Senior Engineering Manager

LeadSquared
LeadSquared

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Posted on Aug 20, 2026

Role Overview

We are looking for an Engineering Manager / Senior Engineering Manager to lead and scale high-performing engineering teams building modern, AI-driven products. This role requires strong people leadership, solid full-stack awareness with a backend expertise(preferred), and hands-on experience building LLM-based agents or agentic AI systems.

You will manage 15–20 engineers, drive execution, and provide technical leadership for scalable, production-grade platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & People Management

  • Lead, mentor, and manage 15–20 engineers across multiple teams.
  • Own hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development.
  • Build a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and high ownership.
  • Balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical guidance when needed.

Technical Ownership & Architecture

  • Provide technical leadership across frontend and backend systems.
  • Drive architecture, system design, and technical decision-making.
  • Review designs and critical code paths; guide teams through complex engineering challenges.
  • Ensure systems are scalable, secure, reliable, and observable.

AI / Agentic Systems

  • Lead or contribute to building LLM-based agents or agentic AI products.
  • Experience with agent orchestration, tool usage, context management, and evaluation.
  • Exposure to voice bots / conversational AI is a strong plus.

Delivery & Execution

  • Own delivery commitments and sprint execution across PODs.
  • Partner with Product Managers to translate requirements into execution plans.
  • Proactively identify risks and ensure predictable, high-quality delivery.

Preferred Technical Skills (First Preference)

  • Frontend (UI):
  • React / JavaScript
  • Backend (Preferred):
  • Java with Spring Boot
  • Python with FastAPI

Candidates with strong experience in other frontend or backend technologies are also welcome; however, the above stack is strongly preferred.

Other Technical Skills

  • Experience designing and scaling distributed systems and APIs.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP).
  • Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and observability tools.
  • Exposure to AI/ML platforms, prompt engineering, or MLOps is a plus.

Leadership & Behavioral Skills

  • Proven experience managing large teams (15–20 engineers).
  • Strong ownership and execution mindset.
  • Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • You are passionate and obsess about building products that users love and admire

What We’re Looking For

  • A leader who can scale teams, own delivery, and drive technical excellence.
  • Someone excited about building ML, agentic AI and AI-powered products at scale.
  • Comfortable operating across engineering, product, and AI domains.