Engineering Manager

IMPORTANT: Please apply only if you are working as an EM right now Role : Engineering Manager Location : Gurugram Relevant experience: 5 years + Shortlisting criterion:  You should be an excellent hands on Backend Engineer, have at least 2 years of experience in leading a team of 4 or more Software Engineers as an EM and should have build at least 1 solid product. You should be a hands-on Techie and keen to innovate and solve real world problems at scale. Full time & Work From Office role About Parentune Parentune is the most prompt & verified Helpline for Parents. We are the only Platform that provides trustworthy advice to parents within minutes, 24x7. Parentune empowers this through a combination of its verified parents' community, Comprehensive & verified Content & Courses, its proprietary Technology & empaneled Doctors. We solve 96% of parents’ concerns in under 45 min & 30% of them instantly. Parentune is the #1 Parenting APP in India for more than 4 years now, rated 4.9/5 on Android Playstore & 5/5 on Apple App store. Among other notables, parentune has been featured by Google as an Indian APP with global potential, recognised as a Nasscom Emerge 50 Technology Startup, awarded by Business World as a Technology company to watch out and is one of the very few Indian Tech startups to be recognised by Wall Street Journal as a Global Startup Showcase. More about Parentune here: Play Store - Android APP (4.9) App Store - Apple (5) You should not apply if If you are not a hands on coder your self. You should not apply If you are just looking for a man management/project management role. If you are not well versed with working in a startup environment. We are not looking for someone who's looking to work in a comfort zone. Who will thrive in the role & enjoy the challenge ‍ Here's an example of a challenge faced by parents “My child is a picky eater. I've tried blogs, videos, and books. Can you give me an effective alternative to handle an extremely picky eater?" Imagine receiving this/similar question every 2 minutes, 24 hours a day. How would you solve this particular challenge for a few thousand parents daily? Your solution should resolve each query in under 1 minute with a personalised response that is appreciated by the parent for its usefulness. You can leverage technology to solve this promptly and solve this at scale. To give you a context of the scale, there are more than 400 million parents in India raising 400 million children and 67,000+. babies are born every day. How would you approach this challenge Shortlisting criterion:

• You should be a hands on and one of the best Backend Engineers technically, have at least 2 years of experience in leading a team of 4 or more Software Engineers as an Engineering Manager.
• You should have build at least 1 solid product. You should be a hands-on Techie yourself who is keen to innovate and solve real world problems at scale.

Expectations from the Role 5+ years of experience in developing products, especially with a strong Backend Engineering experience. At least 2 years of experience in leading a team of 4 or more software engineers. Should have a good understanding of Front end and should be able to guide the front end team In this role. EM will be responsible for leading a team of application and front-end / Back-end engineers to drive innovation in full-stack product development. The role will expect you to relentlessly improve performance, scalability, and maintainability. Should have the ability to work independently and proactively learn about the system (Quick Learner). You are the one if you take pride in your work, are committed to meeting deadlines and producing high-quality code. We expect you to be Technically Hands-on, with prior experience in scalable Architecture, good at mentoring the team. Strong problem solving skills Experience and working closely with Product Managers would help in a big way to succeed in this role. Professionals Hands on with web technologies, MySQL, NoSql, redis, Python, Linux, AWS / GCP etc will do well in this role. Understand and write performant, testable and maintainable code Experience of Test-Driven Development Experience with high performance websites catering to millions of daily traffic is a plus. Expected to have an ability to bring in software engineering life cycle best practices Desired Skills

• Programming languages - Python, Php, NodeJs, ReactJS
• Microservices
• RESTful Server development
• JMS (ActiveMQ, Kafka/RabbitMQ)
• NoSql Databases - MongoDB / CouchDB / CouchBase / Cassandra / Redis
• Docker
• Expertise of relational databases
• CI/CD - Jenkins
• Git
• Exposure to Android APP and ReactJS would be a bonus

Hiring Process Each talent is onboarded through the OTT (Onboarding Top Talent) funnel, which has 5 steps:

• 1st Round: Technical Discussion - Online or in person
• 2nd Round : Tech exercise followed by a discussion- in person (at parentune Office Gurgaon)
• 3rd Round : Tech & Non Tech mixed discussion- in person or online
• 4th Round :Tech & Non Tech mixed discussion- in person or online
• 5th Round : in person (at parentune Office Gurgaon)

Some of these in-person rounds are coupled and done on the same day/visit. We finish our process within 7-10 working days. Note: We work alternate Saturday half days. 1st, 3rd Saturday half day working, 2nd and 4th Saturdays are off. If you have any inhibitions with working half days alternate Saturdays or working in a full time work from office role, please do not apply for this role. 30-60-90 days Plan 30 Days Plan To have the first cut Roadmap ready in line with the Product Vision & Goals To continue the Sprints effectively 60 Days Plan To go live with the 1st Sprint in line with the Roadmap 90 Days Plan Evidence of early traction on various routes taken, especially in engagement & funnel conversion rates Note: This is a full-time and work from office role, based out of Gurgaon.