Engineering Manager
Experience: 1015 Years
Location: Hyderabad / Remote (as applicable)
Company: HighRadius
About HighRadius
HighRadius is a global FinTech SaaS company that leverages AI and machine learning to automate and optimize financial operations for enterprises worldwide. Our products power digital transformation for Order-to-Cash, Treasury, and Record-to-Report functions across Fortune 500 clients.
Role Overview
As an Engineering Manager, you will lead and scale one or more high-performing engineering teams responsible for building, evolving, and operating mission-critical Java-based SaaS platforms. You will play a key role in technical decision-making, people leadership, delivery excellence, and cross-functional collaboration, while remaining hands-on enough to guide architecture and design discussions.
Key Responsibilities
People & Team Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 8–15 software engineers, fostering ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Drive hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and succession planning
- Build a strong engineering culture focused on quality, innovation, and customer impact
Technical Leadership
- Own the architecture and technical roadmap for large-scale Java-based backend systems
- Guide design and implementation of highly scalable, low-latency, and secure enterprise applications
- Review and approve technical designs, APIs, and data models
- Promote best practices in clean code, design patterns, system design, and performance optimization
Delivery & Execution
- Partner with Product Management to translate business requirements into technical plans
- Ensure predictable delivery through Agile/Scrum practices, sprint planning, and execution tracking
- Identify and mitigate technical and delivery risks proactively
- Ensure high standards for availability, reliability, and operational excellence
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Product, QA, DevOps, Data, UX, and Customer Success teams
- Act as the technical point of contact for escalations affecting enterprise customers
- Contribute to org-wide engineering standards and platform initiatives
Required Technical Skills
Core Stack
- Java (8+), Spring / Spring Boot
- RESTful APIs, Microservices architecture
- Hibernate / JPA
- SQL & NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Redis, MongoDB)
Distributed Systems & Cloud
- Designing and operating distributed, multi-tenant SaaS systems
- Experience with AWS / Azure / GCP
- Containers & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
- Messaging/streaming: Kafka, RabbitMQ
DevOps & Quality
- CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.)
- Observability: logging, metrics, alerting (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Strong understanding of security, scalability, and performance tuning
Experience & Qualifications
- 10–15 years of software engineering experience, with 3–5+ years in an Engineering Manager or Tech Lead role
- Proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade SaaS products at scale
- Strong background in fintech, ERP, BFSI, or enterprise SaaS is a plus
- Hands-on experience transitioning teams toward microservices and cloud-native architectures
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills
Nice to Have
- Exposure to AI/ML-enabled systems (not mandatory)
- Experience working with global teams and enterprise customers
- Prior experience in high-growth product companies
What HighRadius Offers
- Opportunity to lead high-impact enterprise products used by global customers
- Fast-paced environment with strong engineering ownership
- Clear growth path into Senior Engineering Manager / Director roles
