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Senior Engineering Manager, Platform

Ethos Life
Location
Bangalore, India
Posted
26 days ago
Department
Software Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 3+ years of engineering management experience in high-growth organizations
  • Experience managing platform teams
  • Strong written communication skills
  • Track record of building high-performing teams
  • Hands-on experience with event-driven microservices
  • Backend architecture experience for large web applications
Nice to have
  • Experience with Go or Python
  • Comfort with Datadog or equivalent for SLO definition
What the job really is

As a Senior Engineering Manager at Ethos, you will lead the Platform Engineering teams, overseeing the systems that support the entire policy lifecycle. Your responsibilities include defining technical direction, managing team performance, and ensuring system reliability and quality. You will collaborate with product teams to create a technical roadmap and drive operational excellence while mentoring engineers and making architectural decisions.

Things to weigh
  • No salary listed
  • Role involves significant ambiguity and trade-off decision making
  • Focus on platform engineering rather than product feature teams
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