Software Engineering Manager

About the company

• Position listed on behalf of a partner company that manages all applications and next steps.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical direction and architecture for cross-cutting backend products and platform capabilities.
• Define and execute platform strategies in collaboration with engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Lead, manage, and develop a high-performing team of software engineers.
• Ensure engineering initiatives are delivered with high quality, on time, and in alignment with business objectives.
• Build strong working relationships with engineering, product, and other organizational partners.
• Make sound technical and organizational decisions when navigating complex engineering challenges.
• Promote engineering best practices, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of scalable backend systems using modern cloud and distributed technologies.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant experience leading engineering teams.
• Proven experience managing and developing engineering teams, ideally within fintech or another complex, highly regulated environment.
• Strong problem-solving, technical judgment, and decision-making capabilities.
• Strong experience with Java 17 or 21, with solid knowledge of backend development principles.
• Hands-on knowledge of Kafka, Spring Boot, Quarkus, AWS, and SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Strong understanding of scalable backend architectures, cloud platforms, distributed systems, and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience collaborating across multiple engineering or organizational teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong ownership mindset.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, or similar technologies is a plus.
• Legal authorization to work in India from the first day of employment; visa sponsorship is not available.
• Willingness to work from or relocate to Pune, India.

Conditions

• Opportunity to lead a high-impact backend engineering function.
• Work with modern technologies including Java, Kafka, Spring Boot, Quarkus, AWS, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Opportunity to build, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team.
• Collaborative environment focused on ownership, innovation, learning, and client impact.
• Inclusive workplace committed to diverse perspectives.
• Reasonable workplace accommodations available.
• Opportunity for long-term professional growth within a global technology environment.