Forward Deployed Engineering Manager

CopperPin; New Delhi; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 6,400,000; Full time

Job summary

CopperPin is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead multiple client deployments in New Delhi, with travel to client sites. You will own outcomes, timelines, and serve as the senior technical voice in client rooms.

You will mentor forward-deployed engineers, scope deployments, and decide when to re-scope or stop a project, ensuring the client can run the system independently after handover.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of engineering experience, with real production ownership — not just team lead titles
• Direct experience shipping software against enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, core banking, claims platforms, or similar)
• Comfort being the most senior technical person in a client's room, and the judgment to know when to say the honest answer is "don't build this"
• Prior AI/ML exposure is useful; production engineering discipline matters more

Responsibilities

• Own the outcome and timeline for multiple concurrent client deployments
• Sit with clients during scoping to define the baseline metric before any code is written
• Manage and mentor forward-deployed engineers embedded in the field
• Make the call — early — when a deployment should be re-scoped or stopped
• Own the handover: the client's team must be able to run the system without you

Skills

Engineering leadership

Production ownership

Client-facing

Enterprise software delivery

AI/ML exposure

Job description

Run the engineering side of two to three concurrent deployments — small, embedded teams building AI systems inside a client's operation, accountable for a measured outcome, not activity.

Engineering · New Delhi, India (client-embedded, travel required) · Full-time · Manager

What you'll do

• Own the outcome and timeline for multiple concurrent client deployments
• Sit with clients during scoping to define the baseline metric before any code is written
• Manage and mentor forward-deployed engineers embedded in the field
• Make the call — early — when a deployment should be re-scoped or stopped
• Own the handover: the client's team must be able to run the system without you

What we look for

• 7+ years of engineering experience, with real production ownership — not just team lead titles
• Direct experience shipping software against enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, core banking, claims platforms, or similar)
• Comfort being the most senior technical person in a client's room, and the judgment to know when to say the honest answer is "don't build this"
• Prior AI/ML exposure is useful; production engineering discipline matters more

Important: This role is client-embedded and requires regular travel to client sites across the engagement regions. It is not a remote management role.