Manager, Software Engineering
- Opentext
- 12 - 17 years
- Bengaluru
- 4 months ago
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Job Description
Your Impact:
The Engineering Manager, within Software Engineering R&D is responsible for setting direction and leadership to development teams, working on medium to large scale global projects stemming both from roadmap and customer direct requirements. He/She will be responsible for Technical Direction to the teams, Project Management, Escalation and account management for key accounts as well as People Management for driving the R&D functions.
This position requires strong technical, people leadership and customer facing experience, excellent communication, and hands-on product development skills. He/She must have strong technical background, and proficient in motivating and leading the team, through vision, strategic positioning, and leadership characteristics. He/She is expected to work closely with the Product and Program management teams in defining product roadmaps. Working exposure to diverse cross geo teams is important.What the role offers:
- Technically hands-on, guide the team on technical and functional aspects of the project.
- Helps team achieve sprint/release goals while partnering with the Product Manager on overall business goals.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure plans & resources are coordinated, and project deliverables are well defined, scoped and achieved.
- Deliver assigned projects on time, budget and agreed quality standards.
- Drive the planning, daily stand-ups and result oriented retrospectives.
- Provide guidance, technical feedback and ensure release goal is achieved.
- Provide visibility to team impediments/risks and help eliminate them.
- Provide resource forecasting and optimize usage of resources.
- Ensure appropriate and timely reporting.
- Manage communication cross-functionally and escalate promptly when issues arise.
- Provide guidance, technical feedback and ensure project delivery success.
What you need to succeed:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, with a minimum of 12 years of experience in software engineering, including at least 4 years in a leadership or project management role.
- Proven expertise in Java full-stack development with hands-on coding experience.
- Prior experience in product-based organizations, specifically working on large-scale enterprise applications, is highly desirable.
- Strong background in Agile project management is essential; familiarity with SAFe methodology is a plus.
- Exceptional communication skills and demonstrated ability to lead and inspire teams effectively.
- Practical knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools is required.
- Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile practices.
- Experience in designing and developing microservices-based applications, with hands-on exposure to Cloud Native architecture, Kubernetes, and major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. Proficiency in building RESTful web services is advantageous.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts, particularly in the areas of data protection and identity & access management, is beneficial.
Job Classification
Industry: Software ProductFunctional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QARole Category: Software DevelopmentRole: Engineering ManagerEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: OpentextLocation(s): Bengaluru
Keyskills: software development life cycle java product development software engineering agile continuous integration kubernetes rest software development enterprise applications ci/cd microsoft azure microservices gcp devops cloud native architecture aws
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