Senior Manager, Application Engineering (Appian Platform)

Overview

Senior Manager, Application Engineering at Vanguard India in Hyderabad, leading a team that provides the most senior level IT technical lead services across platforms, overseeing secure API integration, aligning architecture with user and enterprise goals, and driving software documentation standards.

What you'll do

• Hire, evaluate and supervise crew; provide guidance and training to develop crew.
• Set performance standards, review performance, and make informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
• Provide the most senior level IT technical lead and architecture services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms.
• Provide technical expertise and complete complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.
• Lead and ensure the viability of IT deliverables; provide development and architectural options and approve the team's technical deliverables.
• Conduct testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security; provide production support for products.
• Identify potential solutions and approve technical solutions proposed by team members; elevate complex technical issues to IT experts.
• Resolve technical problems discovered by testers and internal clients; respond to and resolve technical issues in a timely manner.
• Research issues and perform root cause analysis; anticipate technology problems and prevent them.
• Communicate with key stakeholders on project issues and implications; evaluate the impacts of change requests on technologies and persuade and influence others on ideas.
• Maintain a current and working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards; mentor IT staff and identify training needs.
• Ensure usage of new standards by team members as they are instituted; learn and apply new technology quickly.
• Assist with the creation of strategic product roadmaps.
• Review and approve documentation and diagrams created by IT team members; write documentation, including technical standards and processes.
• Identify opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
• Develop code and test artifacts that reuse subroutines or objects, are well structured, backed by automated tests, include sufficient comments and are easy to maintain; write programs, test artifacts, ad hoc queries, and reports.
• Amplify the productivity of the entire team through collaboration and the implementation of technology frameworks.
• Thoroughly understand and comply with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures, and verify that deliverables meet requirements; work across organizational lines to improve both IT and Information Security policies and procedures.
• Maintain a broad understanding of front, middle and back office roles and of external partner roles, and design systems to enable efficient business processes while maintaining necessary controls.
• Oversee data flow integration between multiple APIs and systems for consistent, secure, and streamlined application performance.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across development, UX, and infrastructure teams, aligning systems architecture with end-user needs and enterprise objectives.
• Establish and govern software documentation standards to ensure clarity, maintainability, and ease of future upgrades.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

What you'll need

• Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience, with at least 5 years in a managerial role with a strong focus on application engineering.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience delivering complex enterprise technology solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and modern engineering practices.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments and leading cross-functional teams.
• Strong expertise in Appian platform development, architecture, and implementation.
• Experience designing and delivering enterprise workflow and business process management solutions.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies, preferably AWS.
• Strong people leadership and team-building capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence technical and business decisions across organizations.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and strategic thinking skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and drive successful outcomes.

Nice to have

• Appian certification(s) such as Lead Developer, Senior Developer, or Architect.
• AWS certification(s).
• Experience in Financial Services, Wealth Management, FinTech, or other regulated industries.
• Exposure to business process automation, workflow transformation, AI-enabled solutions, or digital transformation initiatives.

Details

• Based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard India.
• Hybrid working model for most employees.
• Only qualified external applicants will be considered.