Lead Engineering Manager

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 1000000 - Rs 1500000 (ie INR 10-15 LPA)

Experience: 2+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru

Jobtype: full-time

We are looking for a highly driven Lead Engineering Manager to lead the development of scalable, high-performance enterprise platforms used in industrial automation and warehousing environments. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong technical expertise with leadership capability and enjoys building engineering teams, scalable systems, and efficient development processes.

As a Lead Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for driving end-to-end engineering execution, leading technical initiatives, mentoring development teams, and ensuring delivery of reliable and scalable software solutions. The role requires strong hands-on expertise in Python along with a solid understanding of backend systems, databases, and modern engineering practices.

You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders including product, operations, architecture, and leadership teams to transform business requirements into scalable technical solutions. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in fast-paced environments, solving complex engineering challenges, and leading teams through high-impact product and platform development initiatives.

This position offers the opportunity to work on enterprise-scale systems focused on intelligent automation, operational efficiency, and large-scale industrial technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage engineering teams responsible for building scalable enterprise applications and backend systems
• Drive end-to-end software development lifecycle including architecture, development, testing, deployment, and optimization
• Design and implement high-performance backend services and scalable APIs using Python
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and stakeholders to define technical roadmaps and engineering priorities
• Ensure engineering best practices across coding standards, security, scalability, maintainability, and system reliability
• Mentor engineers and create a high-performance engineering culture focused on ownership and continuous improvement
• Manage project timelines, technical deliverables, sprint execution, and release planning
• Optimize application performance, database operations, and system scalability for enterprise-grade deployments
• Work closely with DevOps and infrastructure teams to improve deployment automation and operational efficiency
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision-making for long-term platform scalability
• Identify process improvements and implement engineering practices that improve development speed and product quality
• Conduct code reviews, technical evaluations, and solution design reviews
• Collaborate across teams to troubleshoot production issues and implement long-term solutions
• Ensure strong documentation, monitoring, and operational visibility across engineering systems

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Strong hands-on expertise in Python development for backend systems and enterprise applications
• Experience leading engineering teams and managing large-scale software development initiatives
• Good understanding of SQL, database optimization, and data-driven application architectures
• Experience building scalable, secure, and high-performance distributed systems
• Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, system design, and engineering best practices
• Experience working in Agile development environments with cross-functional collaboration
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills with a focus on scalable engineering solutions
• Ability to mentor developers and drive technical excellence across teams
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, DevOps practices, and deployment pipelines is an advantage
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to balance hands-on technical involvement with leadership responsibilities
• Experience working on enterprise platforms, industrial systems, automation products, or operational technology solutions is a plus
• Self-driven mindset with strong ownership and execution capability
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, growth-oriented environments with evolving priorities