Engineering Manager

About the Company

Flipkart is committed to the cause of transforming commerce in India through our investments in made-in-India technology innovations, customer-centric features and constructs, a diverse category landscape and a world-class supply chain. With a customer base of over 350 million, product coverage of over 150 million across 80+ categories, focus on generating direct and indirect employment and a commitment to empowering generations of entrepreneurs and MSMEs and a sustainable growth strategy– Flipkart is maximizing for our customers, stakeholders, and the planet at large! Flipkart is a part of the Walmart-owned Flipkart Group, which also includes group companies Flipkart Health+, Myntra, and Cleartrip.

About the Role

Shopping Experience Platform org enables the end to end shopping funnel for the multitude of Flipkart customers across our various business lines. Delighting our customers across their shopping journey is our mantra - starting from creating intent in our customers via push notifications, exciting them with our rich storefront experience, helping them discover products via search, assisting them in deciding about the products with a rich catalog, help them close the transaction; place that order and serving them with a reliable cancellation and returns experience. Personalized journeys, State of the art applied AI/ML, handling scale never seen before are but just a few complex problems this org solves on a daily basis. Platforms like Product Indexes, Catalog, Order Management System, User Insight Engine form the bulwark, a strong foundation on top of which the different pages of the shopping funnel, the different finding methods Search, Recommendations and Merchandising sit. Product page assures customers to a decision and Cart, Checkout pages earn the customers trust to close out the transaction.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, develop and provide hands-on leadership for top-notch engineers and leads.
• Create clear career paths for team members to help them grow with regular and deep mentoring, Attract and retain top talent keeping long term goals in mind.
• Drive strategy and vision across teams in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Work closely with diverse stakeholders and enable them by providing scalable and quality technology solutions.
• Facilitate platforms solutions that span beyond the team and across the ecosystem.
• Take accountability for moving the key business metrics within your area and Provide thought partnership to the product team and ensure collaboration among product, engineering, and business operation teams.
• Drive agility in execution, create a strong team culture of responsiveness by leading by example and own decision making around prioritization for better predictability.

Qualifications

• B.Tech, M.tech or any other similar qualification with at least 10+ years of experience in building cutting edge products with 2+ years in people management.
• Good understanding of technology and architecture in a highly scalable and available setup.
• Strong experience handling large data (batch and real-time), workflows and scheduling, building pluggable frameworks and systems, strong abstraction, and design skills.
• Proven track record of delivering products with high quality, familiarity with multiple software development practices and tools.
• Strong partnership with product and business teams that demonstrates effective collaboration and communication across multiple stakeholders.
• Exposure to different design & architecture patterns as we build systems in SOA. Exposure to batch processing & near real time pipelines to transition data between multiple systems.

Required Skills

• Technologies used: Java, Python, Scala, Mysql, Redis, Elastic Search, Spark, Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Druid, MongoDB, Aerospike, Kafka, RabbitMQ, nodejs, React Native, Reactjs, Reactive Programming with Vert.x & Spring webflux, Google Cloud Platform, K8s.

Preferred Skills

• Strong experience handling large data (batch and real-time), workflows and scheduling, building pluggable frameworks and systems, strong abstraction, and design skills.

Pay range and compensation package

At Flipkart, we promise to maximize what you care about the most. You'll get an opportunity to leave a mark and create your own legacy, you'll have freedom to experiment, learn and grow, you'll get to work with the best in our inclusive teams and experience our culture of care to ensure that you can focus on doing your best work.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Flipkart respects and values differences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to promoting a diverse workplace culture where every individual is valued for who they are, regardless of race, color, age, faith, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, marital status, professional pedigree, physical ability, veteran status, or any other characteristics. We firmly believe that when people with diverse identities and perspectives work together, we create the most value– for our customers, our people, and society. We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging, where diverse teams innovate and excel every day.