Engineering Manager Software Development

Ilensys Technologies; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Ilensys Technologies in Hyderabad seeks an experienced Engineering Manager Software Development to establish, lead, and scale a high-performing software engineering team responsible for enterprise-grade scientific and workflow-driven software solutions.

You will own end-to-end software delivery, drive architecture and technical decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with global engineering, product, quality, and customer stakeholders to ensure robust, scalable, and secure systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, or related discipline.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise software products in Agile environments with end-to-end ownership.
• Experience working directly with customers, product management, and cross-functional engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead a high-performing software engineering team; mentor engineers and foster growth.
• Drive architecture decisions, own end-to-end software delivery, and ensure quality and scalability.
• Collaborate with global engineering, product management, quality, and customer stakeholders to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.

Skills

Python development

RESTful architecture

REST API development

FastAPI

Uvicorn

microservices architecture

Object-Oriented Design

SOLID principles

Design Patterns

Backend-for-Frontend (BFF)

SQL databases

Authentication & Authorization

OAuth2

JWT

OpenID Connect

API security

API versioning

Caching

Logging & monitoring

Debugging

Testing strategies

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline

Tools

FastAPI

Uvicorn

Job description

Position Summary

• We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager Software Development to establish, lead, and scale a high-performing software engineering team responsible for developing and supporting enterprise-grade scientific and workflow-driven software solutions.
• This role combines engineering leadership with strong technical ownership and delivery accountability. The successful candidate will build and mentor a cross-functional engineering team, drive architecture and technical decisions, own end-to-end software delivery, and work closely with global engineering, product management, quality, and customer stakeholders.

Technical Expertise

• 14+ years of software engineering experience, includinxg 5+ years in engineering leadership and team mentoring.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Python development, RESTful architecture, and REST API development using FastAPI and Uvicorn (ASGI, async/await programming, and concurrency patterns)
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture, including service decomposition, consolidation, and inter-service communication.
• Strong knowledge in Object-Oriented Design, SOLID Principles & Design Patterns.
• Proven experience in Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) architecture, designing API layers that consolidate and tailor data from multiple backend services, streamline UI interactions, and simplify front-end integration while ensuring performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Strong experience in SQL Database Technologies
• Experience in Authentication & Authorization OAuth2, JWT, SSO, OpenID Connect, and API security implementation.
• Strong understanding of API versioning, rate limiting, caching, and security best practices.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills across backend services, APIs, databases, logs, front-end issues, and deployment environments.
• Strong knowledge in Logging, Monitoring & Troubleshooting Production support, observability, performance tuning, and root-cause analysis.
• Solid understanding of software testing strategies, including unit, integration, API, and regression testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise software products in Agile environments with end-to-end ownership.
• Experience working directly with customers, product management, and cross-functional engineering organizations.