Engineering Manager

7 Eleven; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

7 Eleven is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the offshore India engineering team supporting Restaurant POS and Kiosk platforms. You will drive delivery for Java/Spring Boot backend and React/React Native/Android frontends, while partnering with onshore teams to ensure high-quality releases.

You will manage a cross-functional team, implement structured delivery, mentor engineers, and uphold best practices across CI/CD and testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with 2+ years in engineering leadership or team management.
• Experience managing offshore development teams and coordinating with onshore stakeholders.
• Hands-on background in Java/Spring Boot and modern app development practices.
• Strong frontend/mobile tech experience: React, React Native, Android, Kotlin.
• Proven delivery of production-grade, customer-facing apps in SDLC environments.
• Experience with REST APIs, client-side architecture, performance optimization, and error handling.
• Experience with Agile, sprint planning, code reviews, testing, release management, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Lead offshore software engineering team in India for POS, kiosk, and restaurant technology initiatives.
• Coordinate with onshore teams to align priorities, timelines, and release plans.
• Drive sprint planning, task allocation, execution tracking, and delivery accountability.
• Foster engineering culture focused on quality, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Coach engineers through regular feedback, career development, and technical guidance.
• Provide technical leadership for Java/Spring Boot backend and React/React Native/Android frontends.
• Review architecture and design decisions for scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Support end-to-end feature delivery from requirements to release readiness.

Skills

Java / Spring Boot

React

React Native

Android / Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

MVVM

Kotlin Coroutines

Hilt / Dagger

RoomDB

REST API

Agile delivery

Sprint planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Windsurf

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead our offshore engineering team in India supporting customer-facing Restaurant POS and Kiosk platforms for 7-Eleven. This role will manage a team of engineers building and enhancing retail and restaurant technology solutions across Java/Spring Boot, React, React Native, and Android (Kotlin).

The ideal candidate will be responsible for people leadership, technical delivery, execution discipline, and strong collaboration with onshore teams across Product, Architecture, QA, and business stakeholders. This person should be comfortable operating in a structured delivery environment, driving predictable outcomes, and ensuring high-quality releases for mission-critical store systems.

Location: Bangalore

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the offshore software engineering team in India for POS, kiosk, and related restaurant technology initiatives.
• Partner closely with onshore engineering and product teams to align priorities, timelines, dependencies, and release plans.
• Drive sprint planning, task allocation, execution tracking, and overall delivery accountability for offshore workstreams.
• Establish a strong engineering culture focused on quality, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Coach and mentor engineers through regular feedback, career development, and technical guidance.
• Ensure the team delivers in a structured, predictable, and measurable manner.
• Provide technical leadership for applications built on Java/Spring Boot backend and React, React Native, and Android/Kotlin frontend/mobile platforms.
• Review architecture, design decisions, and implementation approaches to ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Support end-to-end feature delivery including requirements clarification, technical notes, development, integration, testing, and release readiness.
• Guide the team in building Android UI using Jetpack Compose with MVVM architecture, clear state management, and separation of concerns.
• Ensure best practices for Kotlin Coroutines, Hilt/Dagger, RoomDB, and REST API integrations.
• Oversee handling of offline tolerance, resilience, error handling, retries, and client-side performance for kiosk/POS workflows.
• Act as the primary offshore engineering point of contact for onshore stakeholders.
• Work effectively across time zones with US-based teams to provide status updates, raise risks early, and drive issue resolution.
• Translate business and product requirements into clear engineering execution plans for offshore teams.
• Ensure implementation aligns with intended store associate and customer workflows in retail/restaurant environments.
• Facilitate strong communication between offshore and onshore teams to reduce ambiguity and improve execution speed.
• Drive coding standards, peer reviews, test coverage, and adherence to SDLC processes.
• Ensure baseline coverage across unit and integration tests where applicable.
• Support CI/CD practices and ensure all changes meet acceptance criteria before release.
• Monitor delivery risks, production issues, and support release stabilization activities.
• Promote operational readiness and production support discipline for customer-facing applications.
• Encourage responsible use of AI-assisted engineering tools such as Windsurf to improve developer productivity.
• Ensure AI-generated code is validated for correctness, security, maintainability, and alignment with enterprise standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in engineering leadership or team management.
• Strong experience managing offshore development teams and working closely with onshore stakeholders.
• Hands-on technical background in Java / Spring Boot and modern application development practices.
• Strong understanding of frontend and mobile technologies including React, React Native, Android, and Kotlin.
• Experience delivering production-grade, customer-facing applications in a structured SDLC environment.
• Solid understanding of REST API integration, client-side architecture, performance optimization, and error handling.
• Experience with Agile delivery, sprint planning, code reviews, testing, release management, and production support.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate status, risks, and dependencies across global teams.
• Proven ability to manage ambiguity, drive clarity, and deliver reliably within established processes.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience in retail, restaurant, POS, kiosk, or store technology platforms.
• TypeScript
• React (web)
• React Native
• Android / Kotlin
• Jetpack Compose
• MVVM
• Kotlin Coroutines
• Hilt / Dagger
• RoomDB
• Experience supporting applications with offline workflows, local persistence, and kiosk resilience needs.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance expectations for store systems.
• Experience collaborating with Product, Design, Backend, QA, and business operations teams.
• Practical experience using AI coding tools such as Windsurf in an enterprise development setting.

Leadership Expectations

• Build trust and accountability across offshore and onshore teams.
• Create execution transparency through consistent reporting and proactive communication.
• Drive technical excellence while balancing speed, quality, and business priorities.
• Develop team capability and create a strong delivery culture aligned to business outcomes.

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