Job Description

Job Title

Technical Manager / Engineering Manager (AWS Cloud)

Experience: 8-12 years

Location: In Office

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced Technical Manager who can own end-to-end technical delivery and manage an existing engineering team, allowing the current leadership to focus on architecture, strategy, and business alignment.

The ideal candidate has a strong hands-on background, proven AWS delivery experience, and the ability to lead, mentor, and drive execution across backend, cloud, and deployment workflows.

This is not a purely managerial role--the candidate must be technically strong enough to review designs, guide engineers, unblock issues, and ensure production-grade quality.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Delivery

Take ownership of day-to-day technical execution across multiple projects Translate high-level architecture and business requirements into clear technical tasks Review and validate: System designs API contracts Cloud architectures Deployment strategies Ensure scalable, secure, and cost-optimised AWS solutions

AWS & Cloud Ownership

Lead delivery of applications on AWS, including: EC2, ECS / EKS S3, RDS / Aurora, DynamoDB Lambda, API Gateway IAM, VPC, Security Groups CloudWatch, logging & monitoring Ensure best practices around: Security Cost optimisation High availability Backup & disaster recovery

Team Management & Mentoring

Manage a team of backend, frontend, and DevOps engineers Conduct: Task planning & sprint execution Code reviews Technical mentoring and knowledge sharing Act as the first point of escalation for technical issues Help improve engineering productivity and quality

Process & Quality

Drive engineering best practices: Clean code Documentation Testing strategies CI/CD pipelines Ensure timely delivery without compromising system stability Collaborate with stakeholders to align delivery timelines and expectations

Required Skills & Experience

Experience

8-12 years

of

software engineering experience

3-5+ years

in a

Technical Lead / Engineering Manager role

Proven experience delivering production systems on AWS Experience managing live systems with real users and SLAs

Technical Skills

Strong backend experience (Java / Spring Boot, Node.js, or similar) Solid understanding of: Microservices architecture REST APIs Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL) Strong AWS fundamentals with hands-on delivery experience. Azure and GCP are nice to have. CI/CD, Docker, and cloud deployments Ability to read, review, and guide code

Leadership & Communication

Ability to take responsibility. Strong communication skills with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders Comfortable making technical decisions and standing by them Mentorship mindset--raises the bar for the entire team
Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ?1,500,000.00 - ?2,000,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person