Tech Manager

• This position will lead multiple R&D teams that are developing a portfolio of enterprise grade and cloud scale products.
• We are looking for someone who is an established R&D leader, passionate about building and operating cloud native and highly distributed products that are used by millions of users in a SaaS business model, has a deep understanding of agile development methods and can lead a team of highly qualified software engineers.

How will you make an impact?

• Lead the development of an enterprise-grade SaaS software product.
• Be the people manager for a software development team, including developers, testers, DevOps engineers, other roles.
• Work with the line of business to define the product roadmap and strategy.
• Lead the development of short, medium, and long-term plans to achieve strategic objectives.
• Work closely with product managers, technical architects, technical writers, and software engineers to define/develop features big and small for our products.
• Lead the teams delivery to a successful release by tracking work, dependencies and risks and taking corrective actions as necessary.
• Be accountable for the quality of the product by ensuring best quality engineering practices are followed including (but not limited to): unit tests, test automation, code reviews, and secure development practices.
• Manage all people aspects of the team, such as hiring, reviews, mentoring, promotions, etc
• Provide worldwide support to our customers.
• Prioritize, assign, and manage department activities and projects in accordance with the R&D departments goals and objectives. Adjust hours of work, priorities, and staff assignments to ensure efficient operation based on workload.
• Design and present projects to improve current process and overall platform

Have you got what it takes?

• BE/BTech in computer science

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  ME/MTech/MBA optional
• 14+ years of experience in Software Engineering.
• At least 5 years experience in managing multiple teams of software developers.
• Proven track record of managing the development of enterprise-grade software products that can perform, scale, and integrate into a broad enterprise ecosystem.
• Experience developing and supporting multi-tenant cloud-native software delivered as-a-service (SaaS).
• Good exposure to cloud architecture and associated design patterns for development, deployment, and maintenance.
• Familiar with DevOps processes and tools employed in SaaS architectures to support CI/CD and monitoring.
• Familiar with Quality KPIs and SLAs for SaaS applications.
• Experience of product development using Angular, Javascript, Typescript technologies and web technologies.
• Experience of full stack development using C#/.NET is an added advantage.
• Experience of development of BI products: understanding of data visualization, data warehouse / data lake concepts, reporting data sets is an added advantage.
• Experience with public cloud infrastructures and technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience working in a global product software company for enterprise customers (Fortune 100 companies).
• Experience working abroad or with global teams is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to deftly influence others, especially in sensitive or complex situations.
• Deep experience with agile software development techniques and pitfalls.
• Excellent communication skills, problem-solving and decision-making skills.