Manager - Backend Engineering

<p><p><b>Description :</b> </p><p><br/></p><p>We are looking for a Backend Engineering Manager with 7- 8 years of hands-on experience in building and managing scalable backend systems.<br/><br/>Youll lead a team of backend engineers, ensure high-quality code and architecture, and work closely with DevOps, product, and frontend teams to build robust services.<br/><br/>This role combines technical depth with leadership responsibilities and is ideal for someone who thrives in a high-scale, high-performance :</b><br/><br/>- Team Management : Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend engineers; ensure the team is productive, motivated, and aligned with business goals.<br/><br/>- Technical Leadership : Drive architectural decisions and contribute to design and system scalability.<br/><br/>- Code Reviews : Oversee code quality through rigorous code reviews, enforcing best practices in code maintainability, testability, and performance.<br/><br/>- Project Ownership : Take complete ownership of backend services from design, development, deployment, monitoring, to incident management.<br/><br/>- DevOps Integration : Collaborate with DevOps teams for CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, and monitoring; ensure system uptime and performance.<br/><br/>- Scalability and Performance : Build and maintain systems that scale to millions of users; optimize for speed, memory, and efficiency.<br/><br/>- Cross-functional Collaboration : Work closely with product managers, frontend engineers, and QA to ship features on time.</p><p><br/></p><p><b>Technical Skills Required :</b></p><p><p><br/></p><p>- Strong proficiency in Python (FastAPI, Flask, Django, or similar frameworks).</p><br/>- Experience with AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, etc.)<br/><br/>- Experience with PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS.<br/><br/>- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform or CloudFormation is a plus).<br/><br/></p><p>- Proven ability to design microservices and event-driven architectures.<br/><br/></p><p>- Strong knowledge of relational databases (especially PostgreSQL); experience with scaling and performance tuning.</p><br/></p> (ref:hirist.tech)