Tech Lead Manager Quality Engineering
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Job Summary
Fam is Indias first payments app for everyone above 11. FamApp helps make online and offline payments through UPI and FamCard. We are on a mission to raise a new financially aware generation and drive 250 million young users in India to kickstart their financial journey super early in their life.
Were reimagining how the next generation experiences fintechgoing beyond payments to build a lifestyle brand that blends money identity and everyday experiences into one seamless intuitive journey.
Founded in 2019 by IIT Roorkee alumni Fam is backed by some of the most respected investors around the world like Elevation Capital Y-Combinator Peak XV (Sequoia Capital) India Venture Highway Global Founders Capital and the likes of Kunal Shah Amrish Rao as angel investors.
Were hiring a hands-on engineering leader to build and own Internal Developer Platforms from scratch. This role combines strong backend expertise with platform thinkingdesigning scalable testing frameworks driving automation and embedding quality into every stage of development.
Youll lead a small team while staying deeply involved in building systems across CI/CD performance and reliability. If youve worked in high-scale environments and enjoy creating robust engineering foundations this is a high-ownership high-impact opportunity.
Must Haves
- 69 years of overall engineering experience with at least 1 year in a lead/manager role.
- Strong background in software development (Go Python or similar) with experience in building frameworks/libraries.
- Proven experience in developing and maintaining automation frameworks (unit integration regression performance load).
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (Jenkins GitLab GitHub Actions or similar) and test orchestration.
- Familiarity with observability stacks for performance monitoring (Prometheus Grafana etc.).
- Knowledge of mocking frameworks service virtualization and test environment automation.
- Solid understanding of system performance scalability testing and distributed systems.
- Prior experience leading small teams; ability to create and execute on roadmap for technical products.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
On the Job Responsibilities
- Charter Ownership: Define and own the QE strategy for platform engineering spanning testing infra automation regression chaos and performance.
- Framework Development: Architect and develop reusable testing frameworks (unit regression integration performance and load testing).
- Internal Tools: Build and scale mock services test data management solutions and environment simulators for faster reliable testing.
- CI/CD Integration: Partner with DevOps to integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality.
- Automation Leadership: Drive automation-first culture; design frameworks establish best practices and mentor engineers to contribute effectively.
- Performance & Reliability: Develop tools for performance benchmarking stress testing and system reliability validation.
- Collaboration: Work closely with engineering leads product managers and architects to ensure testability and quality are built into designs from the start.
- People Leadership: Lead coach and grow a team of framework software engineers while remaining hands-on with design and critical implementations.
- Innovation: Stay current with industry trends (shift-left testing cloud-native testing tools service virtualization) and bring in relevant innovations.
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to build the QE platform from scratch and shape engineering quality practices for the company.
- Collaborative ownership-driven culture with high impact.
- Competitive compensation benefits and growth path.
PS - Were looking for someone with an AI-native mindset who actively leverages AI in their day-to-day work as we encourage and embed it across every level at Fam.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
FamX Spending Account for everyone · Get a customised card & UPI ID · Keep your bank statements clean · Track & keep expenses in check · Open for ages 11+