Job Summary

We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the development of our nextgeneration cloudnative networking, security and AI platforms. This role will own the delivery of Kubernetes network Controller, product licensing workflows and AI-native software development to run across hybrid multi-cloud / onprem Kubernetes environments and public cloud platforms.

You will lead an efficient team of engineers building highscale, highperformance systems at the intersection of networking, security, cloud, and AI.

Responsibilities

- Support, mentor, and coach as well as provide professional development for your team. Collaborate across teams and deliver high-quality software to meet customer needs.
- Advise on the architecture, code patterns, testing, and continuous integration details.
- Take ownership of customer issues with timely fixes and provide proper RCA (Root Cause Analysis) to the wider group.
- Collaborate with leaders in engineering and product management on roadmap, strategy, coordinating dependencies, and establishing transparent requirements to effectively meet delivery and quality commitments.
- Perform continuous team member evaluations to enable frequent feedback.
- Identify hiring needs and be the hiring manager for recruiting engineers.
- Motivate and foster a collaborative environment within your team, actively engaging with senior management and executives. Adopt a managerial approach that emphasizes support and empowerment for your teams,



while also championing the cultivation of a positive and cohesive team culture.
- Establish best practices for software quality, reliability, security, and operational excellence
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and innovation

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

- Experience and passion for taking a leading role in building complex software systems, delivered successfully to customers.
- Experience building Kubernetes nativemicro-services leveraging gRPC, AS3, protobufs, helm etc.
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes Controllers, distributed systems, and cloudnative architectures
- Handson familiarity with Kubernetes and containerbased platforms
- Able to collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced high-performance environment.
- Knowledge and expertise in software engineering methodologies and practices for full software development process, including coding standards, code reviews, build process, CI/CD, testing, and operations.
- Working experience in Agile software development methodology.
- Demonstrated ability in mentoring and developing people.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrated excellence in all written communications.

Qualifications

- Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelors degree; or 6 years and a masters degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience.
- 1+ years of prior experience in managing / leading team of software engineers preferred

📌 Engineering Manager - BIGIP Next For Kubernetes (Hyderabad)
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📍 Hyderabad