Who we are looking for:

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead and scale our product engineering teams in ACV India within our ACV Retail program. You will be a strong people leader who drives execution, fosters cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Product, Operations, and business stakeholders, and delivers high-quality solutions predictably and sustainably.

In this role, you will build self-organizing teams, streamline engineering operations using modern delivery metrics (DORA, DevEx), manage career growth, and ensure the overall health and operational excellence of your teams.

What will you do

- Manage one or more experienced software engineering teams by mentoring and nurturing team members through 1:1s, effectively evaluating and guiding individual performance.
- Cultivate elite engineering squads, promoting continuous growth, superior technical standards, and solid talent retention.
- Partner with Product Management, Operations, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-quality engineering solutions that achieve company goals.
- Lead and contribute to engineering standards, best practices, delivery metrics, and tooling across the department.




- Expand and strengthen our technology teams by recruiting elite talent and engaging externally with partners, conferences, universities, and open-source communities.
- Own technical debt prioritization, cloud infrastructure cost management, and overall quality standards for your teams.

What you should have:

- 10+ years of experience in the software development field.
- 5+ years leading engineering teams of 10+ people from both a functional and people management perspective.
- Demonstrated success leading teams responsible for business-critical applications, cloud-based architectures, and scalable services.
- Experience partnering effectively with Product Management, cross-functional stakeholders, and complex enterprise organization structures to unblock teams.
- Proven track record in managing execution, priorities, and delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Hands-on familiarity with modern tech stacks: Domain-Driven Design, Python, Node, Vue, JavaScript, Kubernetes, Kafka, MySQL, and/or Postgres.
- Ability to track and proactively manage cloud operational expenses (OpEx) for running services.

📌 Senior Software Engineering Manager (Chennai)
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