Technical Engineering Manager

Serko is a cutting-edge tech platform in global business travel & expense technology. When you join Serko, you become part of a team of passionate travellers and technologists bringing people together, using the world's leading business travel marketplace. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we embrace the richness of diversity, showing up authentically to create a positive impact. There's an exciting road ahead of us, where travel needs real, impactful change.

With offices in New Zealand, Australia, North America, and China, we are thrilled to be expanding our global footprint, landing our new hub in Bengaluru, India. With rapid a growth plan in place for India, we're hiring people from different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to help us build a world-class team and product.

Join us as an Engineering Manager in Bengaluru, where you'll lead talented Software Engineers building products that scale. We're looking for a hands-on leader with strong people management skills and experience in high-growth, product-led environments.

Requirements

You will coordinate delivery with other teams including foundations, security, and data.

You will also help your team members develop their professional skills through the application of growth frameworks, performance reviews, one on ones, and mentorship.

What you'll do

• Inspire and lead a high-performing team of 8-10 engineers through day-to-day coaching, mentoring, and professional development.
• Shape the future by co-defining the technical vision and strategy for your domain, and guiding the team through architectural and engineering decisions.
• Own delivery excellence by driving execution and collaborating cross-functionally with stakeholders to deliver high-impact outcomes.
• Build for scale by ensuring the platform is secure, resilient, and scalable—supporting millions of users globally.
• Design for the future by leading the development of robust, cloud-agnostic, distributed systems that are built to last.
• Accelerate innovation by driving the integration of AI/ML capabilities across demand forecasting, recommendation engines, and real-time decisioning.
• Stay ahead of the curve by keeping current with emerging technologies and bringing fresh thinking to the team.

What you'll bring to the team

• 8+ years in software engineering with a focus on building distributed, cloud-native systems

• 4+ years of engineering leadership, managing teams of 8+ engineers

• Demonstrated success leading in high-performance technical environments
• Strong project and delivery management capabilities
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders
• Hands-on experience designing and building microservices and event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Proficient in one or more of: Java, Python, Go, .Net
• Track record of scaling platforms to support high RPS with 99.99%+ uptime
• Deep expertise in cloud-native tools and infrastructure: Kubernetes, Istio, Terraform

Benefits

At Serko we aim to create a place where people can come and do their best work.  This means you'll be operating in an environment with great tools and support to enable you to perform at the highest level of your abilities, producing high-quality, and delivering innovative and efficient results. Our people are fully engaged, continuously improving, and encouraged to make an impact.

• Some of the benefits of working at Serko are:
• A competitive base pay
• Medical Benefits
• Discretionary incentive plan based on individual and company performance
• Focus on development: Access to a learning & development platform and opportunity for you to own your career pathways
• Flexible work policy.
• Competitive base pay ranging from ₹30-45 LPA, commensurate with experience, skill depth, and market alignment.

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