Senior Engineering Manager

Lowe's Companies, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site gym

On-site clinic

Modern office

Collaborative spaces

Job summary

Lowe’s Commerce Solutions in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead teams that design, build, and scale modern enterprise-grade platforms and products. You will drive system design, architecture, and execution, mentoring top engineers and aligning with product and business stakeholders.

You will foster engineering excellence, deliver scalable and secure software, and partner across teams to ensure successful delivery in a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of experience leading projects or technical teams.
• Experience with SDLC and delivering enterprise-grade software.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product to inform priorities for platforms and services.
• Lead engineers to design, build and maintain scalable solutions.
• Drive best practices in design, architecture, and tooling.
• Mentor and develop team members, manage performance.
• Ensure delivery of reliable, scalable, and secure systems.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across product and business teams.

Skills

System design

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Backend technologies

DevOps/CI/CD

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Innovate in Bengaluru

This position is based at our on-site office in Bengaluru. Lowe’s offers an ultramodern work environment, complete with cutting-edge technology, collaborative workspaces, an on-site gym and clinic, and other perks to enhance your work experience.

About the Team

Focus - Enterprise Delivery Platform team enables a seamless last-mile delivery experience for truck delivery orders placed through Lowe’s digital channels and in-store sales systems. The platform connects order orchestration, route execution, real-time tracking, and delivery status updates to provide customers, stores, and delivery teams with greater visibility and control. By reducing uncertainty across the delivery journey, the team helps improve customer confidence, operational efficiency, and successful delivery outcomes.

Job Summary

Lowe’s Commerce Solutions is looking for a highly motivated and dynamic Senior Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams responsible for designing, building, and scaling modern enterprise-grade platforms and products. The ideal candidate is a strong technology leader with deep expertise in system design and architecture, a passion for innovation, and the ability to adapt quickly to emerging technologies and changing business needs.

This role requires a balance of technical leadership, strategic thinking, execution excellence, and people management. The candidate should be capable of driving engineering best practices, mentoring high-performing teams, collaborating cross-functionally with product and business stakeholders, and ensuring delivery of scalable, resilient, and high-quality solutions.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Partners with the product team to help inform the priorities within a set of products, applications,
• and/or services
• Manages software engineers who design, build and maintain solutions within a set of technology
• products and/or services; oversees the translation of business requirements and functional specifications
• into logical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions
• Ensures the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse stakeholders by building and maintaining trusting
• relationships with internal customers, third-party vendors, and senior management
• Resolves escalated issues throughout the development, configuration, and modification of integrated
• business and/or enterprise application solutions
• Creates and/or leads the creation of SOPs, KPIs, and overall operationalization of assigned services or
• applications
• Hires, trains, and develops talent for growth opportunities; monitors team/individual’s morale and
• engagement to maintain highly effective and collaborative environments
• Controls project risks by analyzing and identifying trigger events, establishing response and contingency
• plans and recommending ways to mitigate future risks
• Manages the completion of systems integration testing (SIT) and responsible for ensuring that user
• acceptance testing (UAT) is completed successfully
• Provides input for departmental budget and forecasting, and manages expenses associated with
• initiatives within scope of responsibility
• Responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance, support and scalability of robust,
• reliable and secure business and enterprise software solutions
• Partners with engineers and architects to ensure optimal technology solutions are built by the
• engineering team
• Ensures the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders by building and maintaining
• trusting relationships with internal customers
• Influences and establishes best in class engineering practices through solid design decisions and tools
• Coordinates the estimation and execution of plans, schedules, and resource forecasts for the services or
• applications in his/her scope
• Manages multiple services or applications and provides resources in support of the applications by
• leveraging partnerships with technology teams, vendors, and business leaders
• Leads team through all technology solution development phases by ensuring team understands and
• adheres to company methodology, policies, standards, and controls
• Provides leadership to the team by attracting and hiring talented individuals, setting goals and
• communicating clear expectations, providing timely and constructive feedback as well as meaningful
• developmental opportunities, managing performance, providing resources and support as needed, and
• sponsoring and leading team members through change

Primary Skills

• Strong expertise in System Design and Software Architecture.
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems and microservices-based platforms.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms. (Good to have)
• Expertise in modern backend technologies and APIs.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization technologies.
• Experience with high-availability, performance optimization, and scalability engineering.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent people management, mentoring, and team-building capabilities.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools.
• Some understanding of Front end technologies (Good to have)

Secondary Skills

• Experience with AI/ML-driven systems or modern intelligent platforms.
• Exposure to retail, commerce, enterprise, or SaaS platforms.
• Experience with security and compliance best practices.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work in fast‑paced and evolving environments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer information systems (CIS), or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 8 years of IT experience
• 8 years of experience in software engineering or related field
• 8 years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of software development life cycles (SDLC)
• 3 years of experience leading project or technical teams with or without formal direct report responsibility; this includes experience providing technical direction, thought leadership, and coaching and mentoring team members

Preferred Skills/Education

• Master’s degree in computer science, CIS, or related field
• 5 years of experience in software development in an agile environment and working with third-party vendors/software solution providers
• 5 years of experience working in an IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework
• 3 years of experience in IT management in the retail industry
• 3 years of experience in an IT role requiring interaction with senior leadership

Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.