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Senior Engineering Manager

Patsnap · Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager with strong technical judgement, people-management capabilities, and experience driving complex engineering initiatives.You will lead an engineering team and help improve product delivery, system reliability, and cross-functional collaboration. The role requires the ability to connect business priorities with long-term technical development, identify critical issues across the engineering organization, and drive continuous improvements in team capability, engineering practices, and delivery mechanisms.You will also play a key role in major technical decisions, complex projects, and the continued development of the engineering organization.ResponsibilitiesLead the day-to-day management of an engineering team, including goal setting, resource planning, team development, and capability building.Contribute to engineering strategy and planning, translating business objectives into appropriate technical and organizational priorities. Lead important engineering projects from requirements analysis and solution design through resource coordination, delivery, and post-launch improvementParticipate in architecture design and technical reviews for core systems, identify key risks, and drive issues to resolutionContinuously improve engineering processes, development standards, and quality mechanisms to enhance delivery efficiency and system reliabilityDrive cross-functional collaboration across product, AI, engineering, and other relevant teams to achieve complex goalsIdentify long-term issues within the technology stack and engineering organization, and promote reusable solutions and systematic improvementsRemain closely involved in critical technical decisions and complex problem-solving, balancing delivery speed, technical quality, and long-term sustainabilityBuild a strong talent pipeline through hiring, coaching, performance feedback, and the development of key team membersQualificationsBachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related disciplineExtensive software engineering experience, together with experience managing an engineering or technical teamProven experience leading the design, development, and delivery of complex systems or large-scale engineering projectsStrong technical foundations and sound architectural judgement, with the ability to understand and challenge important technical decisionsGood understanding of the full software development lifecycle, with a systematic view of engineering quality, delivery efficiency, system reliability, and development standardsDeep practical experience in one or more areas such as backend engineering, platform engineering, data engineering, test automation, quality engineering, or engineering productivityAbility to identify engineering problems at both system and process levels, and drive solutions through technology, tools, operating mechanisms, and team collaborationStrong goal-setting, project-management, and cross-functional execution skills, with the ability to deliver results in complex environmentsProven people-management and talent-development capabilities, with experience building stable and effective engineering teamsAbility to balance business priorities, technical quality, system complexity, and long-term architectural evolutionStrong communication skills, ownership, and the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders across different functions and levelsPreferred QualificationsExperience working with enterprise software, SaaS, AI-powered products, or other technically complex productsExperience with data-intensive systems, automated testing frameworks, engineering quality systems, or internal engineering platformsExperience building an engineering team, technical system, or development practice from the ground upExperience with cross-team technical governance, engineering transformation, or organizational changeA track record of combining strong people leadership with active involvement in core technical and architectural decisions