Manager, Software Development

Blackbaud; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackbaud is seeking a Manager of Software Development to lead engineering teams across a cloud-first product portfolio. You will establish engineering best practices, drive strategic initiatives, and empower engineers through coaching and clear goals.

You will collaborate with Product Management to define objectives, prioritize backlogs, and ensure delivery aligned with market needs while advancing CI/CD, automated testing, and scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing software development teams in an agile environment.
• History of delivering successful large-scale projects from inception to release.
• Experience working with a complex product portfolio across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated experience in software engineering best practices such as design patterns, decoupled architectures, test-driven development, and CI/CD pipelines.
• History of observing and adopting contemporary software development technologies.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to achieve results through influence.

Responsibilities

• Lead one or more engineering teams in an agile development environment.
• Recruit and cultivate high performing team members, coaching them on career growth and aligning them with outcomes.
• Manage performance through goal setting, feedback, and regular one-on-ones.
• Partner with Product Management to set objectives, prioritize backlogs, and align on market needs.
• Lead continuous improvement of software development processes with peers and architects.

Skills

Team management

Agile

CI/CD

Test-driven development

Design patterns

Decoupled architectures

Tools

Microsoft Azure

AWS

Azure DevOps

Angular

AKS

Cosmos DB

Azure SQL

Job description

About the role

Blackbaud is hiring a Manager of Software Development to cultivate and lead engineering teams that develop, test, deploy, and maintain Blackbaud’s products. This role will work to establish and adhere to engineering best practices, identify critical gaps in development processes, create and own strategic projects, and empower teams. They will lead by example and be an agent of innovation while inspiring those around them. They will develop employees through goal setting and coaching best practices and processes.

What you’ll do

• Work in an agile development environment leading one or more engineering teams.
• Recruit and cultivate highly engaged teams by attracting high performing team members, coaching them on their career growth, and ensuring they are connected to the outcomes and purpose of their work.
• Manage performance of team members through goal setting and measurement, coaching, recognition, and feedback through regular one-on-one's and check-ins.
• Partner with Product Management to establish product objectives, prioritize team backlogs, and ensure engineering investment is represented and align on market needs and prioritization.
• Lead the continuous improvement of software development processes through collaboration with peers and architects.

What you’ll bring

• 3+ years of experience managing software development teams in an agile environment.
• A history of delivering successful large-scale projects from inception to release.
• Experience working with a complex product portfolio across multiple teams.
• Demonstrative experience in software engineering best practices such as design patterns, decoupled architectures, test-driven development, and CI/CD pipelines.
• History of observing and considerately adopting contemporary software development technologies.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to achieve results through influence.
• Able to work flexible hours as required by business priorities.

What we’ll prefer you to have

• Experience developing cloud solutions (Microsoft Azure or AWS) and an understanding of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS models.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure (AKS, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL), Azure DevOps, and Angular.
• Experience managing remote teams and team members both onshore and offshore.
• Experience delivering process and technology changes across disconnected teams and organizational boundaries.

Stay up to date on everything Blackbaud, follow us on Linkedin, X, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Blackbaud powers social impact through purpose-driven technology and responsible AI. Guided by our Intelligence for Good vision, we’re building a culture where innovation, trust, and human expertise come together to help organizations make a greater difference in the world. Blackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good. Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, foundations, corporations, education institutions, healthcare institutions and individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers organizations to increase their impact through software, services, expertise, and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate social responsibility, school management, ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing, and analytics. Serving the industry for more than three decades, Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina and has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.