Job Description:
Job Title: Senior Manager, Engineering – Personal Cards
Purpose of the Role
As a Senior Manager, Engineering, you will lead the strategy, architecture, development, and delivery of enterprise-scale digital platforms that power customer experiences, servicing capabilities, and business-critical transactions. This role combines strong people leadership with deep technical expertise across Java, Microservices, APIs, Cloud, and modern engineering practices.
You will be responsible for building and leading high-performing engineering teams while driving technology modernization, engineering excellence, and operational resilience. Success in this role requires balancing strategic thinking with hands-on technical leadership to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient solutions that create measurable business value.
Value You Deliver
•Lead and inspire high-performing engineering teams to deliver innovative, customer-centric technology solutions.
•Drive architecture and engineering decisions for cloud-native, microservices-based platforms that support enterprise-scale business capabilities.
•Accelerate technology modernization initiatives through adoption of modern engineering practices, automation, DevOps, and cloud technologies.
•Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Operations, and Business teams to align technology investments with strategic priorities.
•Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous learning, inclusion, and engineering excellence.
•Improve delivery predictability, software quality, platform reliability, and operational efficiency through standardized engineering practices.
•Mentor and develop engineering talent, creating strong leadership pipelines and high-performing teams.
•Ensure systems meet demanding standards for security, scalability, availability, observability, performance, and compliance.
The Skills That Are Key to This Role
Engineering & Architecture
•Expert-level proficiency in Java (11/17+), Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture.
•Strong experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems and enterprise applications.
•Deep understanding of Object-Oriented Design, SOLID principles, design patterns, and Domain-Driven Design.
•Expertise in API design, backend services, integration architecture, and event-driven systems.
•Experience driving architecture reviews, modernization initiatives, and technology transformation programs.
Cloud & Platform Engineering
•Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native application development.
•Expertise in containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
•Experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), platform automation, and engineering self-service capabilities.
•Strong understanding of scalability, resilience, observability, monitoring, and reliability engineering principles.
API & Integration Technologies
•REST APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger, API gateways, and API lifecycle management.
•Event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing models.
•Kafka or equivalent messaging and streaming platforms.
•API security, service orchestration, and enterprise integration patterns.
DevOps & Quality Engineering
•CI/CD implementation using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent platforms.
•Automated testing strategies including unit, integration, contract, API, and performance testing.
•Strong experience with JUnit, Mockito, Playwright, and modern testing frameworks.
•Expertise in modern software delivery, Git workflows, and Agile engineering practices.
Leadership & Collaboration
•People leadership, coaching, mentoring, and talent development.
•AI Driven mindset
•Executive communication and stakeholder management.
•Strategic thinking, decision-making, and organizational influence.
•Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive alignment across multiple business and technology groups.
•Customer-focused mindset with a strong bias toward execution and outcomes.
Expertise We Are Looking For
•Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
•15+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in Java, Microservices, APIs, and Cloud platforms.
•2+ years of people management experience leading engineering teams and technical leaders.
•Proven success delivering enterprise-scale application development, transformation, and modernization programs.
•Demonstrated experience managing multiple workstreams, large-scale technical initiatives, and distributed engineering teams.
•Strong background in Agile, DevOps, and modern software engineering methodologies.
•Experience in Financial Services, Wealth Management, Banking, Payments, or Cards domains is highly preferred.
•Knowledge of security frameworks and standards including OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, and OWASP principles.
•Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Splunk, Dynatrace, ELK, Prometheus, and SRE practices.
•Track record of building strong engineering cultures and developing future technology leaders.
How Your Work Impacts the Organization
•Enable the delivery of scalable, secure, and resilient digital platforms that support critical business functions and customer experiences.
•Shape the organization's technology strategy and modernization roadmap through cloud adoption and platform transformation.
•Improve speed-to-market, engineering productivity, and operational excellence through automation and modern development practices.
•Strengthen platform reliability, regulatory compliance, security posture, and service availability.
•Drive business growth by delivering technology solutions that enhance customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
•Build organizational capability by attracting, developing, and retaining top engineering talent.
•Influence enterprise-wide engineering standards, architecture principles, and technology investments.
•Help position the organization for long-term success by creating future-ready platforms that can scale with evolving business needs.
Location: Chennai (DLF Campus)
Work Hours: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM IST
Domain Preference: Wealth Management, Financial Services, Banking, Payments, or Cards Technology Solutions.
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Information Technology