This role is for one of Weekday’s clients

Min Experience: 13+ years
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
JobType: full time
We are looking for an experienced and highly accountable Engineering Leader to lead backend engineering teams and drive the design, development, and delivery of scalable, reliable, and high-performance technology systems. This is a senior leadership position for a hands-on technology professional who combines strong backend engineering expertise with exceptional people management, ownership, and execution skills.
The ideal candidate will have 13–25 years of experience building and scaling backend systems and leading high-performing engineering teams. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Business, and Operations to translate organizational goals into robust technology solutions and deliver measurable business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and develop backend engineering teams, creating a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.




Take end-to-end ownership of engineering initiatives, from technical strategy and architecture through execution, deployment, and ongoing optimization.
Define and drive backend engineering strategy aligned with product and business objectives.
Architect and oversee the development of scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performance backend services, APIs, and distributed systems.
Establish strong engineering practices around code quality, testing, observability, reliability, security, and performance.
Partner closely with Product and Business leaders to prioritize initiatives, manage trade-offs, and ensure timely delivery.
Build and maintain a strong engineering talent pipeline, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development.
Identify technical risks and bottlenecks proactively and drive effective solutions across teams.
Review and guide critical architectural and technical decisions while maintain

📌 Leadership Role (Mumbai)
🏢 Weekday AI
📍 Mumbai