Engineering Manager (DotNet) - Pune

CLANS.AI PTE. LTD.; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Musafir is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a product engineering team in Pune, owning delivery, architecture, and engineering excellence across .NET, microservices, and cloud.

You will guide architecture, drive coding standards, and mentor engineers while collaborating with Product, QA, UX, and DevOps to achieve strategic priorities. The role requires 8–15 years of software engineering experience and a hands-on leadership approach.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of total software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of experience managing or leading engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on experience with C#, .NET 8/9, and ASP.NET Core.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, Clean Architecture, and DDD.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and asynchronous system design.
• Proven experience hiring, mentoring, and developing engineering talent.
• Strong delivery and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience delivering complex products with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with Docker, CI/CD, and Azure/AWS cloud.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes.
• Strong focus on engineering quality, observability, reliability, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, hire, and develop a team of software engineers.
• Own roadmap execution, sprint predictability, and quality releases.
• Guide architecture and solution design across .NET and microservices.
• Drive engineering standards, code quality, and quality gates.
• Oversee observability using OpenTelemetry and related tooling.
• Partner with Product, QA, UX, and DevOps to align technical and business goals.
• Oversee CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud deployments.
• Own SLAs/SLOs, incident management, capacity planning, and cost optimization.
• Stay hands-on through architecture discussions, critical code reviews, and technical problem-solving.
• Drive adoption of AI‑assisted engineering practices including GitHub Copilot and AI‑assisted code reviews.
• Establish standards for LLM features using Semantic Kernel or Microsoft.Extensions.AI.
• Guide teams on RAG, agents, function calling, AI evaluation, guardrails, and hallucination mitigation.
• Review AI‑powered designs for quality, cost, security, and observability.

Skills

Team management

C# / .NET

Microservices

APIs & GraphQL

CI/CD

Cloud (Azure/AWS)

Kubernetes

Observability & reliability

AI engineering practices

Architecture & design

Tools

Docker

OpenTelemetry

Semantic Kernel

Microsoft.Extensions.AI

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Lead and mentor a product engineering team at Musafir, owning delivery, architecture, engineering excellence, and hands-on technical direction across .NET, microservices, and cloud.

Company Details

Musafir is a technology-driven travel platform building scalable digital travel experiences. Website: Musafir

Requirements

• 8–15 years of total software engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience managing or leading engineering teams
• Strong hands-on experience with C#, .NET 8/9, and ASP.NET Core
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, Clean Architecture, and DDD
• Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and asynchronous system design
• Proven experience hiring, mentoring, and developing engineering talent
• Strong delivery and stakeholder management skills
• Experience delivering complex products with cross-functional teams
• Experience with Docker, CI/CD, and Azure/AWS cloud
• Familiarity with Kubernetes
• Strong focus on engineering quality, observability, reliability, and operational excellence

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, hire, and develop a team of software engineers
• Own roadmap execution, sprint predictability, and quality releases
• Guide architecture and solution design across .NET and microservices
• Drive engineering standards, code quality, and quality gates
• Oversee observability using OpenTelemetry and related tooling
• Partner with Product, QA, UX, and DevOps to align technical and business goals
• Oversee CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud deployments
• Own SLAs/SLOs, incident management, capacity planning, and cost optimization
• Stay hands-on through architecture discussions, critical code reviews, and technical problem-solving
• Drive adoption of AI‑assisted engineering practices including GitHub Copilot and AI‑assisted code reviews
• Establish standards for LLM features using Semantic Kernel or Microsoft.Extensions.AI
• Guide teams on RAG, agents, function calling, AI evaluation, guardrails, and hallucination mitigation
• Review AI‑powered designs for quality, cost, security, and observability

Job Details

Pune — Work from Office

Interview Process

• Technical Screening
• Technical Leadership Round
• Architecture & System Design Round
• Engineering Leadership Round
• HR Round

Important Note

ClanX is a recruitment partner, helping Musafir hire Engineering Manager.