Staff Engineering Manager I

What will you be doing? 

• Manage team of high caliber Software Engineers
• Recruit, hire, mentor, and coach Software Engineers at different levels of experience 
• Manage and execute against project plans and delivery commitments within an Agile/Scrum environment 
• Own all operational metrics and support for your teams' software 
• Drive improvements in software engineering practices across engineering team 
• Contribute to design, architecture, and delivery of a feature or component/product with the highest quality by collaborating with architects 
• Driving innovations in the platform constantly & remaining ahead of the curve 
• Collaborates effectively with cross functional teams to deliver end-to-end products & features 
• Demonstrates ability to multi-task and re-prioritize responsibilities based on changing requirements 
• Estimates efforts, identify risks, devices and meets project schedules 
• Runs review meetings effectively and drive the closure of all open issues on time 
• Provide functional, design, and code reviews in related areas of expertise with-in team and cross-team. 
• Mentors/coaches engineers to facilitate their development and provide technical leadership to them 
• Rises above detail to see broader issues and implications for whole product/team. 

What do we expect from you? 

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent from a premier institute 
• 10+ years of strong design and development experience in building Android applications 
• Good experience working with big data technologies, services and data stores 
• Excellent Java/Kotlin programming skills
• Strong computer science fundamentals and problem-solving skills, data structures & algorithm skills 
• Superior organization, communication, interpersonal and leadership skills 
• Must be a proven performer and team player who enjoys challenging assignments in a fast-paced environment 
• Must be a self-starter who can work well with minimal guidance and in fluid environment 
• Provide good attention to details
• Must be excited by challenges surrounding the development of Android Applications at scale
• Agility and ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements, scope and priorities 

Nice to have skills- 

• Experience with building high scale systems
• Experience with building Web Applications at scale
• Prior people management experience 
• Prior start-up experience