Senior Engineering Manager

Mahindra And Mahindra Ltd.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited in Mumbai is seeking a seasoned engineering leader to own the delivery of digital products, customer-facing applications, and enterprise platforms. You will mentor a team of engineers, leads, and architects to foster a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and accountability.

You will drive Agile practices, partner with product, architecture, cloud and security teams to deliver business-aligned technology solutions, and build dashboards to monitor delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technology, computer science or related field.
• Certifications in AWS, Cloud Architecture, App Security, Agile Delivery or Enterprise Architecture preferred.
• 12–15 years in software engineering, application development, and technology leadership.
• Proven experience leading teams of engineers, leads, architects and managers.
• Hands-on experience in web/mobile development across SDLC and enterprise platforms.
• Experience delivering enterprise-grade digital platforms and API-driven solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering delivery of digital products, customer-facing apps, and enterprise platforms.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, leads, and architects.
• Drive Agile delivery practices, sprint planning, release management, and continuous improvement.
• Build and develop high-performing teams through coaching and structured career development.
• Manage vendor relationships and track engineering metrics for data-driven decisions.
• Establish engineering budgets, optimize cloud and platform costs, ensure timely delivery.
• Partner with product, architecture, cloud, and security teams to deliver tech solutions.
• Communicate complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/technology/CS

AWS Certification

Cloud Architecture Certification

Tools

AWS

Spring Boot

React

Angular

Node.js

Python

Flutter

React Native

Android

iOS

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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• 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.
• 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

Industry Preferred

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.