Engineering Manager - Backend

Location: Bangalore
Department: Engineering
Reports to: SVP
Experience required: 6+ years

About Tracxn:
Tracxn (Tracxn.com) is a Bangalore-based product company providing a research and deal
sourcing platform for Venture Capital, Private Equity, Corp Dev, and professionals working around
the startup ecosystem.
We are a team of 600+ working professionals serving customers across the globe. Our clients
include Funds like Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, GGV Capital, and Large Corporations
such as Citi, Embraer & Ferrero.

Founders
● Neha Singh (ex-Sequoia, BCG | MBA - Stanford GSB)
● Abhishek Goyal (ex-Accel Partners, Amazon | BTech - IIT Kanpur)

About Technology Team:
Tracxn's Technology team is 60+ members strong and growing. The technology team is
subdivided into multiple smaller teams, each owning one or more services/components of the
technology platform. Ours is a young team of motivated engineers with a minimal management
structure where almost everyone is actively involved in technical development and design
activities. We have a team-centric culture where the ownership and responsibility of a feature or
module lie with a team compared to an individual.
We value ownership, continuous learning, consistency, and discipline as a team.

Our Tech Stacks:
We work on an array of technologies, including but not limited to backend and frontend systems
such as Java, Python, Spring Boot, Node.js, ReactJS, Next.js, Webpack, and Storybook; cloud and
serverless platforms like AWS, etc; data and infrastructure technologies such as Elastic Stack
(Elasticsearch), MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and Ansible; large-scale web crawling solutions;
modern data pipelines and ETL workflows; and AI/ML-driven projects.

Job Overview:
We are looking for experienced software engineers with 6+ years of overall software development
experience, including backend development and proven people-management skills. The ideal
candidate will lead the engineering team(s), drive technical excellence, and ensure timely delivery
of high-quality software solutions.

Job Responsibilities:
● Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers
● Own technical planning, architecture discussions, and execution
● Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders
● Drive best practices in software development, testing, and deployment
● Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards
● Manage delivery timelines, resource planning, and technical risks
● Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management of engineers

Job Requirements :
Professional Experience
• Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams
• Track record of delivering complex, scalable software systems
• Experience driving technical initiatives and influencing architectural decisions
• Strong collaboration experience with product, design, and cross-functional teams.

Technical Leadership & Management
• Ability to mentor, coach, and grow engineers across different experience levels
• Experience conducting performance reviews and providing technical feedback
• Strong ownership of team delivery, timelines, and quality
• Experience balancing hands-on technical work with people management

Backend & System Architecture Expertise
• Strong proficiency of modern backend architectures, design patterns, and microservices
architecture.
• Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language (e.g., Java, Python, etc.)
• Solid understanding of API design principles and implementation
• Hands-on experience with relational and non-relational databases and knowledge of data
pipelines and data warehousing concepts.

Technical Competencies
• Strong system design and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of caching strategies, performance optimization, and scalability
• Understanding of data modeling and query optimization
• Familiarity with search and indexing technologies
• Understanding of security best practices in backend systems

Culture:
● Work with performance-oriented teams driven by ownership and passion.
● Learn to design systems for high accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
● No strict deadlines, focus on delivering quality work.
● Meritocracy-driven, candid culture. No politics.
● Very high visibility regarding which startups and markets are exciting globally.