Backend Engineering Manager

Role Overview: As an Engineering Manager Backend at PW, you will be responsible for leading and inspiring a team of backend engineers to build scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems powering PW's digital learning ecosystem. Your role will involve driving technical strategy, overseeing execution across multiple projects, and ensuring engineering excellence while collaborating closely with product, frontend, data, and DevOps teams. Key Responsibilities: - Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of backend engineers (SDE-I, II, III). - Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. - Drive engineering best practices, code quality standards, and technical excellence across the team. - Conduct performance reviews, provide regular feedback, and support career development. - Define and drive the backend technical roadmap in alignment with business goals. - Architect scalable, distributed, and highly available backend systems and microservices. - Make strategic decisions regarding system design, tooling, and infrastructure. - Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies to enhance platform performance and reliability. - Oversee end-to-end execution of backend projects, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery. - Collaborate with product managers to break down requirements and define clear engineering plans. - Coordinate with frontend, DevOps, QA, and cross-functional teams to ensure seamless delivery. - Manage risk, dependencies, and production stability across backend services. - Guide teams in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining backend services and APIs using Node.js, TypeScript, and NestJS. - Oversee the implementation and optimization of CI/CD pipelines using Docker and Jenkins. - Ensure reliable deployments and scaling using Kubernetes. - Provide direction on database schema design and performance optimization (MongoDB, Redis). - Oversee messaging infrastructure using Kafka. - Drive performance monitoring and observability using Datadog and ELK stack. - Lead incident management, troubleshooting, and resolution of production issues. - Ensure strong monitoring, alerting, and system resilience practices. - Maintain high standards for uptime, performance, and operational efficiency. Qualification Required: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred). - 8-12 years of overall backend engineering experience, including 3+ years in a leadership or managerial role. - Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript with deep expertise in Node.js and NestJS. - Hands-on experience architecting and scaling microservices. - Expertise with MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, and experience designing high-throughput systems. - Strong understanding of Docker, Jenkins, CI/CD, and Kubernetes. - Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure). - Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Datadog and the ELK stack. - Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and team-building skills. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.,