Software Engineering Manager - Java Full Stack

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Delivery

• Own end-to-end delivery of technology solutions across multiple engineering teams, ensuring alignment with product roadmaps, timelines, and quality standards

• Oversee and guide solution design, architecture decisions, and engineering practices across teams

• Drive consistency in coding standards, design patterns, and development processes

• Ensure delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performance applications

• Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and delivery bottlenecks

People & Team Management

• Directly manage multiple engineering leads, providing coaching, mentoring, and performance guidance. One Engineering lead typically manage one team.

• Build and scale high-performing engineering teams in the GCC environment

• Drive career growth, skill development, and succession planning across teams

• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

• Manage resource planning, capacity allocation, and hiring in alignment with business needs

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Architecture, Design, and global engineering teams to deliver business value

• Translate business strategy into technical execution plans and measurable outcomes

• Work effectively in a distributed/global team model, ensuring seamless coordination with onshore stakeholders

Process & Agile Excellence

• Drive adoption of Agile/Scrum practices across teams in collaboration with Scrum Masters

• Improve team productivity through metrics, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence practices

• Promote DevOps culture, automation, and efficient CI/CD workflows

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

• 15+ years of relevant software engineering experience

• 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including managing engineering leads

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Proven experience managing multiple teams through Engineering Leads in a matrix/global setup

• Strong experience working in offshore/onshore delivery models, preferably within Banking and Financial Services domain

• Demonstrated expertise in designing and delivering enterprise-grade large-scale, distributed, and high-availability systems

• Coding experience in UI/API development, microservices architecture, and system integration patterns in Spring Boot and React. Native iOS, Android experience is nice to have.

• Understanding of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or similar platforms

• Solid experience with Agile methodologies and scaling Agile across multiple teams

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across global teams

Leadership Competencies

• Ability to balance technical depth with people leadership and delivery accountability

• Strong decision-making skills with a focus on business impact and engineering trade-offs

• Proven ability to influence without authority across global teams

• High ownership mindset with focus on execution excellence and predictable delivery