Senior Engineering Manager

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited [Automotive and Farm Equipment Business]; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited invites applications for a senior engineering leadership role based in Mumbai. You will guide engineering delivery for digital products and enterprise platforms, mentor a diverse team of engineers and leads, and drive Agile practices to ensure high-quality releases.

You will partner with product, architecture, cloud, security, and infrastructure teams to align technology with business goals.

Qualifications

• 12–15 years in software engineering and leadership.
• Proven track record delivering enterprise digital platforms.
• Hands-on experience with web/mobile development and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering delivery of digital products and platforms.
• Mentor engineers, tech leads, architects, and managers.
• Drive Agile delivery, sprint planning, release mgmt, continuous improvement.
• Manage budgets, costs, and vendor relationships.
• Collaborate with product, security, and infrastructure teams.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team mentoring

Agile delivery

Cloud architecture

AWS

Java/Spring Boot

React/Angular

Node.js

CI/CD

Observability

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Java

Spring Boot

React

Angular

Node.js

CI/CD tools

Job description

Job Description:

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

• Own and manage the engineering delivery of digital products, customer-facing applications, and enterprise technology platforms.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers, technical leads, and architects, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and accountability.
• Drive Agile delivery practices across engineering teams and ensure effective sprint planning, execution, release management, and continuous improvement.
• Build and develop high-performing engineering teams through coaching, mentoring, and structured career development initiatives.
• Manage vendor and partner relationships, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and technology standards.
• Establish engineering performance dashboards and track key delivery metrics, quality metrics, productivity indicators, system reliability, and customer experience measures to drive data-driven decision making.
• Manage complexity with a logical, analytical, and outcome-oriented approach.
• Build succession plans and strengthen technology capabilities within the engineering organization.

• Communication & Collaboration

  • Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Partner with product, business, architecture, infrastructure, cloud, and security teams to deliver business-aligned technology solutions.
  • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure seamless integration of digital products and technologies.
  • Provide leadership updates on engineering initiatives, delivery health, technology risks, team performance, and business outcomes.
  • Drive alignment between technology strategy and business objectives.

  Budget Management & Cost Control

  • Develop and manage engineering budgets, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
  • Monitor and optimize technology, cloud infrastructure, and platform costs while maintaining service quality and operational excellence.
  • Identify opportunities for productivity improvements and efficient resource utilization.
  • Ensure engineering initiatives are delivered within approved budgets and timelines.
  • Support technology investment planning and cost optimization initiatives.

Experience

12-15 years

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Relevant certifications in AWS, Cloud Architecture, Application Security, Agile Delivery, or Enterprise Architecture will be an added advantage.
• 10-15 years of experience in software engineering, application development, and technology leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading and managing teams of software engineers, technical leads, architects, and engineering managers.
• Strong hands-on experience in web and mobile application development across the full software development lifecycle.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-grade digital platforms, customer-facing applications, and API-driven solutions

General Requirements

• Provide technical leadership across web, mobile, API, and cloud-native application ecosystems.
• Lead architecture reviews, design discussions, code quality initiatives, and engineering best practices.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry trends to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
• Possess strong hands-on experience in enterprise-scale application development using technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, React, Angular, Node.js, Python, Flutter, React Native, Android, iOS, and modern API frameworks.
• Possess strong expertise in AWS cloud services and cloud-native architecture, including scalability, resilience, security, observability, and cost optimization.
• Drive adoption of cloud engineering best practices leveraging AWS services for compute, storage, networking, containers, serverless computing, monitoring, and security.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including CI/CD, DevSecOps, microservices, containerization, and cloud technologies.
• Ensure applications are designed and developed with security, scalability, maintainability, reliability, and performance as key principles.
• Define engineering standards, coding guidelines, architecture principles, and governance frameworks across delivery teams.
• Define and monitor key engineering and operational metrics including application availability, performance, release frequency, deployment success rate, defect leakage, incident trends, and service reliability.
• Ensure effective implementation of monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability practices across all applications and platforms.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, we believe that diversity drives innovation, and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to cultivating a workplace where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, caste, race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender identity, nationality, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, educational background, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy or childbirth, veteran status, citizenship status, ancestry, financial status, or any other personal characteristic protected by applicable law.
We actively encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and bring their unique perspectives to our teams. We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive experience for all applicants.
Together, we rise by embracing differences and building a future that reflects the communities we serve.