Engineering Manager - Technology & Operations

Engineering Manager - 2026

Engineering Manager

Responsible for leading and supervising a team of engineers as they develop, test, modify, and create solutions to technical problems. Should be completely hands on with excellent architecture and design skills. Shall be responsible for establishing the company’s technical vision and leading all aspects of technology development in the Tech Operations vertical, in accordance with the company’s strategic direction and growth objectives. This requires envisioning the company’s current and future technology requirements for order fulfilment, warehouse management, inventory management, CRM, analytics etc., leading implementation of such applications, and planning for risk and growth.

The Epic Mission

• Architect Global Dominance: Design multi-tenant, event-driven platforms with Java/Spring Boot that fuel Lenskart's conquest across brands and geographies handling peak traffic with 99.99% uptime on Kubernetes.

• Master the Phygital Nexus: Forge unbreakable APIs bridging 2,800+ physical stores to our e-commerce juggernaut, powered by Kafka's real-time order symphonies.

• Infuse AI Intelligence: Integrate cutting-edge models for predictive inventory, hyper-personalized eyewear recommendations, and smart supply chain orchestration.

• Command Production at Scale: Conquer traffic spikes, orchestrate failure recovery, and elevate observability ensuring every click delivers flawless vision worldwide.
  
  

Your Elite Arsenal

• Core Mastery: 10+ years dominating Java & Spring Boot, crafting clean, SOLID code that powers production empires.

• Data Dominion: Expert in MongoDB (modeling wizardry), MySQL (transaction fortresses), Redis (caching velocity), and Kafka (event orchestration).

• Systems Sage: Deep wizardry in distributed systems, concurrency, CAP trade-offs, and resilient microservices on AWS/GCP.

• AI Edge: Hands-on with Copilots and AI tools to amplify engineering velocity.
  
  

Leadership Superpowers

• Build & Ignite Teams: Mentor rising stars through 1:1s, code/design reviews fostering ownership in a high-velocity culture.

• Ship Like a Unicorn: Translate product chaos into incremental victories, balancing speed, scalability, and unyielding quality.

• Own the Battlefield: Drive end-to-end delivery, postmortems, and metrics turning incidents into unbreakable fortification.
  
  

The Visionary Edge (What Sets You Apart)

• You've scaled fintech/e-commerce behemoths from 0→1 or 1→N.

• Kubernetes orchestration, Elasticsearch mastery, or recommendation engines in your trophy case.

• A "Product-First" heartbeat you architect not just for schemas, but for seamless customer journeys.

Requirements

Some Insight into our Technology:

https://medium.com/lenskart-engineering

Experience Level

Mid Level