Engineering Manager (MEAN) | Karachi |PKR Salary

We are hiring an Engineering Manager form Karachi!

About the Company

Hiring for a Edtech firms, an integrated school ERP with built-in SIS and LMS modules.

About the Role:

We are looking for an Engineering Manager who will own the engineering function for EdTech. You will report directly to the VP of Engineering and be responsible for team delivery, engineering operations, and product execution. This is not a process-only role. We need someone who understands software deeply enough to earn the team's respect and make sound decisions, while focusing primarily on people, delivery, and operational excellence.

You will work alongside a senior Technical Lead who owns architecture and code quality. Your job is to make the team productive, accountable, and stable — not to be the smartest engineer in the room.

Responsibilities.

Team Delivery & Execution:

• Own sprint planning, execution, and release management for the engineering team

  
  

• Ensure features, bug fixes, and maintenance work ship on time and at quality

  
  

• Manage trade-offs between new development, bug fixes, and technical debt

  
  

• Be the single point of accountability for engineering output

  
  

People Management:

• Manage a team of ~10 engineers (backend, frontend, mobile, QA)

  
  

• Run regular 1:1s, provide feedback, and manage performance

  
  

• Identify flight risks, address retention issues, and build team morale

  
  

• Own hiring decisions for engineering roles as the team evolves

  
  

• Build direct relationships across the team — you are their manager, not a coordinator

  
  

Engineering Operations:

• Own and improve deployment processes, CI/CD, and release workflows

  
  

• Ensure production stability for a system with 20K+ daily users

  
  

• Manage incident response, bug triage, and escalation processes

  
  

• Drive documentation of critical systems, processes, and operational playbooks

  
  

• Reduce single-person dependencies across the codebase and infrastructure

  
  

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work closely with the Product Owner to translate product priorities into engineering plans

  
  

• Communicate engineering status, risks, and trade-offs clearly to the founder

  
  

• Coordinate with school operations stakeholders who are the primary users of the platform

  
  

• Bridge the gap between a non-technical founder and a technical team.

  
  

Requirements:

• 3–7 years of experience in software engineering, with at least 1–2 years managing a team of 5–12 engineers

  
  

• Experience in a product company or SaaS environment — not purely outsourcing, agencies, or staff augmentation

  
  

• Hands-on technical background: you have written production code and can credibly evaluate technical decisions, even if you are not coding daily anymore

  
  

• Proven ability to own delivery end-to-end — from sprint planning through production release

  
  

• Experience managing a live product with real users, not just internal tools or proof-of-concepts

  
  

• Strong communication: you can give honest status updates, flag risks early, and have difficult conversations with team members

  
  

Preference:

• Experience with B2B software, enterprise apps, or ERP/workflow-heavy products

  
  

• Familiarity with our stack: Angular (frontend), Node.js (backend), MongoDB (database), React Native (mobile apps)

  
  

• Startup and agile development mindset. Comfortable with ambiguity, willing to do what needs doing, not waiting for a perfectly defined role

  
  

• Experience in edtech, school management systems, or similar domains is a plus but not required

  
  

Other Details:

Experience: 3 to 7 years

Working Days & Timings: Monday to Friday (09 am to 06 pm)

Location: Karachi

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