Engineering Manager – BIGIP Next for Kubernetes

Overview

Lead a team of software engineers building cloud-native networking, security and AI platforms, including Kubernetes network Controller, product licensing workflows and AI-native software development, across hybrid multi-cloud, on-prem Kubernetes and public cloud environments.

What you'll do

• Support, mentor, and coach, and provide professional development for your team.
• Collaborate across teams and deliver high-quality software to meet customer needs.
• Advise on architecture, code patterns, testing, and continuous integration details.
• Take ownership of customer issues with timely fixes and provide proper RCA (Root Cause Analysis) to the wider group.
• Collaborate with engineering and product management leaders on roadmap, strategy, coordinating dependencies, and establishing clear requirements to meet delivery and quality commitments.
• Perform continuous team member evaluations to enable frequent feedback.
• Identify hiring needs and be the hiring manager for recruiting engineers.
• Motivate and foster a collaborative environment within your team, actively engaging with senior management and executives.
• Adopt a managerial approach that emphasizes support and empowerment while championing a positive and cohesive team culture.
• Establish best practices for software quality, reliability, security, and operational excellence.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and innovation.

What you'll need

• Experience and passion for taking a leading role in building complex software systems, delivered successfully to customers.
• Experience building Kubernetes native micro-services leveraging gRPC, AS3, protobufs, helm etc.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes Controllers, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures.
• Hands-on familiarity with Kubernetes and container-based platforms.
• Ability to collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced high-performance environment.
• Knowledge and expertise in software engineering methodologies and practices for the full software development process, including coding standards, code reviews, build process, CI/CD, testing, and operations.
• Working experience in Agile software development methodology.
• Demonstrated ability in mentoring and developing people.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated excellence in all written communications.
• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• 1+ years of prior experience in managing or leading a team of software engineers.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad.