Engineering Manager (Java, .NET, Kafka, Angular): Building Management & Controls

Johnson Controls International; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Controls, Inc. in Pune, India, seeks an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a software team for building management and controls platforms. You will oversee 5–6 direct reports and guide a broader 15–20 engineer group, delivering reliable and secure solutions.

You will work with Product, Architecture, QA, and Embedded/Controls teams, drive end-to-end delivery, and champion best practices across CI/CD, testing, and architecture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years total software engineering experience.
• 3+ years managing engineers or leading teams.
• Experience leading 15–20 engineers through leads/managers.
• Strong hands-on background in Java (Spring / Spring Boot) and .NET (C#, ASP.NET Core).
• Solid experience with Apache Kafka for event-driven architectures.
• Angular front-end experience (TypeScript, RxJS).
• Experience designing microservices, REST APIs, and distributed systems.
• Domain experience in building management systems, building controls, or IoT/industrial automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow direct reports and extend influence to wider 15–20 member team.
• Hire, onboard, and retain strong talent, building a high-trust, high-performance Pune culture.
• Own end-to-end delivery: roadmap planning, sprint execution, risk and dependency management.
• Guide architecture across Java/.NET, Kafka, and Angular front ends.
• Oversee Kafka pipelines handling telemetry and events from devices and controllers.
• Drive integration with building protocols (BACnet, Modbus, MQTT, OPC UA) and IoT gateways.
• Champion engineering best practices: code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, secure coding.
• Manage technical debt, modernization, and migrations (e.g., monolith to microservices).
• Collaborate with global stakeholders and distributed teams; report on delivery and team health.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

.NET (C#)

Apache Kafka

Angular

Distributed systems

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Location: Pune, India
Reports to: Senior Engineering Manager
Team size: 5-6 direct reports; 15-20 indirect (via leads/senior engineers)
Employment type: Full-time
Experience: 10+ years total

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team building software for building management and controls, including platforms that connect, monitor, and optimize HVAC, energy, lighting, and other building systems. You'll manage 5-6 direct reports and provide technical and delivery leadership across a broader group of 15-20 engineers, using Java, .NET, Kafka, and Angular. You'll partner with Product, Architecture, QA, and Embedded/Controls teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure solutions.

What You'll Do

• Lead, coach, and grow direct reports (leads and senior engineers) and extend your influence to the wider 15-20 member team through them
• Hire, onboard, and retain strong talent, and build a high-trust, high-performance culture in the Pune team
• Own end-to-end delivery: roadmap planning, sprint execution, risk management, and dependency management across teams
• Guide architecture and design across Java and .NET services, Kafka-based event streaming, and Angular front ends
• Oversee design and operation of Kafka pipelines handling telemetry and events from building devices and controllers (topic design, partitioning, schema management, consumer lag, fault tolerance)
• Drive integration with building automation protocols and systems (e.g., BACnet, Modbus, MQTT, OPC UA) and IoT/edge gateways
• Ensure quality, reliability, and security for systems that interact with physical infrastructure, including alarms, scheduling, and device commissioning workflows
• Champion engineering best practices: code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and secure coding
• Manage technical debt, modernization, and migrations (e.g., legacy .NET to modern .NET, monolith to microservices)
• Work with global stakeholders and distributed teams, aligning priorities across time zones
• Report on delivery, team health, and engineering metrics to the Senior Engineering Manager and leadership

What We're Looking For

Required

• 10+ years of total software engineering experience, with 3+ years managing engineers or leading teams
• Experience managing or leading a team of 15-20 engineers, including through leads/managers
• Strong hands-on background in Java (Spring / Spring Boot) and .NET (C#, ASP.NET Core)
• Solid experience with Apache Kafka (event-driven architecture, stream processing, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry)
• Working knowledge of Angular and modern front-end practices (TypeScript, RxJS)
• Experience designing microservices, REST APIs, and distributed systems
• Domain experience in building management systems (BMS/BAS), building controls, or IoT/industrial automation
• Proven record of delivering complex projects with cross-functional and globally distributed teams
• Strong coaching, performance management, and stakeholder communication skills

Nice to have

• Knowledge of building protocols (BACnet, Modbus, LonWorks, MQTT, OPC UA) and HVAC/energy management concepts
• Experience with time-series data, telemetry platforms, and analytics/fault detection
• Cloud experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP), Docker, and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and time-series stores (e.g., SQL Server, PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, TimescaleDB)
• Understanding of cybersecurity standards for OT/IoT environments (e.g., IEC 62443)
• Experience with edge computing or firmware/controls team collaboration
• Agile/Scrum experience at scale