Engineering Manager

A high-growth, VC-backed SaaS company hiring its founding India team, bringing on the Engineering Manager who will build and run its first India pod

Location:
Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad — or Remote (India)

About the Company

The company has partnered with Flexiple to find an Engineering Manager who can hire the founding India engineering pod and set its working culture from scratch. Flexiple is a managed marketplace that helps global companies build high-performing teams and GCCs in India.

Role Overview

As Engineering Manager, you will hire the first engineers on the India team and own delivery for the pod as it takes on more of the product roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership
- Hire, coach, and manage the growth of a team of 6 to 10 engineers
- Run performance reviews, career conversations, and calibration for direct reports
- Build a team culture that balances delivery speed with code quality

Delivery & Planning
- Own sprint planning and roadmap execution jointly with product management




- Remove blockers — technical, cross-team, or resourcing — before they slow delivery
- Report progress, risks, and hiring needs to engineering leadership

Ideal Candidate Profile
- 7 to 12 years in software engineering, including 2+ years directly managing engineers
- A track record of shipping production software before moving into management
- Comfortable balancing hands-on technical judgment with people management
- Transparent written and spoken English and a reliable remote-work setup

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience scaling a team through a headcount doubling or a major re-org
- Exposure to a modern engineering stack relevant to the company's domain

What We Offer
- A true 0-to-1 mandate — you build the team, not inherit one
- Remote-friendly, pan-India hiring with long-term placement
- Direct, regular access to the founding team on roadmap decisions

Hiring Process

HR Screening → Technical

📌 Engineering Manager (India)
🏢 Flexiple
📍 India