Job Description
Engineering Manager – User Platform
Kissht | Mumbai, India
Full-Time | Engineering Leadership
ROLE OVERVIEW
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the engineering team responsible for building and scaling Kissht's User Platform. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Python and Java, along with good knowledge of and comfort working with Golang. A robust FinTech, lending, payments, banking, or financial-services background is preferred.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers.
• Own the architecture, development, scalability, and reliability of the User Platform.
• Build and scale backend systems using Python and Java.
• Work with and contribute to services and applications built in Golang.
• Drive engineering best practices across design, coding, testing, deployment, and observability.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Risk, Data, Security, and other technology teams.
• Ensure high performance, availability, security, and scalability of user-facing platforms.
• Participate in system design, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making.
• Own engineering delivery, timelines, quality, and team development.
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
MUST-HAVE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in an Engineering Manager / Technical Lead / people-management role.
• Strong programming experience in Python and Java.
• Good knowledge of Golang and comfort working with Go-based services/applications.
• Strong understanding of backend systems, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience building scalable, highly available, and reliable platforms.
• Exposure to databases, cloud platforms, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability.
• Experience in FinTech, Lending, Payments, Banking, NBFC, or Financial Services is strongly preferred.
• Experience in KYC, authent
📌 Engineering Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Kissht
📍 Mumbai