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

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

Job summary

Johnson Controls in Pune, India is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a software team building building management and controls platforms. You will guide end-to-end delivery, including roadmap planning, sprint execution, and architecture across Java, .NET, Kafka, and Angular, while coordinating with Product, Architecture, QA, and Embedded teams.

The role requires durable leadership, strong coaching, and a track record of delivering complex projects with globally distributed

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Drive integration with building automation protocols and systems (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 (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.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

.NET

Kafka

Angular

REST APIs

Microservices

BMS/BAS

IoT

Leadership

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

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