, including an ability to perform under pressure and manage multiple priorities with competing demands for resources. - Influence : Ability to gain agreement and support for ideas and initiatives. - Demonstrated ability to influence key stakeholders to adopt and champion new ways of working. - Business-results-oriented : Seeks to understand business needs and works to anticipate, identify, and meet customer needs. - Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Understand cultural diversity and ability to collaborate well with global teams and clients. Experience: - Seasoned experience in Software development and Management Educational Qualification(s): - Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent