Engineering Manager
About us
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In short, we are building the platform to drive global careers for millennials from emerging economies
We work at the exciting intersection of the 2 hottest trends around - edtech & fintech!
And we love that we succeed as a business while powering the dreams of talented students!
Founder Profile
Arnav Kumar
is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. Leap is his second company and he
has raised more than $30M in capital for his startups. In his last
role, he was a VC investor with SAIF Partners (Now Elevation
Capital), which is an early investor in paytm, meesho, urban
company, unacademy and many other unicorns. He thinks and tweets
about Product, Business Models and Company Building,
here
Vaibhav Singh
is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. He spent his first 6 years at
DeutscheBank, across Singapore & Sydney to manage a $3Bn flow
book. He has built 2 fintech startups before, as a founding member
of CapitalFloat and Incred, both pioneering businesses valued
>$500Mn The Leap team has a fine balance of industry experience
(edtech, fintech, study abroad) and technical skills (engineering,
product, design)
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About the Role
We are searching for an Engineering Manager for Leap.
The charter for this role will include:
● Deliver best engineered products from all engineering aspects like designing, architecting across multiple product lines
● Drive customer experience, continually raising the bar on functionality, usability, and simplicity
● Champion engineering and operational excellence, establishing metrics and process for regular assessment and improvement
● Drive best practices, and is a pro with agile methodologies / practices - SCRUM, Test Driven Development (TDD)Breaking down complex requirements into simpler stories
● Establish a solid project framework and development processes
● Operate strategically and tactically. Work on strategy and help set direction while staying on top of the day to day software development
● Manage headcount, deliverables, schedules across ongoing projects, ensure that timelines are met in accordance with the project roadmap
● Direct and provide ongoing leadership for a team of individual contributors, set objectives, review performances, define growth plan and nurture
Ideal Persona would:
● Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in engineering (computer science, information systems)
● 7-13 years of strong experience managing software projects right from inception to launch, seeing the full lifecycle, building enterprise systems including at least 2 years of direct people management experience
● Worked on large scale java / JSP applications with good understanding of web stack
● Good understanding of nuances of distributed systems
● Good understanding of relational databases (preferred - MySQL / PostgreSQL)
● Worked with Message Brokers and Application Containers
● Analyse, design and architect, develop and maintain software solutions across multiple projects
● Direct and provide ongoing leadership for a team of individual contributors, set objectives, review performances, define growth plan and nurture.
● Drive best practices, and is a pro with agile methodologies / practices - SCRUM, Test Driven Development (TDD)Manage headcount, deliverables, schedules across ongoing projects, ensure that resources are appropriately allocated and timelines are met in accordance with the project roadmap NA.
Life @ Leap
Mutual Respect
We love people who are ‘relentlessly resourceful’. Find your way out. Focus on the possibilities instead of the problems.
Bias for action
We take calculated risks backed by data and information available and encourage fail fast to find the best solutions as soon as possible
Learn & get better
Continuous learning and improvement is the key. We don’t stop learning. We treat feedback as a gift and as an opportunity to get better.
Growth mindset
We operate with a growth mindset and not a mindset of fear or judgement. You are in control of your own ability to learn and improve. We love Resilience.