Senior Engineering Manager - Data & AI Platforms

locationsIN - Bangalore
posted onPosted 28 Days Agojob requisition idR145361Maersk, the worlds largest integrated logistics company, is transforming how goods move across continents - and at the heart of that shift is data infrastructure. We are building
MIDAS, a modern, federated, metadata-driven data platform engineered for composability, governance, and AI-readiness.
We are hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead platform engineering efforts for MIDAS - designing and scaling a
multi-tenant, real-time, contract-first data platform that spans hundreds of internal systems and supports critical customer and operational use cases.
This is not just a leadership role. Its a once-in-a-decade opportunity to build the foundational data and AI architecture for an entire industry.
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What Youll Lead and Architect

Contract-Driven Data Pipelines powered by Apache Iceberg, Kafka, and Airflow with CI/CD for ingestion and transformation logic

Policy-as-Code Frameworks using OPA/Rego for automated enforcement of ABAC, retention, masking, and lineage propagation

Multi-Modal Metadata Plane integrating OpenMetadata or DataHub for discoverability, glossary, certification, and observability

Data Mesh Enablement for 300+ domain teams through onboarding blueprints, QuickStart DAGs, SLOs, and governance scaffolds

AI/ML Infrastructure Foundation feature store integration, model monitoring hooks, ML lineage tracking, and model artifact versioning

Scalable Runtime Architecture supporting containerized deployments, tenant isolation, RBAC, and declarative ownership models

You will also define the engineering strategy for GenAI enablement, with LLM-based copilots and inference patterns backed by real-time streaming and vector-indexed feature stores.
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Scale & Complexity Youll Tackle

20M+ containers, 700+ vessels, 100K+ customers across 130+ countries

$4 trillion of global GDP flows through Maersk's digital backbone

300+ business applications with heterogeneous schemas and integration models

Cross-functional federation involving Ops, TradeLens, GDA, Corp, TbM, and more

Mission-critical workloadsETA predictions, vessel tracking, customer order visibility, emissions analytics, and autonomous logistics intelligence

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Youll Work With

Engineering Leaders across Platform, Observability, AI/ML, Cybersecurity

Data Product Owners, Principal Architects, SteerCo Governance SMEs

Executive sponsors including VP of Platform Engineering, CTO, and CDO orgs

Teams distributed across EU, US, and India, with strong product collaboration

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Your Background

1215 years in engineering, with 5+ leading platform or data infra teams at scale

Proven architecture and delivery of internal data platforms, preferably supporting both batch + streaming

Deep experience in data governance, contract testing, and schema evolution workflows

Familiarity with tools like Iceberg, Delta, OpenMetadata, Kafka, Spark, MLflow, Feast, Airflow, dbt, or Dagster

Built or scaled ML platform components (e.g., feature stores, training pipelines, model registries) a major plus

Strong contributor to high-trust engineering culture and operational rigor (metrics, SLOs, RFCs, architecture councils)

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What This Role Offers
? Greenfield Engineering define and build the foundational data platform with autonomy and architectural freedom

AI/ML Future Scope own the technical ramp toward scalable, governed, AI-driven supply chain intelligence

Executive-Level Influence work directly with VPs and the CTO org; shape the future of logistics technology

Career-Defining Impact contribute to an industry-wide digital transformation with global-scale visibility and outcomes

Global Mission with Purpose help decarbonize and optimize global trade through data and systems excellence?? Why This Role is a Rare Opportunity? Redefine a Century-Old Industry with DataLogistics is being redefined. With over $20 trillion in goods flowing through our networks, Maersk's transformation is a generational shift - and data is at the heart of it. Your work will impact how ships are routed, containers are tracked, emissions are reduced, and customers experience the global supply chain.? Platform-Led Execution, Not Just AnalyticsMIDAS is an engineering-first initiative - it draws from modern data mesh principles, builds for scale and interoperability, and focuses on governed, discoverable, self-service data products that support both operational and analytical use cases.? Youll Own the Foundation for AI at MaerskAI is a strategic focus. Your team will lay the foundation to support use cases like:

LLM copilots for internal operations

AI-driven ETA predictions

AI agents for customer service

ML models for fuel optimization, disruption recovery, and carbon footprint estimation

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Executive-Level Impact
This role is embedded within Tech organisations, with direct exposure to VP-level stakeholders across Platform Engineering, Cybersecurity, Governance, Data Office, and Business Platforms. Youll shape the delivery strategy and operating model for a multi-year transformation.??
Ready to Build What Moves the World?
If youve built platforms that engineers love, unified data at scale, and want to define the data + AI fabric for global trade, wed love to connect. This is more than a job - its your opportunity to shape how the world moves.
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