Engineering Manager

Role: EM - Automation Work

Location: Bangalore

About STYLI

STYLI is a tech-first e-commerce marketplace for the GCC. Launched in 2019 by Landmark Group, we are emerging as one of the largest fashion and beauty platforms in the GCC and India. With a strong focus on trendy, affordable fashion and beauty products, we connect customers to hundreds of thousands of styles to men, women, kids, and beauty enthusiasts, offering them the latest global trends delivered directly to their doorsteps.

We obsess over customer experience - fast delivery, seamless payments and delightful service while building the region's most efficient, data-driven marketplace. We aim to create personalized experiences, engaging customers across all touchpoints, and continually expanding our curated selection to meet their evolving need states. We have quickly become a leading player in the e commerce fashion space across the GCC - Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and in India.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Engineering Manager - Automation to join our dynamic team in the fast-paced world of eCommerce marketplaces. The ideal candidate will have a strong software engineering background with a passion for ensuring quality and reliability across our platforms.

As an EM - Automation, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and maintaining test automation frameworks, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance the overall customer experience.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership: Define the technical roadmap for marketplace systems, ensuring alignment with business priorities and scalability requirements.

Drive platform scalability, reliability, and security while meeting performance goals.

Collaborate with data science and analytics teams to integrate machine learning models for recommendations, demand forecasting, and fraud detection.

Foster a DevOps mindset, automating deployments and improving CI/CD pipelines.

Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, including code quality, design patterns, and system architecture.

Non-Functional Responsibilities:

Team Management:

Lead and mentor a team of engineering managers, principal engineers, and individual contributors.

Build a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability within the teams.

Set clear objectives and key results (OKRs) for engineering teams to track progress and impact. Accountable for overall squad velocity, including developer, tester and site reliability.

Partner with HR to attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent.

Project, Process & Collaboration:

Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of complex software projects.

Ensure that projects are completed on time, within scope, and meet quality standards.

Collaborate with senior leadership to define the engineering strategy, set technical goals, and prioritize projects that align with the company's vision and business objectives.

Collaborate with operations, finance, and other business units to align technology investments with company's growth strategies.

Provide regular updates to executive stakeholders on project milestones, risks, and roadmaps.

Identify and implement processes that improve team efficiency, product quality, and time-to market.

Advocate for best practices in test automation, including Agile methodologies.

Manage engineering budgets, including headcount and infrastructure costs.

Ensure efficient use of resources to meet engineering and business goals.

Qualifications:

10 years of experience in SDET/ automation, with at least 2+ years in managing large, cross functional teams.

Proven experience in building and scaling marketplace platforms or B2B systems

Deep understanding of modern SDET, cloud platforms, and microservices architecture.

Familiarity with data platforms, machine learning, and analytics tools

Leadership and Collaboration:

Demonstrated success in building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams. Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, motivate, and develop engineering talent.

Strong ability to balance long-term strategic goals with short-term delivery milestones.

Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders.

Experience in working with globally distributed teams and managing vendors or external partners.

Familiarity with Scaled automation practices and tools.