Engineering Team Manager

Platform & Microservices

Position Overview:

Anaqua is looking for a energetic Engineering Team Manager to lead our Platform & Microservices team spanning development, QA automation, and DevOps. This is a hands-on leadership role — you write code, review architecture, and make technical decisions while managing people and delivery.

You will play a dual role: Product Owner for the platform services (owning the backlog, priorities, and roadmap) and technical team lead who drives Agile execution, engineering excellence, and team growth. You lead by example — your team sees you in the code, in the design discussions, and at the whiteboard.

You'll love this job if you like to:

TEAM & DELIVERY LEADERSHIP
- Team Management — lead a cross-functional Agile team of developers, QA automation engineers, and DevOps engineers.
- Agile Execution — drive sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and release coordination.
- Delivery Ownership — own delivery commitments — sprint goals, release timelines, and production readiness.




- People Development — build a high-performing team through hiring, onboarding, mentoring, performance reviews, and career development.
- Stakeholder Management — remove blockers, manage dependencies across teams, and escalate risks proactively.
- Team Culture — foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.

PRODUCT OWNERSHIP — PLATFORM SERVICES
- Backlog Management — own the product backlog for platform services — prioritizes features, tech debt, and operational improvements.
- Roadmap & Strategy — collaborate with business, product management, and architecture to define roadmap and quarterly goals.
- Requirements — write clear user stories with acceptance criteria; ensure the team understands the “why” behind every deliverable.
- Prioritization — make trade-off decisions between scope, quality, and timelines with a customer-centric lens.
- Cross-Team Alignment — re

📌 Engineering Team Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Anaqua
📍 Hyderabad