Senior Engineering Manager, Software Development & Engineering (PL)
On-siteHyderabad, Telangana, India
Job Summary
Lead end-to-end ownership of software development projects, translating low-level design into structured specs and driving POCs to validate new technology choices. Manage high-volume Java and Spring applications across cloud environments, overseeing distributed databases, real-time streaming, and event-driven systems. Direct teams in agile delivery using the Atlassian stack, ensuring CI/CD pipelines and batch data processing meet reliability standards. Partner with technical and business experts to define architecture, resolve conflicts, and establish team-level practices for AI-assisted development. Shape business unit strategy and resource allocation through data-driven decisions while mentoring talent in a growing global team.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's in Engineering, CS, or related field
- Hands-on with GitHub Copilot and/or Claude Code in IDE/CLI workflows
- Working knowledge of agentic and spec-driven development — translating low-level design (class structures, API contracts, data models) into structured specs, with custom instructions and prompt engineering to establish team-level practices
- Uses AI for code, tests, reviews, and automation — with clear ownership of correctness
- 10+ yrs: Java, Spring, cloud, REST + SOAP web services in high-volume, highly-available environments
- 4–6 yrs: Distributed/NoSQL DBs — PostgreSQL preferred, MongoDB, Yugabyte
- 4+ yrs: real-time data and streaming
- 4+ yrs: continuous build (Bamboo, Bitbucket/Git)
- 3+ yrs: GCP and/or AWS/Azure
- 3+ yrs: event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, message queues)
- 2+ yrs: cloud deployment in a CI/CD model
- 1+ yr: batch / data pipelines (Spring Batch, PySpark)
- Agile + Atlassian stack (JIRA, Confluence)
- Drives projects to completion — anticipates risks, proposes creative solutions
- Experience working with vendors, offshore teams, and internal stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal, analytical, influencing, and conflict-resolution skills; excellent written and verbal communication
Desired Qualifications
- End-to-end ownership partnering with technical and business experts; develops specs spanning architecture, design, production and test environments; drives POCs to validate new technology choices
- Strategic influence: drives data-based decisions, leads high-impact programs, and shapes business unit strategy and resource allocation
- Communication & standards: delivers persuasive verbal and written communication that engages diverse audiences; upholds high standards of reliability and subject-matter authority; raises quality benchmarks and establishes new standards of excellence
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