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Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

FundamentoKurnool, IN
19 hours ago
Job description

💻 Position : AVP Engineer

📍Remote

🗓️ Working Days : Monday to Friday

📌 Experience Required : 7+ years

About Fundamento

We’re on a mission to reinvent how enterprises talk to their customers.

At Fundamento, we’re building voice agents that are transforming how India’s biggest lenders- like IIFL, Paytm, Hero FinCorp, Shriram Finance and Jio Financial Services- talk to their customers. Backed by Google, led by experienced entrepreneurs (Harvard, Oxford, Booth Alumni), and trusted by the financial service giants- this is your chance to work at the heart of AI revolution.

Role Overview :

We are seeking an accomplished and hands-on AVP Engineering to lead, mentor, and scale our software engineering organization. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, proven experience building AI-driven products with LLMs, and a strong MERN stack foundation. This role blends technical leadership with people management and strategic execution to build high-performing teams and scalable systems that fuel rapid innovation and growth.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Leadership & Team Building :

  • Build, mentor, and retain world-class engineering talent across multiple teams or pods.
  • Foster a high-performance culture centered around innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
  • Coach engineering managers and tech leads to scale their teams effectively and deliver high-impact outcomes.

2. Scale & Execution :

  • Lead engineering strategy for scalable, resilient, and high-availability systems.
  • Define and optimize engineering processes for velocity, quality, and operational excellence.
  • Manage and prioritize multiple initiatives across product and platform domains.

    • 3. Technology & Architecture :

  • Provide technical leadership on MERN-based architectures and modern cloud-native systems.
  • Drive innovation through LLM-powered applications, AI integrations, and intelligent automation.
  • Review and guide architecture decisions, code quality, performance, and security best practices.
  • Ensure a robust engineering foundation with CI / CD, observability, and infrastructure scalability.

    • 4. Cross-functional Collaboration :

  • Partner closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to translate business goals into engineering outcomes.
  • Collaborate with AI research and product teams to implement and operationalize LLM-driven features.
  • Communicate technical strategy, progress, and risks to executive stakeholders.

    • 5. Culture & Process :

  • Champion engineering excellence, knowledge sharing, and innovation.
  • Establish frameworks for growth, learning, and technical leadership within teams.
  • Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.

    • Qualifications :

  • 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3–5 years in engineering leadership roles (managing managers or multiple teams).
  • Proven experience in building and scaling engineering teams in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
  • Strong technical background in MERN stack and modern web application architectures.
  • Hands-on experience working with LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Vertex AI, or similar platforms)- understanding of model integration, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning workflows.
  • Deployment of your own model.
  • Should have worked with Python + FastAPI - Pytorch.
  • Deep knowledge of distributed systems, micro-services , and cloud infrastructure (AWS / GCP).
  • Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and stakeholder management skills.

    • Nice to Have :

  • Experience in setting up platform teams or developer productivity initiatives.
  • Exposure to MLOps or productionizing AI models.

    • What We Offer :

    1. High-Impact Work : Shape the platform’s technical vision and architecture to support millions of real-time customer interactions for leading BFSI enterprises.

    2. Ownership & Autonomy : Own end-to-end engineering execution, driving strategic decisions and guiding teams to deliver scalable, high-quality releases

    3. Learning & growth : Annual learning allowance of ₹10,000+, mentorship, and hands-on AI exposure.

    Have questions? Reach out to meenakshi@fundamento.ai

    Join us at Fundamento to shape the future of AI-powered enterprise conversations. Be part of a team where AI, strategy, and customer impact come together—and where your work drives real change for some of India’s leading financial institutions.

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