Manager, Software Engineering

Overview

Lead high-performing engineering teams while contributing to technical direction, architectural discussions, and delivery excellence. Collaborate with Product, Architecture, and Engineering teams to build scalable, reliable, and high-performing applications.

What you'll do

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 8–20 engineers, fostering ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Promote best practices in coding, design, testing, and deployment.
• Provide technical guidance and career mentorship to engineers.
• Conduct performance reviews, feedback sessions, and career development planning.
• Provide technical oversight for solutions using .NET Core, C#, Web APIs, ReactJS, and SQL Server.
• Ensure adherence to software design patterns, architectural best practices, and clean code principles.
• Guide teams in building scalable, performant, and reliable systems.
• Drive database design, query optimization, and performance tuning initiatives.
• Collaborate with architects on system architecture and technical roadmaps.
• Plan and execute development initiatives aligned with product roadmaps and business priorities.
• Ensure teams deliver high-quality software within defined timelines.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and technical challenges.
• Foster continuous integration, automated testing, and reliable releases.
• Ensure teams follow DevOps practices using AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows.
• Promote automation and operational excellence in build, deployment, and monitoring.
• Optimize systems for availability, scalability, and reliability in cloud environments.
• Work with Product Managers, Architects, QA teams, and stakeholders to define technical solutions and deliver customer value.
• Translate product requirements into technical deliverables and execution plans.
• Facilitate communication across teams to align goals and priorities.
• Lead Agile/Scrum teams through sprint planning, execution, and retrospectives.
• Improve engineering processes, workflows, delivery efficiency, productivity, and quality metrics.

What you'll need

• Strong experience with C#, .NET Core, Web APIs, ReactJS, and SQL Server.
• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based development workflows.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, system architecture, database design, performance optimization, scalability, and reliability.
• 3–5+ years of experience leading engineering teams.
• Experience managing teams of 8–20 engineers.
• Proven track record of delivering complex software projects.
• Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Ability to balance engineering processes with execution speed and innovation.
• Experience improving engineering productivity and quality metrics.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work closely with product and architecture teams to drive technical decisions.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-demand environment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset.
• Ability to think creatively and solve complex engineering challenges.
• Strong ownership and accountability mindset.
• Passion for building scalable products and high-performing teams.
• Ability to balance technical depth with leadership responsibilities.

Nice to have

• Experience in large-scale distributed systems.
• Exposure to microservices architecture.
• Experience leading modernization or platform transformation initiatives.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, TG, IND.