Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

About Us

Pocket FM is a leading audio entertainment platform that brings engaging, serialized fiction to millions of listeners across genres like romance, thriller, fantasy, and more. With over 130 million users globally and strong traction in markets like the US and Europe, we’re revolutionizing storytelling through audio.

Our unique model combines free listening with micropayments for premium content, powering strong business growth. In FY25, we reached an ARR of INR 2,000 crore, with over 100,000 hours of content on the platform. We're also at the forefront of innovation, leveraging AI-generated content to scale efficiently.

As an Engineering Manager for the Generative AI team, you will spearhead the development of impactful technology solutions and oversee the growth and evolution of our engineering teams. Your leadership will drive cross-functional collaboration, ensuring alignment across teams, and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing systems that meet customer needs.

This strategic role demands deep technical expertise, strong execution capabilities, and the ability to guide large, complex initiatives, and innovate across the spectrum of Text to speech (TTS), Image and Video creation, Solving business problems with LLMs. You will build and mentor high-performing teams, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous learning, and collaboration.

Your leadership will guide the long-term technical success of our products, ensuring they scale effectively while maintaining performance and reliability.

What We Expect From You :

• Innovate: Connect with business stakeholders and suggest innovative ways to solve the problems using the existing Generative AI solutions.
• Team Leadership: Build and lead high-performing engineering teams, collaborating with Business, Product, and Leadership to transform ideas into quality products. Must have handled teams building multiple different POC projects at the same time.
• Solution Design & Implementation: Lead the design and implementation of innovative solutions, focusing on scalability and efficient transition from initial development to broader deployment across multiple products.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Engineering, Product, and Business teams to align on customer experiences and engineering frameworks, ensuring cohesive and impactful outcomes.
• Customer-Centric Mindset: Promote a customer-first approach, empowering teams to take ownership and deliver high-quality products that meet customer needs.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure operational stability and scalability as products evolve, maintaining high standards of performance and reliability.

Must Haves

Qualifications:

• B. Tech/B.E. in Computer Science or equivalent with 8+ years of relevant software development experience.

Required Skills:

• Demonstrated expertise in Generative AI Usecases with extensive experience in designing, building, and productionizing the usecases along with scaling these systems for production..
• Adept at leading from the front with a hands-on approach when necessary.
• Background in working within early-stage startups, with a demonstrated ability to build systems from scratch.
• Proficiency in Python.

Soft Skills & Traits:

• Expertise in building and scaling high-performing engineering teams, encompassing recruitment, onboarding, and mentorship.
• Skilled in strategic planning, effective delegation, and delivering impactful results.
• Committed to fostering a culture of continuous improvement through regular feedback, career development, and performance coaching.