Full-Time

Senior Engineering Manager

Posted on 1/20/2026

HackerRank

HackerRank

1,001-5,000 employees

Platform for skills-based coding hiring

No salary listed

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Hybrid

Category
Engineering Management (1)
Required Skills
React.js
Node.js
Ruby
Microservices
Go
Requirements
  • You are a builder of distributed, enterprise-scale systems with a track record of leading engineering teams to deliver at scale.
  • You excel at hiring, mentoring, and shaping top technical talent into high-performing leaders.
  • You are a strong communicator, capable of bridging technical vision and business goals.
  • You have hands-on experience in Node.js, Go, Ruby, React, Lambda, microservices, and authentication/authorization frameworks, which lets you influence architecture while staying grounded in execution.
Responsibilities
  • Design and build systems that operate reliably at massive scale, embedding security and integrity into every layer.
  • Own technical strategy from concept to launch, making complex problems solvable and setting standards that guide the organization.
  • Mentor engineers, help them grow into leaders, and cultivate a team proud of the work they deliver.
  • Translate customer needs into robust, elegant solutions in partnership with product and design.
  • Be the technical voice externally, helping customers understand how our solutions ensure the integrity of their hiring process.
  • Partner with the different product teams in HackerRank to ensure that the integrity solutions are properly integrated into each of the products.
Desired Qualifications
  • You’ve built platform solutions that span multiple products, creating reusable systems that scale effortlessly.
  • Experience presenting technical designs directly to customers gives you the confidence to influence key decisions.
  • Have a background in security, fraud prevention, or assessment platforms that allows you to tackle integrity challenges with deep domain insight.

HackerRank operates a global platform that connects developers with employers by focusing on skills-based hiring. For developers, it offers practice problems, interview prep, and skill-building exercises. For companies, it provides tools to create coding tests that measure how candidates perform on real-world programming challenges, enabling data-driven hiring decisions. The platform reaches more than 3,000 companies worldwide, including a quarter of the Fortune 100, through its paid access to tests and the developer community. The key difference from competitors is the emphasis on evaluating practical programming skills with real-world problems at scale, supported by a large community and analytics that help compare candidates fairly. The company’s goal is to improve tech recruitment by validating skills rather than relying on resumes or generic signals, helping developers showcase ability and employers build strong engineering teams.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$117.8M

Headquarters

Mountain View, California

Founded

2012

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • 26 million developer community enables vast talent sourcing and upskilling.
  • Over 2000 companies including Airbnb and Amazon standardize on platform assessments.
  • Y Combinator backing as first Indian company provides strong network validation.

What critics are saying

  • LeetCode's 20M users dominate interview prep, eroding developer engagement in 12 months.
  • OpenAI Codex undermines coding tests as 70% developers use AI assistants now.
  • Anthropic's Claude 4.0 tops ASTRA, driving Amazon to switch in 6 months.

What makes HackerRank unique

  • ASTRA benchmark assesses AI models on real-world problems for correctness and efficiency.
  • AI-powered plagiarism detection achieves 93% accuracy using coding behavior signals.
  • SkillUp and Engage solutions launched March 2024 prepare companies for GenAI hiring.

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Benefits

Work with an intelligent & talented team

Flexible work hours & vacation time

Competitive salary

Insurance for employee & family

Health & wellness benefits

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

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Newswire
Mar 14th, 2024
HackerRank Launches Two New Solutions to Help Companies Become GenAI Ready

CUPERTINO, Calif., March 14, 2024 (Newswire.com) - HackerRank, the developer skills company, today announced the introduction of two groundbreaking solutions, SkillUp and Engage.

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