Engineering Manager
Role Overview
The role leads critical engineering pods with direct impact on customer trust and business growth.
The position combines hands-on engineering with leadership and offers high ownership and autonomy.
The manager will help define engineering culture alongside cross-functional partners and supportive leadership.
Key Skills for This Role
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About Aspora
Aspora is building a borderless financial operating system for people who move across countries.
The company is backed by Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Hummingbird Ventures, Y Combinator, and Global Founders Capital.
Aspora has a distributed team across India, the UK, the UAE, the EU, and the US.
Team and Technical Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and support engineers while setting clear technical direction for the pod.
- Build a high-ownership, growth-oriented culture through feedback, coaching, and collaboration.
- Contribute to architectural discussions, technical decisions, and hands-on problem-solving with senior engineers.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Product to challenge requirements, drive clarity, and align priorities.
- Partner with Support and Operations to understand customer issues and operational realities.
- Use customer and operational insights to inform planning and improvements.
- Communicate progress, risks, and decisions transparently with stakeholders and leadership.
Execution, Delivery, and Ownership
- Drive end-to-end execution by planning, prioritizing, and tracking engineering work.
- Maintain development velocity by removing blockers and enabling smooth workflows.
- Uphold high engineering standards and ensure reliable, well-tested, operationally sound systems.
- Own pod-level metrics such as latency, success rates, and efficiency.
- Use data-driven insights to continuously refine execution and delivery.
Who You Are
- 6–9 years of experience in software engineering.
- Proven track record of transitioning from individual contributor to people manager.
- Experience thriving in fast-paced, high-growth startup environments.
- Hands-on technical expertise combined with effective team leadership and mentorship.
- Ability to make decisions that serve business goals while nurturing the development of people.
- The company is language-agnostic and values strong engineering fundamentals over a specific technology stack.
Role Context
The role leads critical engineering pods with direct impact on customer trust and business growth.
The position combines hands-on engineering with leadership and offers high ownership and autonomy.
The manager will help define engineering culture alongside cross-functional partners and supportive leadership.
Perks and Benefits
- Compensation and equity are aligned with experience, impact, and market standards.
- Learning and development support includes professional development budgets and learning stipends.
- Wellness and team engagement programs support work-life integration and collaboration.
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