Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)

Associate Engineering Manager - Email Message Processing

Technical

Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Full-Time

Brevo is the leading and fast-growing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) suite designed to enable millions of organizations to connect with people using technology for their success. Our platform gives businesses a unified view of the entire customer journey, empowering them to grow with intuitive marketing and sales tools, including Marketing Automation, Email, SMS, WhatsApp, Chat, and much more.

As a proud B Corp certified company, we are committed not only to performance but also to purpose—meeting high standards of social and environmental impact.

Today, more than 500,000 businesses across 180 countries, including Louis Vuitton, Carrefour, eBay, and Michelin, trust Brevo’s reliable technology and 75+ integrations to deliver unparalleled customer experiences, reduce costs, and drive sales. Brevo reached €179M ARR in 2024 (35% growth year on year) and has close to 1,000 employees globally.

We are seeking an experienced Associate Engineering Manager to lead our Email Delivery Platform team. This role combines technical leadership with strategic ownership of a high-performance, distributed system responsible for large-scale email delivery. You’ll work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to design, build, and optimise systems built on Golang, Kafka, MongoDB, ClickHouse, Redis, RMQ and orchestrated via Kubernetes and Docker

As an Associate Engineering Manager, you will:

Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers focused on high-throughput, reliable email delivery.

Architect and evolve systems using Golang, with deep integrations to Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis and MongoDB.

Ensure system reliability, scalability, and low-latency performance. Drive adoption of best practices in architecture, code quality, observability, documentation, and DevOps workflows.

Own the full SDLC — from architecture to deployment, monitoring, and incident response

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 6-10 software engineers across different experience levels

Conduct regular one-on-ones, performance reviews, and career development planning

Foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture that promotes learning and innovation

Recruit, interview, and onboard exceptional engineering talent

Handle performance management and difficult conversations when necessary

Collaborate with Product and Design teams to define technical roadmaps

Translate business requirements into actionable engineering plans

Estimate project timelines and manage resource allocation

Drive continuous improvement in development processes and practices

Communicate progress, risks, and technical decisions to senior leadership

Establish and optimise development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and release processes

Implement agile methodologies and facilitate sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives

Ensure proper documentation and knowledge-sharing practices

Monitor team productivity and identify areas for improvement

Manage incident response and post-mortem processes

Skills Required

8+ years of total experiene (with 2–3 years in a leadership role)

Strong experience in Golang, building production-grade distributed systems.

Hands-on expertise in Kafka, Redis, MongoDB, ClickHouse, Kubernetes, and RabbitMQ.

Deep understanding of email protocols, delivery challenges (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), and message queue patterns.

Proven track record of leading engineering teams, mentoring individuals, and making architectural decisions.

Strong grasp of software architecture principles, system design, and performance optimisation.

Excellent communication and strategic thinking — ability to align technical work with product vision.

Experience managing incident response and on-call rotations for critical systems.

Experience working closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, QA)

What we offer

A unique opportunity to join an international and collaborative startup environment in a hyper-growth context

Hybrid working with 2 days of work from home.

The chance to grow your professional and technical skills, with real room for career progression

A modern office in a central location with free fruits & drinks & a lot of fun activities

Amazing referral program where employees can choose a gift item of 1.5 Lac, including a bike, flight tickets, and many more.

1.4x times your day salary if you're working on any week off or holiday due to critical tasks/issues

An umbrella of leaves and holidays

Budget to support your workspace at home

Medical Insurance of INR 10 Lacs is borne by the company

An employee-friendly compensation structure that includes tax-saving optional components, where the employee can save extra tax

Bi-annual global company offsite; inter-office trips.

Virtual Festival and birthday celebrations, Team parties, & team-building outings

Meet us!

Round 1 - Pre-Screening with Talent Acquisition Team - 30 minutes

Round 2 - Technical Interview with the Team - 90 minutes

Round 3 - Hiring Manager Interview - 60 Minutes

Round 4 - Cultural Fitment - 45 Minutes

Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)

The smartest and most intuitive all-in-one marketing platform for growing businesses.

GenderScore

Pacemaker

What we like about them

Founded in 2012, Brevo has a mission to make the most effective marketing channels accessible to all businesses. They are already supporting over 300,000 active users across 160 countries. With headquarters in Paris, they also have offices in Seattle, Berlin, Noida, Sofia and Toronto. Sendinblue is truly committed to make their company an inclusive one. They stand-out by building their DE&I strategy listening to the ones who will most benefits from it: their employees. They also scored 77 in terms of Work-Life balance in our #GenderScore. And last year only, 22% of women were promoted! With 20% of women in Tech roles, they are looking to welcome more and more women into their Tech team. You could be one of them!