Engineering Manager (Remote, India)

About Netchex
Netchex is a leading HR payroll and workforce management platform trusted by thousands of businesses across the U.S. Our mission is simple: make HR and payroll easier through intuitive intelligent software. Were a remotefirst team of builders problemsolvers and peoplefocused innovators and were just getting started.

Summary of the Role
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a core product engineering team responsible for building scaling and operating the backend services that power our HCM platform. You will lead 510 software engineers balancing handson technical leadership with people management delivery execution and crossfunctional collaboration. Youll drive architecture decisions ensure platform reliability and security and build the kind of team that ships with consistency and takes pride in what they build.

Key Responsibilities

Platform & Engineering Leadership
Own the architecture design and evolution of core backend systems and services across the Netchex platform. Lead development of scalable maintainable services supporting customerfacing applications and internal operational capabilities. Ensure systems meet high standards for reliability security performance and compliance. Drive technical decisions around API design data models eventdriven systems and servicetoservice communication.

HandsOn Technical Leadership
Remain actively involved in development using C# .NET SQL and Azure (Functions Service Bus Event Hub Azure SQL Storage). Provide architectural guidance code reviews and handson problem solving for complex technical challenges. Establish best practices around code quality testing observability security and performance. Guide integration patterns with internal systems and thirdparty services.

Team Leadership & Delivery
Lead mentor and grow a team of 510 engineers. Provide coaching and feedback to support technical growth and career development. Drive predictable delivery through strong agile practices sprint planning and prioritization. Foster a culture of ownership accountability and continuous improvement.

CrossFunctional Collaboration
Partner closely with Product Platform and other teams. Translate business requirements and product goals into clear technical plans and execution roadmaps. Support production operations incident management rootcause analysis and system improvements. Ensure engineering solutions align with broader platform and business objectives.

What Were Looking For

• 37 years leading engineering teams or a senior engineer ready to step into management.
• Strong handson experience in C# / .NET and advanced SQL.
• Experience designing and scaling distributed systems and serviceoriented architectures.
• Strong experience with Azure cloud services and cloudnative design patterns.
• Familiarity with eventdriven architectures CI/CD and modern DevOps practices.
• Proven ability to stay technically handson while managing people priorities and delivery.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

• SaaS HCM or compliancedriven platform experience is a plus.

  About You

• Youre a builder who became a leader and you havent stopped building.
• You hold a high bar for code quality and system design and you make that standard contagious on your team.
• You communicate technical complexity clearly to engineers product managers and executives alike.
• You take ownership of outcomes not just activities you care whether the thing ships and whether it works.
• You invest in your people genuinely not just when performance review season comes around.
• You thrive in environments where the problems are hard the stakes are real and the team has your back.

Heres how we show up

• Win Together One team. One mission. No silos.
• Deliver Results No excuses. Just results.
• Raise the Bar Better today. Stronger tomorrow.
• Decide and Drive We dont wait for perfect. We move.

• Bring the Energy Positivity fuels performance.

  Netchex is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.