Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager with strong expertise in Java, Hibernate, and the Cards & Payments domain. The candidate will lead engineering teams, drive technical architecture, and oversee the delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performance payment applications.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the end-to-end design, development, and delivery of enterprise applications using Java and Hibernate.
- Drive technical architecture and design decisions for scalable and reliable payment processing platforms.
- Manage and mentor engineering teams, ensuring effective delivery and technical excellence.
- Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Ensure secure coding practices, encryption, and transaction integrity across payment applications.
- Oversee code reviews, coding standards, and reusable component development.
- Manage CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment activities.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and industry standards applicable to Cards & Payments.
- Drive performance optimization, database tuning, and application scalability.
- Oversee production support, incident management, and root cause analysis.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, operations, risk, and compliance teams to ensure platform stability.
- Monitor application performance through logging, monitoring, and observability practices.




- Guide senior engineers on Java and Hibernate best practices and technical implementation.
- Align engineering roadmaps with business objectives and continuously improve payment platform reliability.

Mandatory Skills

- Strong expertise in Java and Core Java.
- Hands-on experience with Hibernate and ORM frameworks.
- Deep understanding of the Cards & Payments domain.
- Knowledge of payment processing, card issuance, authorization, clearing, and settlement.
- Experience in enterprise application architecture and development.
- Solid understanding of relational databases, data modeling, and performance tuning.
- Knowledge of secure coding, encryption, and transaction management.
- Experience with CI/CD, code reviews, and automated testing.
- Strong technical leadership and engineering team management experience.
- Experience handling production incidents and root cause analysis.

Preferred Skills

- Microservices architecture and distributed systems.
- Payment gateway and external payment network integrations.
- Application monitoring, logging, and observability.
- Experience working in regulated financial services environments.

Qualifications

- 12–16 years of overall IT experience.
- Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering enterprise-scale applications.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage hybrid teams and deliver within a day-shift schedule.

📌 Engineering Manager (India)
🏢 Cognizant Technology Solutions India
📍 India