Engineering Manager - Backend Team | India

Join us in bringing joy to customer experience.  Five9 is a leading provider of cloud contact center software, bringing the power of cloud innovation to customers worldwide.    Living our values everyday results in our team-first culture and enables us to innovate, grow, and thrive while enjoying the journey together.

We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive environment, empowering our employees to be their authentic selves.   Five9 is a leading provider of cloud software for the enterprise contact center market, bringing the power of the cloud to thousands of customers and facilitating more than three billion customer interactions annually.

Since 2001, Five9 has led the cloud revolution in contact centers, helping organizations transition from legacy premise-based solutions to the cloud. Five9 provides businesses with cloud contact center software that is reliable, secure, compliant and scalable, which is designed to create exceptional customer experiences, increase agent productivity and deliver tangible business results.

Role Overview We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join our Platform organization and lead our India-based team within a global engineering group. This is a hands-on leadership role, combining active contribution to backend platform development with responsibility for mentoring, supporting, and growing a local team of engineers.

This role combines hands-on software engineering with day-to-day management responsibilities. The Engineering Manager will partner closely with engineers, architects, and cross-functional stakeholders across locations to deliver highly available, scalable platform services using Java, Spring, and Google Cloud Platform.

In parallel, they will drive clarity and execution, foster strong collaboration, and support the growth and development of the engineers they manage within the broader team.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and support a team of engineers, ensuring alignment, collaboration, and productivity within a globally distributed organization. Drive predictable delivery by managing workstreams, tracking progress, and proactively identifying and mitigating risks. Partner with product, architecture, and engineering teams to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.

Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture, design, code reviews, and contribution to backend development using Java, Spring, and Google Cloud Platform. Coach and develop engineers while promoting strong engineering practices, including code quality, testing, and operational excellence. Must-Have Progressive career growth from hands-on software engineer to engineering leader, with 4+ years in an Engineering Manager / Tech lead role and 6+ years of prior development experience.

Strong proficiency in Java and the Spring ecosystem, with experience building APIs and scalable, highly available backend services. Experience working in distributed, cross-functional teams, with strong collaboration and communication skills. Solid understanding of modern software development practices (Agile, CI/CD, testing, and production operations), along with experience in cloud-native development (preferably Google Cloud Platform) and a track record of coaching and developing engineers.

Ability to actively engage in production incident management, including triage, debugging, and resolution, while leading a team. Five9 embraces diversity and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better we are. Five9 is an equal opportunity employer.  View our privacy policy, including our privacy notice to California residents here: https://www.five9.com/pt-pt/legal.   Note: Five9 will never request that an applicant send money as a prerequisite for commencing employment with Five9.

Five9, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud software for contact centers in the United States and internationally. The company offers virtual contact center cloud platform that delivers a suite of applications, which enables the breadth of contact center-related customer service, sales, and marketing functions.

Its solution enables its clients to manage these customer interactions across various channels, including voice, video, chat, email, website, social media, click-to-call,...