Engineering Manager- Software

Mployee.me; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

MISUMI Americas is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and grow a high-performing software engineering team in Pune, India. You will define technical strategy, drive cloud-native solutions, and mentor engineers across React/Node.js, AWS, and CI/CD practices.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and a commitment to engineering excellence and scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• 12–18 years of professional software engineering experience with 3+ years in an engineering management role.
• Experience leading technical teams of 5–8 engineers and scaling them.
• Strong project planning, prioritization, risk management, and delivery tracking across multiple work streams.
• Ability to align engineering with product goals and drive delivery with Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Build a high-performing team where engineers can do their best work.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Establish and continually improve team processes for iterative delivery, innovation, and reliability.
• Drive improvements to development practices, onboarding, team cohesion, and incident response.
• Resolve systemic obstacles to team health and platform scalability.
• Foster a culture of transparency, safety, and growth.

Skills

Leadership

Team scaling

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Tools

Node.js & GraphQL

React

AWS

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Job description

About MISUMI Americas

MISUMI Americas, a division of MISUMI Group, is a leading provider of standard, configurable, and custom manufacturing solutions. By integrating a vast catalog of components with a world-class digital manufacturing platform, MISUMI Americas empowers engineers and procurement teams to accelerate innovation across the entire product lifecycle. With operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, the company serves as a vital partner for the most innovative companies in the Americas.

Impact In This Role

At Fictiv, we enable product innovators to create. Our platform accelerates product creation, allowing our customers to push technological boundaries – from self-driving cars to low-cost water purification systems.We are looking for an Engineering Manager who can provide strong technical leadership while guiding and developing a high-performing engineering team.This role combines deep technical expertise with people leadership, focusing on building reliable, scalable solutions while mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous growth.

What You’ll Be Doing

Build a high-performing team where engineers can do their best work

• Coach, mentor, and develop engineering talent through regular feedback, performance management, and career growth planning, while helping scale the team as needed.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify objectives, and translate needs into scalable technical solutions and platform capabilities.
• Establish and continually improve team processes to enable iterative delivery, innovation, and high reliability
• Drive near- and long-term improvements to engineering-wide activities such as development practices, hiring / onboarding, team cohesion, and incident response
• Resolve systemic obstacles to team health, system performance, and team delivery
• Embrace and extend a culture of transparency, safety, and growth.

Desired Traits

Management & Leadership Experience

• 12 - 18 years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years in an engineering management role.
• Experience managing technical teams of 5-8 engineers with demonstrated ability to scale teams.
• Demonstrated experience in project planning and execution, including scope definition, prioritization, risk management, and delivery tracking across multiple work streams.
• Strong ability to manage cross-functional dependencies and drive alignment across engineering and product teams while leading delivery using Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), including sprint planning, milestone management, and stakeholder communication.
• Track record of building high-performing teams and developing engineering talent
• Proven ability to balance competing priorities while ensuring on-time delivery, quality, and long-term platform scalability.
• Work with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.

Technical Expertise

• Strong working experience in platform and API development using Node.js and GraphQL, frontend enablement using React and TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Proven experience designing, deploying, and operating cloud-native services on AWS, with an understanding of scalability, security, and cost optimization.
• Ability to remain sufficiently hands-on to review technical designs, guide complex implementations, and unblock teams when required.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, API design, and modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD, observability, and operational readiness.
• Demonstrated technical judgment and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make informed trade-offs.

Communication And Collaboration Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

We’re actively seeking teammates who:

• Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.
• Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.
• Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
• Have an ‘always learning’ mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.
• Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates

We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.