Engineering Manager - Software Engineering

Forward; Thane; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Forward is seeking a lead engineer to drive technical solutioning for core insurance systems and digital journeys. You will shape architecture, enforce standards, and collaborate with Product, Security, Architecture, and Operations to align technology with business goals.

You will own performance, reliability, and resilience across application and database layers, optimize MS SQL queries, set SLAs/SLOs, and oversee end-to-end delivery from requirements to post-release stabilization, coordinating

Responsibilities

• Lead technical solutioning for new initiatives and enhancements across core insurance systems and digital journeys.
• Drive architecture/design decisions ensuring scalability, security, auditability, and maintainability.
• Review solution designs and code quality; enforce engineering standards, best practices, and governance.
• Partner with Product, Business, Security, Architecture, and Operations to align technology solutions to business goals.
• Own system performance, reliability, and resilience across application and database layers.
• Lead performance tuning and optimization of MS SQL (query optimization, indexing strategies, execution plans).
• Drive monitoring, incident management, RCA, and preventive action planning to reduce recurring issues.
• Establish performance SLAs/SLOs and ensure readiness for peak loads and business-critical events.
• Own delivery from requirement elaboration through design, development, testing, release, and post-release stabilization.
• Drive estimation, sprint planning, execution tracking, and dependency management across teams.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC, change management, security/compliance requirements applicable to BFSI/Insurance.
• Coordinate with QA, DevOps, Security, Infra, and vendor partners for smooth releases and operational excellence.

Job description

Role & responsibilities

1) Tech Solutioning (KPI)

• Lead technical solutioning for new initiatives and enhancements across core insurance systems and digital journeys.
• Drive architecture/design decisions ensuring scalability, security, auditability, and maintainability.
• Review solution designs and code quality; enforce engineering standards, best practices, and governance.
• Partner with Product, Business, Security, Architecture, and Operations to align technology solutions to business goals.

2) System Performance (KPI)

• Own system performance, reliability, and resilience across application and database layers.
• Lead performance tuning and optimization of MS SQL (query optimization, indexing strategies, execution plans).
• Drive monitoring, incident management, RCA, and preventive action planning to reduce recurring issues.
• Establish performance SLAs/SLOs and ensure readiness for peak loads and business-critical events.

3) End-to-End Tech Delivery (KPI)

• Own delivery from requirement elaboration through design, development, testing, release, and post-release stabilization.
• Drive estimation, sprint planning, execution tracking, and dependency management across teams.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC, change management, security/compliance requirements applicable to BFSI/Insurance.
• Coordinate with QA, DevOps, Security, Infra, and vendor partners for smooth releases and operational excellence.