Senior Engineering Manager

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

Senior Engineering Manager leading a department of Engineering Managers at Mercari India. Drives multi‑quarter strategy, org design, and delivery excellence for large‑scale consumer products.

Role Snapshot

• Lead a team of Engineering Managers
• Own org design and scaling for a department
• Set multi‑quarter engineering strategy
• Partner with Product, Design, and senior leadership
• Ensure delivery quality, SLO/SLAs, and incident response
• Manage budget and resource planning
• Develop a pipeline of future engineering leaders

Must-Have Requirements

• Engineering leadership & people management
• Organizational design & scaling
• Strategic planning & multi‑team execution
• Stakeholder management with senior leadership
• Budget & P&L ownership
• software development
• engineering leadership

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Technical judgement at org level
• Multicultural distributed organization experience
• Leadership bench building (EM & tech lead hiring)
• Backend development (Go, Java, etc.)
• Machine‑learning systems integration
• Data engineering & cloud BI platforms
• Microservices architecture at scale
• Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS)
• UI/UX development practices
• OSS contribution familiarity
• Familiarity with databases (RDBMS/NoSQL), networks, Linux, monitoring, logging, SLO/SLA frameworks
• backend systems
• machine learning integration
• data engineering
• cloud platform strategy

Work Setup

• Location: Bengaluru, India
• Work mode: HYBRID
• Remote scope: UNSPECIFIED
• Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

• Visa sponsorship: unknown

Not Specified in JD

• Salary range
• Visa sponsorship
• Remote eligibility
• Education requirement
• Certifications
• Travel
• Security clearance
• Coding test

What You'll Likely Work On

• Coach and develop Engineering Managers, including their people‑management practices.
• Design department topology, role clarity, and scaling plans as headcount grows.
• Define and drive multi‑quarter engineering strategy together with Product and Design leaders.
• Build and operationalize a leadership pipeline to grow future EMs and tech leads.
• Hold the department accountable for delivery quality, SLO/SLAs, incident response, and technical debt.
• Drive budget, resourcing, and P&L decisions for the engineering organization.
• Represent engineering in senior cross‑functional forums and resolve systemic organizational issues.
• Sponsor department‑wide initiatives that deepen technical expertise and cohesion.

Good Fit If You Have

• Passion for building and scaling engineering organizations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder partnership skills.
• Experience mentoring and developing other leaders.
• Background delivering high‑traffic consumer products.
• Comfort working with multicultural, distributed teams.