Principal Manager-Software Engineering-SUPPORT SERVICES-CTO - In House Engineering

Kotak Mahindra Bank; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kotak Mahindra Bank in India seeks a Software Development Manager (SDM) to lead digital platform delivery. You will own and drive programs, coach Agile practices, and coordinate with product, technology, and enterprise teams to ensure scalable, high-quality software releases.

The ideal candidate has 12–18 years of experience in software leadership, strong communication, and hands-on with Java/Python ecosystems. A product-driven, results-oriented mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent technical education.
• Experience leading software development teams in a product environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a software development team and drive delivery for digital platforms.
• Own roadmaps, define product vision, and align increments with KPIs.
• Coach Agile practices and ensure high-quality, scalable technical delivery.
• Manage cross-functional coordination across Product, Tech, and IT.
• Oversee operations, risk, and defects to ensure timely closures.

Skills

Strong communication

Customer centricity

Agile coaching

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Java

Python

RDBMS

NoSQL databases

Distributed caching

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Java

Python

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Job description

Job Title: Software Development Manager (SDM)

Location: Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mumbai

Experience range: 12-18

What We Offer

Our mission is – Building trust. Our customer's trust in us is not merely about the safety of their assets but also about how dependable our digital offerings are. That’s why, we at Kotak Group are dedicated to transforming banking by imbibing a technology-first approach in everything we do, with an aim to enhance customer experience by providing superior banking services. We welcome and invite the best technological minds in the country to come join us in our mission to make banking seamless and swift. Here, we promise you meaningful work that positively impacts the lives of many.

What We Ask For

Software Development Manager (SDM) who plays a crucial & critical role in driving the success of digital platforms for the Bank. SDM leads the technical projects and takes bottom line accountability to ensure project, team success. As a SDM you:

• Are responsible for a set of services/product
• Build annual execution plan for your product
• Own and drive high-quality delivery using the technology that can scale using distributed computing
• Hands on with technology to perform code reviews, Design the right tech and high code quality
• Deep focus on operational excellence for optimal customer experience
• Provide technical program management leadership to ONE team (across Product, Technology, Enterprise, IT, Vendor partners)
• Understand, have experience in, Agile Ways of working and are able to coach others to promote Agile ways of working.
• Help define the Product Vision & define the success (like KPIs) and business goals.
• Create Software Development roadmaps and align different Product Increments for Product success.
• Create & optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Good to have knowledge of India stack - open banking (UPI) , RBI regulations, and Systems ( KYC, UIDAI) and apply the knowledge to solve technical dependencies.
• Good to Have: Understand SDLC and manage dependencies with different enterprise teams - Software Compliance
• Risks
• Operations
• Cross Functions
• Understand and help define, implement Non-Functional requirements
• Lead triage of defects, bugs and track them to closure
• Provide one view of Product, Program progress (by tracking to KPIs) to stakeholders

Ideal Profile

Education background:

Under graduation in Engineering.

Certifications

• Minimum of Engineering degree will be good to have
• Certification on AI/Programming languages/Software Technology (desired)

Experience Range Required

12-18 years

Skills

• Strong communications skills.
• Customer centricity, obsession for customer
• Ability to manage stakeholders (product owners, business stakeholders, cross function teams) to coach agile ways of working.
• Ability to structure , organize teams, and streamline communication.
• Prior work experience in leading software development teams of more than 8 developer in product company
• Good knowledge of languages open-source systems, programming languages such as Java/Python, knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL DBs, Distributed caching