Engineering Manager
Lead a technical team at Razorpay, focusing on innovative software solutions and engineering culture.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 hour ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Engage in coding and code reviews
- Define and execute technical strategy
- Champion customer-first technical products
- Drive engineering craftsmanship
- Attract and mentor engineering talent
Must have
- 7+ years' experience in software engineering
- 4+ years of hands-on coding in large-scale applications
- 1+ years in people management
- Exceptional coding skills in backend programming languages
- Experience in using and building with LLMs
- Extensive experience designing distributed systems
Nice to have
- Contributions to open-source projects
- Experience in a product-driven company
- Comprehensive understanding of backend programming languages
Role intensity
20% coding — mostly leadership/strategy
AI in the day-to-day
Leverage cutting-edge AI-powered tools and methodologies to enhance workflows and drive innovative solutions.
Requirements
- Experience
- 7+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Engineering Manager at Razorpay plays a crucial role in leading technical initiatives while actively engaging in coding and code reviews. This position requires strong expertise in backend programming languages and experience with large-scale applications, particularly in AI-driven development. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in software engineering and people management, making it suitable for seasoned professionals looking to influence engineering culture and drive business impact. Razorpay emphasizes a collaborative environment where innovation thrives across functions.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Razorpay's careers page October 3, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Razorpay: Bengaluru.
- Python appears in 4.7% of 86 comparable lead management roles in India; C++ appears in 1.2% of 86 comparable lead management roles in India.
Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Engineering Manager role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Go, Java, PHP, Python, distributed systems.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Razorpay targets lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Engineering Manager role at Razorpay.
From the original posting
Razorpay is one of India’s leading full-stack financial technology companies, powering the way businesses move, manage, and grow money. Founded in 2014 by Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar with a simple vision - to simplify payments for Indian businesses - we’ve since grown into a fintech powerhouse driving India’s digital payment revolution.
Title: Engineering Manager
About the Role:
The Engineering Manager at Razorpay is a highly technical, innovative, business-focused and hands-on leader. You are passionate about solving customer’s problems through technical and high quality software. You deeply understand technical nuances, and actively contribute to the codebase. Given the scale of our products, your technical expertise and direct coding impact will be significant. Beyond technical excellence, you will influence and shape our engineering culture, fostering craftsmanship and continuous improvement, while keeping a keen eye on product and business impact.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Hands-on Technical Leadership: Actively engage in coding, performing in-depth code reviews, and partnering with tech leads and senior engineers on complex problem-solving, system design, and architectural decisions.
- Strategic & AI-Driven Development: Define and execute the technical strategy and roadmap, leveraging cutting-edge AI-powered tools and methodologies to enhance workflows, automate tasks, optimize performance, and drive innovative solutions across the engineering lifecycle.
- Customer & Business Centricity: Champion a customer-first approach, ensuring we ideate and build technical products that are deeply aligned with business goals and directly contribute to measurable business impact.
- Process & Quality Champion: Drive engineering craftsmanship by championing effective processes, standards, and tools that enhance code quality, system reliability, and developer productivity.
- Talent & Growth Focus: Attract, hire, and technically mentor top-tier engineering talent, fostering their growth and empowering independent, data-driven decision-making.
- Collaborative Innovation: Lead technical collaborations across functions (Product, Business, Operations), providing insights, gathering requirements, and fostering bottom-up innovation that results in robust, scalable solutions aligned with business objectives.
Mandatory Qualifications:
- 7+ years' experience in software engineering, including 4+ years of hands-on coding in large-scale applications and 1+ years in people management.
- Exceptional coding skills in any backend programming language preferably Go, PHP, Python, C++, or Java.
- Experience in using and building with LLMs.
- Extensive experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems handling large data volumes.
- In depth understanding of Web Technologies, databases, and/or messaging systems.
Good to have:
- Contributions to open-source projects or personal side projects on GitHub.
- Experience in a product-driven company, understanding the full software development lifecycle.
- Comprehensive understanding of backend programming languages and ecosystem trends.
Location: Bangalore
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