Engineering Manager

Hunch is a Series A funded startup, having recently secured $23 Million to drive the future of social discovery in a post-AI era. Embracing curiosity, diversity, and open dialogue, we are dedicated to creating a space where connections are built on ideas rather than appearances. Ranked among the Top 50 social apps in India and with a recent launch in the US, Hunch is poised for significant growth.

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If you're passionate about innovation, inclusivity, and making a meaningful impact, you've found your home at Hunch

About the Role:

As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing three key teams—QA, Frontend, and API—ensuring collaboration, efficiency, and successful project deliveries as we scale. This role demands strong technical leadership, a keen understanding of software architecture, and the ability to drive a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. You will be responsible for prioritising and managing the fast-paced delivery cycle, while maintaining focus on three critical KPIs: Ownership, High Standards, and Innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Team Leadership & Development:
• Lead, mentor, and manage three teams: QA, Frontend (Flutter for iOS/Android), and API (Node.js, Python).
• Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture and ensure that teams are aligned with company goals and engineering best practices.
• Set goals, conduct performance reviews, and provide career development support for team members.
• Encourage a sense of ownership within the team, ensuring they take full accountability for their work from conception to production.
2. Technical Oversight:
• Guide the architecture and technical direction for both frontend (Flutter) and backend (Node.js, Python) applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Ensure all teams follow best practices for coding, testing, and deployment, maintaining high code quality across the stack.
• Collaborate with the infrastructure team to optimize systems for handling large user loads as the platform scales beyond 2 million users.
3. Collaboration & Stakeholder Management:
• Work closely with the product and design teams to define features, roadmaps, and project timelines.
• Facilitate communication between teams to ensure a cohesive user experience across all platforms and geographies.
• Partner with the leadership team to establish a scaling strategy for future growth and feature expansion.
4. Delivery Prioritization & KPI Management:
• Handle and prioritize multiple projects and feature deliveries in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Balance immediate feature rollouts with long-term technical goals, ensuring high standards are maintained.
• Drive the engineering teams to focus on Ownership, High Standards, and Innovation, ensuring these KPIs guide decision-making and team accountability.
• Ensure rapid feature development without compromising quality or innovation, meeting tight deadlines as the platform scales.
5. Quality Assurance & Release Management:
• Oversee the QA team to ensure thorough testing processes and maintain high standards for software releases.
• Ensure that the frontend and backend teams collaborate seamlessly with QA to deliver bug-free, stable releases to millions of users.
• Manage release cycles to have faster design to production and ensure a smooth user experience as new features are deployed.
6. Hiring & Team Growth:
• Play a key role in hiring and growing engineering teams, ensuring a strong, diverse technical talent pool.
• Scale the team’s capacity to handle increased workload as the platform and user base grow.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven experience in managing engineering teams (QA, Frontend, Backend) in a fast-paced, scaling environment, ideally in a consumer-facing social app or similar domain.
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in some or all of the following:
• Frontend technologies: Flutter (for iOS and Android).
• Backend technologies: Node.js, Python.
• Cloud infrastructure, microservices, and API architecture.
• Expertise in software development best practices, CI/CD pipelines, and agile methodologies.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and delivering large-scale projects from concept to deployment.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills with a focus on achieving results.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple competing projects and deadlines in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Focused on driving results through Ownership, maintaining High Standards, and fostering Innovation within teams. #LI-Onsite 

What We Offer

• Competitive pay along with an annual performance-linked incentive (PLI) for all
• Employee benefits like Medical Insurance
• One annual all expenses paid by company trip for all employees to bond
• Although we work from our office in New Delhi, we are flexible in our style and approach

Why Hunch

• Work Culture: At Hunch we take our work seriously but don’t take ourselves too seriously. Everyone is encouraged to think as owners and not renters, and we prefer to let builders build, empowering people to pursue independent ideas.
• Impact: Your work will shape the future of social engagement and connect people around the world.
• Collaboration: Join a diverse team of creative minds and be part of a supportive community.
• Growth: We invest in your development and provide opportunities for continuous learning.
• Backed by Global Investors: Hunch is a Series A funded startup, backed by Hashed, AlphaWave, Brevan Howard and Polygon Studios
• Experienced Leadership: Hunch is founded by a trio of industry veterans - Ish Goel (CEO), Nitika Goel (CTO), and Kartic Rakhra (CMO). Together, they have built successful ventures in IT Services, GovTech and Web3, including Nexus Mutual, GovBocks, and PlotX.

If you thrive in a dynamic, high-growth tech environment and relish the opportunity to collaborate with passionate, driven over-achievers, your career with us here at Hunch will be both exhilarating and fulfilling!