About us We are building this and this and this In short we are building the platform to drive global careers for millennials from emerging economies We work at the exciting intersection of the 2 hottest trends around - edtech fintech And we love that we succeed as a business while powering the dreams of talented students Founder Profile Arnav Kumar is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur Leap is his second company and he has raised more than 30M in capital for his startups In his last role he was a VC investor with SAIF Partners Now Elevation Capital which is an early investor in paytm meesho urban company unacademy and many other unicorns He thinks and tweets about Product Business Models and Company Building Vaibhav Singh is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur He spent his first 6 years at DeutscheBank across Singapore Sydney to manage a 3Bn flow book He has built 2 fintech startups before as a founding member of CapitalFloat and Incred both pioneering businesses valued 500Mn The Leap team has a fine balance of industry experience edtech fintech study abroad and technical skills engineering product design About the Role We are searching for an Tech Lead Engineering Manager for Leap The charter for this role will include Deliver best engineered products from all engineering aspects like designing architecting across multiple product lines Drive customer experience continually raising the bar on functionality usability and simplicity Champion engineering and operational excellence establishing metrics and process for regular assessment and improvement Drive best practices and is a pro with agile methodologies practices - SCRUM Test Driven Development TDD Breaking down complex requirements into simpler stories Establish a solid project framework and development processes Operate strategically and tactically Work on strategy and help set direction while staying on top of the day to day software development Manage headcount deliverables schedules across ongoing projects ensure that timelines are met in accordance with the project roadmap Direct and provide ongoing leadership for a team of individual contributors set objectives review performances define growth plan and nurture Ideal Persona would Bachelor s Master s degree in engineering computer science information systems 7-13 years of strong experience managing software projects right from inception to launch seeing the full lifecycle building enterprise systems including at least 2 years of direct people management experience Worked on large scale java JSP applications with good understanding of web stack Valuable understanding of nuances of distributed systems Good understanding of relational databases preferred - MySQL PostgreSQL Worked with Message Brokers and Application Containers Analyse design and architect develop and maintain software solutions across multiple projects Direct and provide ongoing leadership for a team of individual contributors set objectives review performances define growth plan and nurture Drive best practices and is a pro with agile methodologies practices - SCRUM Test Driven Development TDD Manage headcount deliverables schedules across ongoing projects ensure that resources are appropriately allocated and timelines are met in accordance with the project roadmap NA Life Leap Mutual Respect We love people who are relentlessly resourceful Find your way out Focus on the possibilities instead of the problems Bias for action We take calculated risks backed by data and information available and encourage fail fast to find the best solutions as soon as possible Learn get better Continuous learning and improvement is the key We don t stop learning We treat feedback as a gift and as an opportunity to get better Growth mindset We operate with a growth mindset and not a mindset of fear or judgement You are in control of your own ability to learn and improve We love Resilience