Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Communication Skills, Concurrency, Customer/Client Research, Delivery Management, Distributed Computing, Ecosystems, Engineering Management, Leadership, Mentoring, Performance Management, Product Design, Product Engineering, Product Lifecycle, Product Planning, Programming Languages, Programming Tools, Scalable System Development, System Architecture, Systems Scalability, Team Lead/Manager, Technical Leadership, Time Management, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), eCommerce
About the role
As an Engineering Manager at HackerRank, you will lead the technical vision and execution for the HackerRank Developer Community product used by over 26 million developers across the globe. This role is pivotal in building an engaging, scalable platform that helps developers learn and grow their technical skills.
You will partner closely with Product, Design, and other Engineering teams to ensure that community features are deeply integrated into the HackerRank ecosystem. You will drive the team's roadmap, mentor engineers, and foster a high-performing environment focused on delivering delightful, high-impact user experiences at scale.
What you'll do
- Drive the technical vision for our platform at HackerRank
- Architect systems that can scale to hundreds of thousands of concurrent users
- Execute product plans and manage delivery commitments for user-facing features
- Mentor engineers and help them deliver high-quality, maintainable solutions
- Set clear career paths for team members and support their professional growth
- Work closely with the Product, Engineering and Design teams to develop and curate the community product roadmap
Who you are
An engineering leader with 8+ years of experience in designing enterprise systems, building highly-available, scalable, fault-tolerant, secure, distributed systems
2+ years of engineering management including hands-on technical management
Demonstrated experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management
Self driven, initiative taker with good communication skills, ability to hire, lead and mentor technical teams, meet deadlines, manage stakeholder expectations
Demonstrated experience of going in front of customers to explain the product and answering any technical queries
Hands-on technical depth in one or more modern programming languages, we are open to any language with strong emphasis on engineering fundamentals and scalable system design
Even better if you have:
- Experience leveraging AI to build developer focused experiences
- Designed self-serve developer tools that speed up integration adoption
You will thrive in this role if
- Enjoy owning initiatives end to end, across the full product lifecycle
- Excel at designing scalable B2C platforms and building APIs and services that are reusable, efficient, and maintainable
- Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and designers to build solutions that integrate seamlessly into the broader platform
- Are a strategic thinker who can evaluate trade-offs and balance short-term delivery with long-term platform health
- Thrive in fast-paced environments where priorities evolve based on user feedback and insights
- Have a strong bias for action, experimentation, and continuous improvement