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perience: 10 – 15 Years

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alor PayTech is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the execution and delivery of high-quality software across core engineering teams. Reporting to the Director of Engineering and Product, this role translates the technology and engineering strategy into predictable, high-quality, and scalable delivery. It is not limited to people management—it requires genuine technical depth, end-to-end ownership of the software development lifecycle, operational rigor, and the ability to drive engineering outcomes in a quick-paced, product-driven environment.

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hat We’re Looking For

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his is a hands-on execution leadership role. We are looking for a leader who is, above all:

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- rong People Manager — builds, mentors, and grows a high-performing engineering team, instilling a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement. S
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- rategic Partner — translates the Director’s technology strategy into execution, connects day-to-day engineering decisions to roadmap and business outcomes, and surfaces risks and opportunities early.

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- rform regular code reviews, guide implementation approaches, and personally contribute to critical, complex, or high-risk components when required. L
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- ad troubleshooting of complex production issues and own Root Cause Analysis (RCA) through to permanent resolution. E
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- sure systems are secure, scalable, reliable, and aligned with coding standards and platform conventions; drive systematic reduction of technical debt. P
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- ovide technical mentoring and guidance to engineers across the team.

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- liver engineering initiatives across payments, merchant services, transaction processing, reconciliation, and related financial platforms. T
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- sure applicable regulatory, security, and compliance requirements (e.g., PCI DSS) are met within design, implementation, and release. C
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- rticipate in change, release, and governance processes (e.g., Change Advisory Board) to ensure controlled, auditable releases with rollback readiness. M
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- nage team capacity and trade-offs across scope, quality, timeline, and risk, and communicate them clearly. I
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- strument delivery with metrics—velocity, cycle time, defect leakage, deployment frequency, change failure rate, and MTTR—and drive accountability through data. E
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- sure production stability through proactive monitoring, observability, and timely incident resolution with preventive follow-through.

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- ild, mentor, and retain a high-performing engineering team; foster a culture of ownership, urgency, and continuous improvement. C
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- rtner with the Director of Engineering and Product to align team execution with the broader technology roadmap, and provide ground-level feasibility input and risk visibility to inform planning. C
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- –15 years of experience in Software Engineering and Technical Leadership roles, depending on technical proficiency and other factors. M
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- nimum 3–5 years of experience in Engineering Management or Tech Lead roles. H
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- rong command of the full SDLC, Agile delivery, and sprint-based execution cycles. S
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- rong understanding of microservices, APIs, and distributed systems. P
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- oven experience in CI/CD-driven environments with direct production ownership. E
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- perience in FinTech, Payments, Banking, Financial Services, or related industries. D
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- monstrated ability to build, mentor, and retain strong engineering teams. D
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- monstrated ability to lead delivery and resolve complex technical issues under tight timelines and high pressure.

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- chelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline. E
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- perience in payment gateways, digital payments, merchant services, or SaaS platforms. E
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- posure to cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / Google Cloud). S
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- rong understanding of information security, compliance, and risk management frameworks. E
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- perience operating high-availability, production-critical systems.

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rchitecture: Microservices, APIs, Distributed Systems

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📌 Engineering Manager (India)
🏢 Valor PayTech
📍 India