Engineering Manager

Role overview

Engineering Manager at SolarSquare

SolarSquare is looking for a dynamic Engineering Manager to lead and inspire a team of full-stack developers (SDE1 to SDE3).

In this role, you’ll drive the technical strategy, system architecture, and execution excellence for our MERN stack platforms.

You’ll combine hands-on technical expertise with strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing products.

As part of a fast-paced startup environment, you will play a critical role in shaping SolarSquare’s technology roadmap while fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of full-stack developers, fostering technical ownership and professional growth.
• Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for MERN stack-based platforms.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Business teams to align technical initiatives with business goals.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices across coding, testing, CI/CD pipelines, and deployments.
• Implement and manage observability systems (logging, monitoring, alerting) to ensure reliability in production.
• Optimize system performance, scalability, and cloud infrastructure cost efficiency (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Manage technical debt while balancing long-term engineering health with short-term business priorities.
• Recruit, onboard, and retain top engineering talent while creating growth opportunities for team members.
• Ensure compliance with security and data protection standards (e.g., OWASP, GDPR).
• Track delivery through clear metrics, setting expectations, and ensuring timely project execution.

Required qualifications

• 8–12 years
• 8–12 years of experience in full-stack development, with at least 2+ years in a leadership role .
• Proven expertise in the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js).
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, and scalable architectures .
• Hands-on experience designing and scaling high-traffic web applications .
• Deep familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization (Docker) , and orchestration (Kubernetes) .
• Proficiency with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to bridge technical and business needs.
• Track record of building and leading high-performing engineering teams in agile environments .
• Other
• Experience with cost optimization, performance tuning, and security best practices in cloud-native systems.
• Bonus: Prior experience in established product-based companies or scaling teams in early-stage startups .
• Flexible working setup with hybrid options (Mon–Fri).

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Exposure to designing systems from scratch in a high-growth environment is highly desirable.

Employment details

• Location: Flexible / Hybrid (Mon–Fri) Team: Engineering
• Location: Mumbai [India]

About the employer

• Energy: At SolarSquare we are building the Home-Energy brand of future India.
• We help homes switch to rooftop solar and move away from traditional coal electricity.
• We are a full-stack D2C residential solar brand - designing, installing, maintaining (after-sales) and financing solar systems for home-owners across India.
• In 3 years, we have scaled to become the leading residential solar brand in India.
• We are obsessed with quality, customer service and innovating to make it simple for homes to switch to solar.
• We are looking for leaders to join us in this mission.
• Know us a bit better through these links: Techcrunch SolarSquare article Elevation - Podcast with SolarSquare Founders Startup by IIT Grads Helps Indian Homes Run on Zero Electricity, Earns Rs 200 Crore in Revenues The Climate Conversations ft Solar Square Elevation Capital - SolarSquare Job Description – Engineering Manager (MERN Stack)