Job Description

### Lead a team of developers and help create world class products for a Global SaaS tech company


About Anchanto:


Anchanto helps all businesses to exploit the full potential of e-commerce. Our suite of SaaS Products enables companies globally to springboard omnichannel sales, scale fulfilment operations, and use intelligent data to grow their e-commerce, logistics & warehousing activities. Leading, brands, distributors, retailers, and logistic enterprises such as L'Oreal, Decathlon, or DHL Supply Chain rely on our technology to scale their local and global e-commerce operations.



Headquartered in Singapore and with more than 10 local offices across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Europe, we are growing rapidly and looking for ambitious people to join our teams to build the future successes of Anchanto.



### The Role: Engineering Manager - Ruby on Rails



At Anchanto, we know that one of the keys to growth is a high-performing Engineering team. We are looking for a Ruby on Rails Engineering Manager with 12-15 years of work experience. Our engineering team is growing, and we are looking for great leaders who can help us attract, mentor, and retain talented engineers. We believe that exceptional employees are the key to our success and are looking for an engineering manager who can coach these employees and help align their goals with organizational needs while building great software products.



Responsibilities:
• Driving and owning end-to-end SDLC for products from concept to deployment.
• Lead our Ruby on Rails engineering team working on core products, including but not limited to mentoring, coaching, architecture, DevOps, code review, and software infrastructure.
• Work with Product, UX, and executive teams to execute a long-term product roadmap and deliver world-class products.
• Partner effectively with product managers to manage scope and deliverables for the technical side of the product roadmap.
• Estimate efforts, identify risks, plan, and meet delivery schedules.
• Direct our agile-based team environment to achieve sprint deliverables and acceptance criteria.
• Review code and design on various aspects like extensibility, scalability, security, design patterns, etc., and ensure that all relevant best practices are followed.
• Contribute to the architecture of the system and take responsibility for the quality and stability of the product by getting hands-on with code and design reviews, debugging complex issues, among other things.
• Configure and maintain our development and production environments.
• Control and manage the deployment process.
• Design and monitor metrics to assess system and infrastructure performance.
• Be a hands-on engineering leader owning significant parts of the code while managing product engineering and day-to-day activities of the team in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Ensure the quality of engineering efforts by setting up the correct processes and quality control checks for the team to execute within.
• Serve as a thought leader and mentor on technical, architectural, design, and related issues.
• Demonstrate technical hands-on excellence in design, coding, and automated unit testing.
• Manage people-related responsibilities, including appraisals and team member development.
• Provide technical support to the team and assist in resolving technical issues.
• Empower your team to self-organize and encourage technical excellence.
• Grow the engineering capabilities and team.
• Handle career management and development of direct reports.
• Build a high-performing team, including hiring, developing, and retaining critical tech talent.

### What You Need / Track Record:


• Educational Qualification : B.E./B.Tech/M.Tech with a minimum of 10+ years of experience in building and delivering highly scalable software, with at least 2+ years of experience in leading engineering teams.
• Ruby on Rails Expertise : Minimum of 6 years of industry experience designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining Ruby on Rails systems.
• Technical Leadership : Experience in planning, designing, implementing, and delivering large projects spanning multiple engineers.
• Self-driven and able to make technology decisions regularly with minimal/no supervision.
• Skilled in communicating with customers, technical teams, product teams, and senior executives to gather requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy.
• High-growth Environment : Experience working in high-growth, fast-paced environments.
• Proficient in writing well-structured, modular, and maintainable Rails code.
• Ability to read a codebase, debug systems, and execute technical retrospections.
• Hands-on experience with testing tools like RSpec and Cucumber.
• Proficient with code versioning tools such as Git, GitHub, SVN.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud deployment.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and solid knowledge of JSON and XML.
• Experience with relational databases like Postgres or MySQL.
• Proficient with Unix commands.
• Strong in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Solid understanding of front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and jQuery.
• Well-versed with SOA/Microservice principles, cloud-based web services architecture, design patterns, DevOps, CI/CD tools, and TDD.
• Experience managing development delivery in agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.
• Comfortable managing team members with different skill sets and technical areas of focus.

### Personal Attributes:


• Communication : Clear written and verbal communication.
• Proactive Mindset : Proactively plan work and avoid roadblocks.
• Ownership : Passion for continuous learning.
• Critical Thinker : Strong critical thinking skills.
• Problem Solver : Problem-solving orientation.
• Passionate about technology, problem-solving, learning new skills, and sharing expertise.
• Well-organized, self-motivated, and results-driven with an understanding of the big picture.
• Strong team player with the ability to handle multiple products and teams.
• Able to lead recruiting efforts and determine headcount for the team.