Senior Manager of Engineering (Platform)

India·Hyderabad

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Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Delivery: Lead multiple engineering teams (including engineering leads and individual contributors) responsible for enterprise-scale applications, ensuring predictable,

Requirements Summary

Technical Skills & Experience: Proven Experience: 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a manager or leadership role leading multiple engineering teams.

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Position Title: Senior Manager of Engineering
Location: Hyderabad, India
Department: Engineering
Reports to: Director of Engineering 
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

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Lead multiple engineering teams (including engineering leads and individual contributors) responsible for enterprise-scale applications, ensuring predictable, high-quality delivery against roadmap commitments.
Define and track engineering metrics (delivery velocity, quality, reliability, and cost), and continuously improve processes across planning, development, testing, and release.
Balance priorities, capacity, and technical debt across teams, and manage risks, dependencies, and escalations with clarity and accountability.

Drive the design, development, and optimization of core platform services, focusing on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
Guide teams in building backend services with Java and Spring Boot, data solutions with SQL databases, and modern user interfaces with React.js.
Oversee the development of APIs, microservices, and event-driven components that integrate seamlessly with existing systems and enable new capabilities.

Lead efforts to modernize legacy systems and migrate them to cloud-native platforms and microservices architecture.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth data migration, system integrations, and platform transitions.
Identify and implement new technologies and practices that improve platform performance and operational efficiency.

Monitor and optimize platform performance, ensuring high availability, low latency, and fault tolerance for high-volume workloads.
Identify bottlenecks, improve system efficiency, and manage the scaling of platform services to accommodate growing demands.
Implement real-time data processing and analytics to enhance platform insights and decision-making.

Ensure robust security measures across platform services to protect sensitive data and comply with industry standards (e.g., HIPAA, PCI-DSS).
Ensure secure communication between platform components, apply sound encryption and key-management strategies, and enforce strong authentication and authorization.

Build scalable, resilient, and secure cloud infrastructure supporting platform services and operations, with a preference for Azure.
Implement DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and continuous delivery for rapid, reliable deployment of platform updates.
Collaborate with infrastructure teams to optimize cloud resources for performance and cost-efficiency.

Establish monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure platform stability and uptime.
Proactively identify and resolve issues affecting platform services, ensuring minimal downtime, and lead incident response and post-incident reviews.
Build and maintain disaster recovery plans to ensure high availability and business continuity.

Hire, lead, and develop engineers and engineering leads across multiple teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and career development support.
Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture, encouraging continuous learning, growth, and engineering excellence.
Lead by example, promoting a culture of accountability, ownership, and innovation.

Work closely with product management, operations, and other engineering teams to ensure platform features meet business needs and align with strategic goals.
Engage with senior leadership to ensure that platform initiatives align with broader business objectives and user needs.

Drive decisions related to platform architecture, technology choices, and development processes, ensuring alignment with business objectives and long-term strategy.
Navigate ambiguity and make informed decisions in fast-changing environments, adapting plans as needed to meet evolving business priorities.

Collaborate effectively with engineering teams across different geographic locations, ensuring alignment and smooth communication despite time zone and cultural differences.
Lead or participate in cross-regional initiatives to optimize platform performance and ensure consistency across global systems.

Requirements

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10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a manager or leadership role leading multiple engineering teams.
Strong hands-on background in Java, Spring Boot, SQL databases, and React.js, with experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale applications.
Expertise in building and maintaining scalable, distributed platforms and services, including microservices and RESTful APIs.
Experience with DevOps, CI/CD practices, and cloud infrastructure management to support platform operations.

Team Leadership: Proven experience leading and mentoring multiple engineering teams, including managers or technical leads, helping to develop talent, foster a culture of innovation, and maintain high-performance standards.
Enterprise-Scale Delivery: Track record of delivering and operating large, business-critical applications with multiple teams, dependencies, and stakeholders.
Collaboration & Communication: Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, operations, and other engineering groups, to achieve shared goals.
Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills to identify platform issues, optimize performance, and resolve complex technical challenges.

Ability to make informed technical decisions in ambiguous environments and navigate trade-offs between platform performance, scalability, and security.
Experience driving alignment across teams and stakeholders on platform development priorities, ensuring a unified direction and efficient execution.

Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate platform requirements, technical solutions, and project progress to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to manage relationships and collaborate effectively with teams across various locations.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
Relevant certifications in Azure or other cloud platforms are a plus.

Nice to Have

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Experience in payments, issuer processing platforms, and tokenization (e.g., card issuing, authorization and settlement flows, token vaults, network or wallet tokenization).
Hands-on experience with the Azure cloud platform (e.g., AKS, Azure SQL, Service Bus/Event Hubs, Azure DevOps, Key Vault, Azure Monitor).
Experience working in platform engineering within insurance, financial services, or other regulated industries.
Familiarity with microservices architecture, event-driven design, serverless computing, and distributed systems.
Knowledge of regulatory compliance standards such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and others related to platform security.
Experience with third-party integrations and APIs.