Job Description : About the Role :
We're looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead and mentor a high-performing scrum team within the OneXtel Engineering organization. You'll be responsible for building and scaling our omni-channel messaging platform-covering SMS, Email, Voice, and Social- engineered to handle billions of transactions daily.
You'll bring deep technical expertise, a strong sense of ownership, and the ability to drive excellence in engineering practices, delivery, and team culture.
Key Responsibilities :
- Lead, mentor, and grow a scrum team delivering highly scalable, reliable, and high-performance messaging systems.
- Own the full product development lifecycle for your team-from design to deployment to support.
Work closely with business and product teams to align delivery with business goals and customer needs.
Define and measure engineering quality metrics, ensuring the team meets standards for performance, scalability, and code quality.Champion engineering best practices : agile delivery, TDD, CI / CD, and strong documentation.Contribute to solution and subsystem architecture decisions, ensuring modularity, reuse, and maintainability.
Conduct design and code reviews, guiding the team toward robust, clean, and efficient solutions.Manage team performance, career growth, and hiring-building a motivated, high-caliber engineering group.Drive operational excellence and customer satisfaction through on-time delivery within cost and quality expectations.Lead POCs, benchmarking, and technical evaluations to support innovation and continuous improvement.Own production issues and drive quick, effective resolutions.Ensure engineering processes-version control, release management, QA-are followed rigorously.Drive strategic initiatives like productivity, automation, and process optimization.Skills Set :
10-15 years of experience in software development, with at least 3 years in a managerial or team leadership role.Deep, hands-on experience in designing and delivering scalable systems in Java / Spring.Solid understanding of message-oriented middleware and PostgreSQL.Strong background in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).Knowledge of functional programming and Erlang is a plus.Deep understanding of :
Internet protocols (from application to physical layer)Virtual machine architectureREST API designSingle-page applicationsSocket-level programming, TCP / IP protocolStrong exposure to Agile delivery, TDD, CI / CD, QA lifecycle, JIRA, and GitHub.Desired skills : Erlang / Elixir
SMPP Understanding
Education :
Bachelor's in computer science & / or Engineering.10 to 15 years of solid experience in one or more elements of the above mentioned tech stack.(ref : iimjobs.com)