Senior Engineering Manager

About DAZN

At DAZN, we’re redefining the world of sports streaming. As the global home of sport, we deliver live and on-demand content to millions of fans across 200+ countries and territories. Our platform powers large-scale live events, real-time streaming experiences, subscription services, commerce, and personalization at global scale.

Our Hyderabad technology hub plays a critical role in building highly scalable, cloud-native platforms that support millions of concurrent users across multiple devices and regions.

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead high-performing backend engineering teams focused on building scalable SaaS and platform capabilities using Java, Microservices, AWS, and Node.js technologies.

Good to Have

• Experience in OTT, Media Streaming, AdTech, Payments, or Subscription platforms. 
• Exposure to high-scale consumer applications serving global audiences. 
• Knowledge of observability tools such as Datadog, Grafana, or ELK. 
• Experience with React or frontend ecosystems is an added advantage. 
• Exposure to AI-assisted engineering workflows or platform automation initiatives. 

Why Join DAZN?

• Build systems that power global live sports experiences at massive scale. 
• Work on modern cloud-native technologies and distributed architectures. 
• Collaborate with talented global engineering teams solving complex technical challenges. 
• Be part of a fast-paced, high-impact technology organization transforming sports entertainment. 

Application Deadline

September 01, 2026

Department

61-416 - Technology - Hyderabad

Employment Type

Full Time

Location

India - Hyderabad

Workplace type

Onsite

What You’ll Do

• Lead and mentor a team of backend and full-stack engineers building scalable distributed systems. 
• Drive architecture, design, and delivery of cloud-native applications and microservices. 
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Architects, QA, DevOps, and cross-functional stakeholders. 
• Own engineering execution, sprint planning, roadmap delivery, and operational excellence. 
• Build highly available and resilient systems running on AWS cloud infrastructure. 
• Champion engineering best practices including CI/CD, code reviews, observability, security, and performance optimization. 
• Drive modernization initiatives from monolithic systems to event-driven microservices architectures. 
• Foster a strong engineering culture focused on innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. 
• Support hiring, team scaling, career development, and performance management. 
• Ensure systems are scalable, secure, and optimized for high traffic and low latency environments. 

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2+ years in people management or technical leadership roles. 

• Strong hands-on expertise in: 
  • Java 
  • Spring Boot 
  • Microservices Architecture 
  • Node.js / TypeScript 
  • REST APIs 
  • AWS Cloud Services 
• Experience building SaaS platforms or large-scale distributed systems. 
• Strong understanding of: 
  • Event-driven architectures 
  • Kafka or messaging systems 
  • Docker & Kubernetes 
  • CI/CD pipelines 
  • System design & scalability patterns 
• Experience with modern engineering practices, Agile methodologies, and DevOps culture. 
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. 
• Ability to balance hands-on technical contributions with people leadership responsibilities. 

About DAZN

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. 

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. 

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:  

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. 

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. 

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. 

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.