Software Engineer Manager II

Overview

Lead multiple software engineering teams or a complex engineering domain delivering enabling-function solutions. Drive scalable engineering outcomes aligned to enterprise strategy as a senior people leader and technical delivery authority.

What you'll do

• Lead and develop software engineers across teams.
• Set clear direction, priorities, and delivery expectations at domain level.
• Role-model strong leadership, accountability, and engineering excellence.
• Ensure solutions follow agreed software architecture, DevOps, and security patterns.
• Oversee complex technical decisions, cross-team dependencies, and trade-offs.
• Partner closely with Architecture, DevOps, AI, and Enablement leadership.
• Be accountable for delivery outcomes across multiple teams or portfolios.
• Proactively manage delivery, financial, and operational risks.
• Ensure consistent adoption of engineering standards and controls.
• Shape the evolution of enterprise software engineering practices.
• Mentor software engineers and build leadership capability.
• Contribute to strategic planning and investment decisions.

What you'll need

• Strong experience leading multi-team engineering delivery to achieve predictable outcomes, capability uplift and stakeholder confidence.
• Strong systems thinking and ability to manage complexity at scale.
• Demonstrated ability ensuring delivery is consistent, efficient and aligned to organisational priorities.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and align business leaders, product teams, and engineering teams around shared objectives and manage trade-offs effectively.
• Leadership style that empowers Arcadians, promotes accountability and continuous improvement, and supports a healthy, inclusive and high engagement culture aligned to the Arcadis Leadership profile of being curious, driving success and igniting passion.
• 5+ years’ post-undergraduate experience in technology engineering leadership.
• A demonstrated track record of delivering complex engineering outcomes and improving performance through governance, prioritisation and capability development.
• Degree level education in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Strong leadership experience in engineering management, delivery performance and technical governance across multiple teams or services.

Details

• Location: India.