Senior Engineering Manager

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager based in India.

In this role, you will lead the engineering vision and execution for a large-scale, customer-facing telematics platform used by global insurers, automakers, and mobility providers. You will own end-to-end delivery across product development, platform reliability, and system evolution, ensuring a seamless experience for millions of end users. This is a high-impact leadership role where you will balance strategic planning with hands-on execution across complex distributed systems. You will collaborate closely with product, commercial, and customer-facing teams to shape roadmap priorities and deliver measurable outcomes. The environment is fast-moving and deeply cross-functional, requiring strong technical judgment and operational rigor. You will also play a key role in building and scaling a high-performing engineering organization while driving platform modernization initiatives.

• Own the end-to-end engineering delivery, performance, and reliability of a large-scale customer-facing telematics platform, ensuring stability across feature development, operations, and production systems.
• Lead the vision, architecture, and execution of next-generation platform capabilities, including modernization and migration from legacy systems.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with product, commercial, and customer success teams to define priorities and deliver unified, high-quality customer experiences.
• Ensure system availability and operational excellence through active involvement in monitoring, incident response, and production health management.
• Oversee large-scale system design decisions, including microservices-based architectures, cloud infrastructure, and high-throughput distributed systems.
• Build, mentor, and scale high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and technical excellence.
• Balance roadmap execution, production stability, and business-as-usual operations in a fast-paced, high-change environment.

Requirements:

• 8–12+ years of software engineering experience, including 3–5+ years in engineering leadership roles managing teams and delivering production systems.
• Strong background in computer science or engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience owning customer-facing, production-grade platforms with accountability for availability, performance, and reliability.
• Deep technical expertise in scalable distributed systems, including microservices architectures, cloud-native applications, and high-volume web systems.
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments (preferably AWS), CI/CD pipelines, and modern observability practices (logging, monitoring, tracing).
• Strong ability to diagnose and resolve complex production issues through log analysis, system debugging, and performance tuning.
• Demonstrated success leading distributed teams and cross-functional collaboration with product, QA, and customer-facing stakeholders.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package aligned with experience and market benchmarks
• Equity participation in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage including medical, accident, and life insurance
• Retirement and statutory benefits such as gratuity and parental leave support
• Flexible allowances including travel, mobile/telephone reimbursement, meals, and professional development support
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote and hybrid options depending on role requirements
• Paid time off including sick leave, public holidays, and vacation benefits
• Strong emphasis on learning and development programs and employee assistance initiatives
• Inclusive work environment with employee resource groups and community initiatives
• Opportunity to contribute to global-scale systems that improve road safety worldwide