Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Cooperative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work workplace where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description
Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

Data Platform Engineering
· Lead engineering teams responsible for enterprise data platforms, cloud-native data services, and up-to-date data architectures.
· Drive scalable, secure, and resilient data engineering solutions on Microsoft Azure.
· Partner with global architecture teams to establish engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and platform best practices.
· Ensure operational excellence, reliability, performance, and platform availability.





AI Engineering & Data Products
· Lead engineering for AI platforms, MLOps, developer tooling, and enterprise AI enablement.
· Deliver reusable data products, APIs, and engineering capabilities supporting analytics and AI across the firm.
· Partner with Data Governance and MDM teams to ensure trusted, governed, high-quality data.

Technical Leadership
· Serve as the senior technical leader for the India Data & AI Engineering organization.
· Provide architecture guidance, code quality standards, engineering governance, and technical mentoring.
· Champion DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation, observability, and engineering excellence.
· Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic investments.

People Leadership
· Build, lead, and develop a world-class Data & AI Engineering organization in India.
· Recruit, mentor, and retain exceptional engineering talent while creating a culture of ownership, innovati

📌 Vice President, Data Engineering Mumbai
🏢 Ares Management
📍 Mumbai