Senior Manager, Engineering

Job Description
Job Title: Manager/Sr. Manager
Location: Hyderabad
Years of Experience: 8+ years in software development, with 3+ years in a managerial role

Position Overview

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Manager or Senior Manager to lead and grow a high-performing engineering team within a product-driven environment. This individual will be responsible for overseeing the development, delivery, and support of scalable, robust, and high-quality software products. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Python, Java, React, AWS, and API design, with a proven ability to inspire and manage engineers to deliver exceptional results.

In this role you will...

Team Leadership and Development

• Lead a team of software engineers, providing mentorship, technical guidance, and career development.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team.

Technical Oversight

• Drive the architecture and development of robust, scalable, and maintainable solutions using Python, Java, React, AWS, and RESTful APIs.
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure high standards of quality and maintainability.

Product Delivery

• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX designers, and other stakeholders to define product roadmaps and technical requirements.
• Oversee sprint planning, resource allocation, and project execution to meet deadlines and deliverables.

Operational Excellence

• Implement best practices in DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure management to ensure high system availability and performance.
• Monitor and optimize application performance, scalability, and security.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a liaison between the engineering team and business stakeholders, translating business needs into technical solutions.
• Communicate project progress, risks, and outcomes to leadership and stakeholders.

You’ve got what it takes if you have…

Technical Expertise

• Strong hands-on experience with Python, Java, and React, building scalable, production-grade applications.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing RESTful APIs, GraphQL and microservices architecture that enable modular, reusable, and maintainable solutions.
• Experience in end-to-end product development — from requirement analysis, system design, coding, testing, and deployment to post-release support and iteration.
• Expertise in cloud-native development using AWS services (e.g., EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda), with an ability to design secure, cost-effective, and high-performing solutions.
• Practical knowledge of database design (SQL and NoSQL), caching strategies, and performance optimization for large-scale applications.
• Strong understanding of front-end and back-end integration, ensuring seamless user experiences and reliable system performance.
• Exposure to modern development practices such as TDD/BDD, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure as code.
• Ability to make architecture trade-offs balancing scalability, performance, security, and time-to-market.
• Deep appreciation of product thinking — ensuring that technical decisions directly align with customer value, usability, and long-term product vision.

Leadership Experience

• Proven track record of leading and managing engineering teams in a product company environment.
• Ability to inspire and motivate team members to achieve their highest potential.

Product Mindset

• Deep understanding of the product lifecycle, from ideation to deployment and iteration.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-centric solutions.

Operational Skills

• Strong background in Agile methodologies, sprint planning, and resource management.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure automation.

Communication

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Environment: Be part of a company that values creativity and cutting-edge technology.
• Career Growth: Opportunities to develop your career in a leadership role with a clear path for advancement.
• Collaborative Culture: Work with a team of passionate and talented professionals committed to delivering exceptional products.
• Core Values: Join a company that lives by the values of shattering boundaries, sparking greatness, and sharing success in everything we do.

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Our Culture:

Spark Greatness. Shatter Boundaries. Share Success. Are you ready? Because here, right now – is where the future of work is happening. Where curious disruptors and change innovators like you are helping communities and customers enable everyone – anywhere – to learn, grow and advance. To be better tomorrow than they are today.

Who We Are:

Cornerstone powers the potential of organizations and their people to thrive in a changing world. Cornerstone Galaxy, the complete AI-powered workforce agility platform, meets organizations where they are. With Galaxy, organizations can identify skills gaps and development opportunities, retain and engage top talent, and provide multimodal learning experiences to meet the diverse needs of the modern workforce. More than 7,000 organizations and 100 million+ users in 180+ countries and in nearly 50 languages use Cornerstone Galaxy to build high-performing, future-ready organizations and people today.

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