Engineering Manager

Role: Engineering Manager (Python/Django)

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).
• At least 12 years of experience as a senior developer and technical lead, with a strong background in Python and Django frameworks.
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining secured and high-performance web applications using Python, Django, and related technologies.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, Web Services, and integrating third-party services and APIs.
• Expertise in backend technologies such as Python, Django, Celery, PostgreSQL, Redis, and experience with asynchronous programming.
• Strong experience with software development infrastructure, including version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Hands-on experience with microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with ORM frameworks (e.g., Django ORM, SQLAlchemy).
• In-depth knowledge of front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React/Angular is a plus, but focus is on backend.
• Experience in developing scalable and efficient databases using relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis).
• Experience in handling authentication mechanisms like OAuth, JWT, and SSO (Single Sign-On) integrations.
• Strong experience with testing frameworks (pytest, unittest, Django Test Framework) and test-driven development (TDD).
• Knowledge of cloud services integration (AWS Lambda, S3, EC2, RDS, Azure Functions, GCP).
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working with tools like Jira, Confluence, and GitHub.
• Ability to provide concise status reports on team activities and progress.
• Ability to analyze business requirements, processes, data, and system integration points to determine/recommend appropriate technology solutions.
• Strong experience in database management, schema design, and optimization for high-performance systems.
• Experience with code reviews, refactoring, and adherence to best industry practices.
• Strong knowledge of designing and implementing API Gateway, API Management, and rate-limiting strategies.
• Prior experience in integrating with cloud platforms and services like AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and experience in debugging, troubleshooting, and optimizing backend applications.
• Knowledge of working with version control repositories (Git, GitHub, Bitbucket).
• Prior experience with deploying applications to cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and using deployment tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
• Innovative and entrepreneurial traits such as:
• Taking risks and looking for new opportunities
• Challenging the norm and setting ambitious goals
• Asking for feedback and being resilient
• Persuasion and entrepreneurship mindset
• Prior experience in Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) using APIs, Kafka, and other tools for enterprise integration.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, Waterfall.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with global teams.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Prior experience working with global clients and in a collaborative, distributed team environment.
• 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:eeks 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:

• 15-18 Years experience in Software development and Management

Educational Qualification(s):

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent