About Us is the world's largest brokerage-free real estate marketplace, dedicated to transforming the real estate experience with cutting-edge products. Founded by IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, and IIM Ahmedabad alumni in 2014, We've raised $366M from prominent investors like General Atlantic, Tiger Global, and Saif Partners. Our comprehensive real estate ecosystem includes NoBrokerHood for community management, NoBroker HomeServices for property management, and a range of services like Legal Services, Rental Agreements, Packers & Movers, HomeLoans, Rent Payments, and more.
Role Overview :
We are looking for a technically hands-on Senior Engineering Manager / Director of Engineering who has scaled complex platforms, led high-performing teams, and can drive deep architectural decisions. This is a technology-first leadership role for someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth, consumer internet environments.
Key Responsibilities :
- Lead architecture, design, and scalability efforts across key backend systems powering millions of users.
- Own platform stability, uptime SLAs, and latency targets across product surfaces (web, mobile, API).
- Architect systems that handle high QPS, concurrency, and real-time data processing.
- Drive adoption of engineering best practices CI / CD, observability, security, automation, and performance optimization.
- Guide microservices strategy, orchestration (Kubernetes), and service-to-service communication frameworks.
- Collaborate with Data Engineering, Product, and DevOps to evolve platform capabilities and developer velocity.
- Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders across backend, infra, and data domains.
Technical Skill Requirements :
Core Architecture & Systems Design :
Proven expertise in designing large-scale distributed systems (e.g., 10M+ DAU, 100K+ QPS).Deep understanding of microservices, domain-driven design (DDD), and event-driven architectures (Kafka / RabbitMQ).Experience with caching strategies (Redis, CDN), API rate limiting, message queues, and load balancing.Backend Technologies :
Expert in Java, Kotlin, or Node.js in high-throughput systems.Strong understanding of REST / gRPC APIs, concurrency, multi-threading, and fault tolerance.Experience with Spring Boot, Vert.x, or reactive Technologies :Familiar with architecture principles (component reuse, state patterns, SSR / hydration).Experience with mobile vs web tradeoffs, and native vs hybrid decisions.WebTechnologies like React, TypeScript and related & DevOps :Strong hands-on exposure to AWS / GCP, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi).Ownership of CI / CD pipelines, observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog), and incident management practices (SRE principles).Data at Scale :
Experience with OLTP and OLAP systems, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and Redshift.Understanding of big data architectures (Kafka + Spark / Presto / Hive).Proven experience with data modeling, indexing, and query & Compliance :Applied knowledge of application and infrastructure security at scale.Familiarity with rate limiting, OAuth2, encryption, and secure-by-default practices.Experience :
7-10 years of hands-on engineering experience with at least 3 years in a senior leadership role.Led or significantly contributed to systems handling millions of MAUs, high throughput APIs, or real-time logistics.Prior experience in high-growth consumer tech or marketplace companies .Deep familiarity with product-first engineering culture and fast-paced decision making.Why Join Us?
Solve for scale in a real-world marketplace with millions of users.Opportunity to influence foundational engineering decisions.Work with sharp engineers in a culture of ownership and innovation.(ref : hirist.tech)