Job Summary

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing engineering team building scalable APIs and data platforms. You will own delivery, technical direction, and team growth while driving AI-first engineering practices using automation and intelligent tooling to improve how we design, build, ship, and operate software. You will balance hands-on technical leadership with people management, operational excellence, and a strong focus on quality, reliability, and talent development.

Job Requirements

Must Have
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in an engineering management or tech lead role with direct reports
- Solid hands-on background with Go and Python in production systems
- Experience building and operating APIs (REST and/or GraphQL) at scale
- Deep familiarity with PostgreSQL, Redis, and ClickHouse (or comparable OLTP + cache + OLAP stack)
- Proven experience with observability and monitoring using ELK and Grafana
- Practical understanding of Data Lakehouse concepts: data ingestion, warehousing/lake patterns,



and analytics pipelines
- Track record of engineering excellence: code review culture, CI/CD, testing strategy, and technical debt management
- Demonstrated operational excellence: incident management, SLOs, production support, and reliability improvements
- Strong talent management skills: hiring, coaching, performance management, and team building
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management across technical and non-technical audiences
- Commitment to AI-first engineering: actively using AI tools to improve team productivity, quality, and decision-making

Nice to Have
- Experience with Agentic AI systems: autonomous agents, tool-use workflows, RAG pipelines, or AI orchestration in production
- Background in data engineering, streaming, or large-scale analytics platforms
- Experience with cloud-native infrastructure, containers, and infrastructure-as-code
- Familiarity with securit

📌 Mgr, Software Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 NetApp
📍 Bengaluru