Deutsche Telekom Digital Labs Senior Engineering Manager (Mobile + Backend) Digital Team
· Gurgaon
· Full-time WHO WE ARE Deutsche Telekom Digital Labs is the engineering hub of Deutsche Telekom, Europe’s #1 telecom brand. We build the digital products that millions of customers across Europe use every day. AI-first by design, we don't just adopt new technology, we build with it. You will be part of Deutsche Telekom:
• #1 most valuable telecom brand in the world, and #11 across all brands (Brand Finance Global 500, 2026)
• Top 100 in the Fortune Global 500 (#72 in 2025)
• EUR 119 billion Group revenue in 2025
• 273 million+ mobile customers in 50+ countries About The Team This team exists at the intersection of technology and the moments that matter most to customers. If you care deeply about the experience on the other side of the screen and want to build the systems that make every interaction feel effortless, this is where you belong. We're fast, fearless, and obsessed with closing the gap between what customers expect and what they actually get. YOU ASK WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? WE SAY,
• AI tools, on us — Every engineer ships with AI. Coding agents, token budgets and hackfests to build what's next.
• Grow faster — Free Coursera & Udemy access, certifications and internal mobility across teams.
• Time to recharge — Uncapped leaves, birthday leave, flexible hours, and sabbatical options.
• Family first — 9 months maternity on full pay, 15 days paternity, crèche support, infertility treatment and adoption leave.
• Health & wellness — Medical cover up to ₹15L for you and your family, unlimited free doctor consults, 24/7 counselling and free Cult.fit membership.
• Money & everyday — Flexi perks for car, fuel and books. Free meals and snacks on campus. Monthly phone and broadband allowance, plus relocation support when you need it. What exactly is the objective of this role? We're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager (Mobile + Backend) to join Digital team.



You will lead the engineers who build and run our consumer mobile app and the backend services behind it, owning technical quality, delivery, and team growth. This role suits someone with around 15-18 years of relevant experience, including significant experience leading engineering teams. What will be my

Key Responsibilities
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• Lead, hire, and grow a team of mobile engineers (iOS or Android) who build high-volume consumer apps, creating an inclusive environment where engineers are motivated, supported, and developing in their careers. Mentor engineers and emerging leads, give regular and candid feedback, and plan for succession.
• Own the architecture, quality, and release health of the mobile app, and ship high-quality releases on a steady, predictable cadence, with clear release management and app-store processes.
• Set and uphold mobile engineering standards for architecture (including patterns such as MVVM and Clean Architecture), performance, accessibility, crash-free rate, testing, and release automation, using the iOS or Android SDK and platform frameworks (Swift or Kotlin) effectively.
• Keep the app fast, reliable, and secure for millions of users. Use crash analytics, performance monitoring, and test automation to find issues early, and lead blameless root-cause analysis and follow-up actions when something breaks in production.
• Run Agile delivery (Scrum or Kanban), turn product goals into a clear roadmap, manage priorities, risks, and dependencies, and keep the team focused on innovative, user-centric experiences.
• Stay hands-on enough to review enterprise-level mobile and backend code and design, and explain technical trade-offs clearly to engineers, executives, and non-technical stakeholders,



solving problems analytically and making sound decisions with incomplete information.
• Own the backend services and APIs that power the app, built with Java and Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices, and keep them scalable, secure, and highly available, with strong observability, caching, and appropriate use of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Guide the design of microservices and API contracts with backend engineers and architects so mobile and backend evolve together, and make sure services run well on cloud platforms (AWS or GCP) using Docker.
• Drive CI/CD, monitoring, and release practices across mobile and backend, with an AI-first approach to coding, review, and testing, and encourage responsible, effective use of AI tools across the team.
• Partner with product, design, QA, platform, and business teams to deliver features end to end, and manage delivery, cost, and operational readiness, including on-call and incident practices. What will be nice to have?
• Experience building for both iOS and Android, or with cross-platform frameworks such as Flutter or React Native.
• Experience delivering accessibility and localisation at scale across a large user base.
• Hands-on experience using AI coding agents to speed up development, code review, and testing, with good judgment about quality and security.
• Background in telecom or other high-scale, consumer-facing industries. Why This Role?
• Build digital products from scratch on modern, cloud-native infrastructure.
• A real mandate to run lean and AI-first, not lip service, but how we actually operate.
• Influence at both ends: hands-on enough to matter in the detail, senior enough to shape strategy.
• A fast, agile culture where releases ship quickly and your judgment drives the roadmap. WITH THE RIGHT TEAM, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. If you're looking for an environment that's fun and friendly but incredibly fast-paced; a place where we measure the time between releases in days; a place where our focus begins and ends at the consumer, we'd love to have you JOIN US

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