Roles & Responsibilities

- Own delivery governance across multiple pods: sprint commitments, release plans, milestones and quality outcomes.

- Manage staffing, onboarding, knowledge transfer, continuity planning and timely replacements so teams stay fully productive.

- Track and manage risks, dependencies and issues across pods, and drive escalations to closure with client and internal stakeholders.

- Define, track and report engineering metrics (velocity, predictability, defect leakage, cycle time, test coverage) and drive improvement actions.

- Prepare regular status reports and steering-committee updates for client and Kanerika leadership.

- Support timesheet management, effort tracking and invoicing reconciliation.

- Partner with Tech Leads and the AI Architect on technical direction, capacity planning and engineering best practices.

- Coach and mentor Tech Leads and engineers, and drive performance management, career growth and team engagement.

- Ensure adherence to SDLC, security, compliance, CI/CD and definition-of-done standards across pods.

- AI governance eng - Staff Aug Project

- Job Location: Hyderabad, Indore and Ahmedabad.

- The role needs strong technical credibility combined with people management and engineering operations discipline.

- Full-time Kanerika employee.

- Build enterprise-grade products in data privacy and AI governance that are used by organizations worldwide.

Requirements

Ideal Candidate

- Strong Engineering / Delivery Manager Profile with multi-pod delivery governance and B2B enterprise SaaS leadership
- Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years as an Engineering Manager or Delivery Manager
- Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have managed multiple agile teams (20+ engineers) on enterprise B2B SaaS engagements
- Mandatory (Experience 3): Must have strong expertise in Agile/Scrum delivery at scale (multi-team planning, dependency management, release governance) and owning delivery outcomes across pods
- Mandatory (Tech skill 1): Must have a technical background in Java,



Python or full-stack development, enough to engage credibly in architecture and design discussions (working knowledge of Java/Spring Boot, Python, Angular, microservices and AWS/Azure)
- Mandatory (Tech skill 2): Must have an understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, test automation and quality engineering practices
- Mandatory (Skill 1): Must have hands-on experience with staffing, resource planning, onboarding, continuity planning and people management
- Mandatory (Skill 2): Must have defined and reported engineering KPIs and delivery metrics (velocity, predictability, defect leakage, cycle time, test coverage) and driven improvement
- Mandatory (Skill 3): Must be experienced with Jira, Confluence and delivery reporting tools (Excel or Power BI), and familiar with Time & Material engagements, timesheets and invoicing processes
- Mandatory (Skill 4): Must have excellent stakeholder management, communication and escalation-handling skills, able to run status reports and steering-committee updates
- Mandatory (Education): Must have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Mandatory (Domain): Must have delivered enterprise B2B SaaS products or platforms, either at a product company or within a services company working on SaaS products
- Preferred (Domain/Certs): Experience delivering AI/ML, GenAI or data platform programs; data privacy/governance/security/compliance product exposure; PMP, CSM, SAFe or PMI-ACP certification

Experience: 8–12 years · Work from office · 5 days a week · Notice period up to 30 days

Benefits

- Open Door Policy: Encourages open communication and accessibility to management.





- Open Office Floor Plan: Fosters a collaborative and interactive work environment.

- Flexible Working Hours: Allows employees to have flexibility in their work schedules.

- Employee Referral Bonus: Rewards employees for referring qualified candidates.

- Appraisal Process Twice a Year: Provides regular performance evaluations and feedback.

- Hiring practices that promote diversity: Ensures a diverse and inclusive workforce.

- Mandatory POSH training: Promotes a safe and respectful work environment.

- GMC and Term Insurance: Offers medical coverage and financial protection.

- Health Insurance: Provides coverage for medical expenses.

- Disability Insurance: Offers financial support in case of disability.

- Company-sponsored family events: Creates opportunities for employees and their families to bond.

- Generous Parental Leave: Allows parents to take time off after the birth or adoption of a child.

- Family Medical Leave: Offers leave for employees to take care of family members' medical needs.

- Company-sponsored outings: Organizes recreational activities for employees.

- Gratuity: Provides a monetary benefit as a token of appreciation.

- Provident Fund: Helps employees save for retirement.

- Generous PTO: Offers more than the industry standard for paid time off.

- Paid sick days: Allows employees to take paid time off when they are unwell.

- Paid holidays: Gives employees paid time off for designated holidays.

- Bereavement Leave: Provides time off for employees to grieve the loss of a loved one.

- L&D; with FLEX- Enterprise Learning Repository: Provides access to a learning repository for professional development.

- Mentorship Program: Offers guidance and support from experienced professionals.

- Job Training: Provides training to enhance job-related skills.

- Skilled Certification Reimbursements: Assists employees in obtaining professional certifications.

- Promote from Within: Encourages internal growth and advancement opportunities.

📌 Engineering Delivery Manager (EnterpriseB SaaS) (Hyderabad)
🏢 Kanerika
📍 Hyderabad