IT Engineering Manager - Modern Engineering & Legacy Modernization

Overview

Lead and develop an E-commerce Fulfillment engineering team in Hyderabad, combining people leadership, technical leadership, application modernization and operational ownership across modern and legacy technologies.

What you'll do

• Build, lead, coach and develop a high-performing engineering team.
• Establish clear engineering expectations, standards and ways of working.
• Provide technical mentoring and create opportunities for engineers to broaden their capabilities.
• Develop cross-skilling across modern and legacy technology platforms.
• Build technical depth and reduce dependency on highly specialized legacy expertise through knowledge sharing and structured development.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, collaboration, learning and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical leadership across modern application engineering, iSeries, Mainframe, APIs, integrations and cloud-based solutions.
• Guide technical design and engineering decisions for E-commerce Fulfillment applications.
• Lead modernization initiatives that progressively transition legacy application capabilities toward modern engineering patterns.
• Guide teams in understanding existing application code, business logic, interfaces, dependencies and data flows before modernizing capabilities.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, maintainable, secure and aligned with business needs.
• Balance modernization priorities with the need to maintain stability and continuity across critical existing applications.
• Drive adoption of C#, .NET, REST APIs, Azure, modern integration patterns and automated testing.
• Champion DevSecOps, CI/CD, Git-based development, observability, secure engineering and deployment automation.
• Improve application reliability, production support, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis practices.
• Encourage automation across development, testing, deployment and operational support.
• Promote effective use of GitHub Copilot and GenAI-assisted engineering tools.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering quality and delivery practices.
• Provide technical guidance for applications operating across IBM iSeries/AS400 and Mainframe environments.
• Ensure appropriate engineering support and knowledge continuity for business-critical legacy applications.
• Guide engineers supporting legacy development, enhancements, defect resolution and production support.
• Partner with experienced SMEs to strengthen knowledge transfer and documentation.
• Develop cross-platform engineering capability so the team can operate across legacy and modern technologies.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, integrate, modernize or progressively replace legacy functionality.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, Operations, business teams and vendors to deliver technology solutions.
• Translate business requirements into engineering priorities and technical solutions.
• Contribute to architecture and solution-design discussions.
• Manage technical dependencies, risks and production issues across multiple applications and technology platforms.
• Balance modernization, engineering investment, operational stability and business priorities with stakeholders.
• Provide clear technical direction while enabling engineers to take ownership of solution delivery.

What you'll need

• Strong experience leading software engineering teams, including technical mentoring, coaching and talent development.
• Strong modern application engineering and solution-design experience.
• Solid understanding of full-stack engineering, including C#, .NET, REST APIs, enterprise integrations, SQL and automated testing.
• Experience with Azure-hosted applications, preferably including Azure App Service.
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD, source control, observability, secure engineering and production support.
• Experience leading application development, modernization or complex technology initiatives.
• Strong technical troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively across Product, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, business teams, Engineering and vendors.
• Strong learning agility and experience leading teams working across multiple technology stacks.
• Ability to balance hands-on technical leadership with people leadership and delivery responsibilities.
• Exposure to IBM iSeries / AS400 and Mainframe environments.
• Experience with C# / .NET application engineering, REST APIs and enterprise integrations.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure / cloud application development, application modernization and legacy-system integration.
• Experience with GitHub Copilot / GenAI-assisted engineering.

Nice to have

• Experience leading or developing engineers supporting legacy platforms.
• Experience with legacy application modernization or integration.
• Supply chain, fulfillment, warehouse, labeling or Ticketing domain experience.
• Experience leading environments where modern and legacy technologies coexist during a multi-year modernization journey.
• Experience with GitHub Copilot or comparable AI-assisted software engineering tools.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India (APAC Home Office).
• Address: Salarpuria Sattva Knowledge City, Inorbit Road.