Senior Engineering Manager [T500-30521]

Marriott Tech Accelerator; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Marriott International’s Marriott Tech Accelerator in Hyderabad seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead day-to-day application development and platform engineering. You will directly manage engineers, drive delivery across technology and business partners, and ensure projects meet quality, timelines, budgets, and governance.

You will set technical direction, mentor teams, and collaborate with architects, product owners, and operations to build scalable, reliable solutions aligned with

Qualifications

• 12+ years of application-development experience, including leadership of complex engineering delivery.
• 5+ years of architecture experience with proven delivery across enterprise-scale integrations and high-throughput systems.
• Directly managing cross-functional, sourced, or matrixed teams.
• Experience delivering in agile and waterfall environments; knowledge of Agile methodologies, preferably SAFe.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and ITIL v3 practices.
• Proven ability to prioritise and execute in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment while managing multiple workstreams.
• Experience working in a product-based operating model and partnering with product owners to solve complex business problems.
• Hands-on understanding of Java, NoSQL, Spring Boot, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud technologies.
• Experience with SRE, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, logging, metrics, monitoring, tracing, automated testing, performance engineering, release management, and application deployment.
• Understanding of API platforms, backend services, databases, networking, and full-stack infrastructure components.

Responsibilities

• Lead application development and platform engineering initiatives in partnership with technology teams, product and business partners, architects, and service providers.
• Own delivery planning, estimation, schedules, deliverables, risks, dependencies, and appropriate success metrics.
• Coordinate with SRE, DevOps, Operations, Infrastructure, and vendor-relations teams for deployment and production support.
• Drive adoption of SDLC, ITIL, and governance standards across teams to ensure quality and compliance.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders; monitor service levels and drive issue resolution.
• Provide technical decision-making for routine and complex systems development and translate technical concepts into business language.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Global mindset

Change management

Tools

Java

NoSQL

Spring Boot

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud technologies

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Marriott International Inc., headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, was founded in May 1927 by J. Willard Marriott and Alice S. Marriott with a modest nine-seat A&W root beer stand. Guided by the family's leadership and core principles, Marriott International today has grown into a global hospitality giant, operating approximately 10,000 properties and over 30 leading brands in more than 140 countries and territories

From such humble beginnings to becoming the world’s largest hotel company, Marriott International has never stopped searching for inventive ways to serve its customers, provide opportunities for its associates, and grow their business. At Marriott Tech Accelerator center (MTA), Hyderabad, India, Marriott is exploring the world we live in and all its possibilities. At Marriott Tech Accelerator, we are a team of passionate engineering minds dedicated to creating and building cutting-edge solutions that streamline operations and elevate guest experiences.

Marriott Tech Accelerator center is fully owned and operated by ANSR. All associates at Marriott Tech Accelerator will be ANSR employees, delivering services exclusively to ANSR's client, Marriott International.

Marriott Tech Accelerator is an ANSR entity incorporated exclusively for providing services to Marriott International.

Position Summary:

The Senior Engineering Manager leads day-to-day application development and platform engineering, directly manages engineering talent, and drives consistent delivery across technology and business partners. The role provides people leadership , technical direction, resolves complex delivery challenges, collaborates with architects and cross-functional leaders, and ensures projects meet quality, timeline, budget, governance, and operational expectations. The leader also establishes a culture of continuous improvement, measurable service quality, and strong stakeholder satisfaction

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead application development and platform engineering initiatives in partnership with technology teams, product and business partners, architects, and service providers.
• Own delivery planning, estimation, schedules, deliverables, risks, dependencies, and appropriate success metrics.
• Conduct project and programme reviews, monitor alignment with approved business cases, and ensure timely delivery within budget.
• Provide consultation and technical decision-making for routine and complex systems development.
• Coordinate with SRE, DevOps, Operations, Infrastructure, and vendor-relations teams for deployment and production support.

Engineering Standards, Governance, and Quality:

• Drive consistent adoption of application development standards, tools, SDLC practices, architecture guidance, information-security expectations, and IT governance processes.
• Validate that requirements are complete before solution design and ensure delivery follows defined development and project-management processes.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen enterprise standards and communicate material policy or process changes to relevant teams.
• Maintain an appropriate balance between business outcomes, delivery speed, quality, and operational risk.

Stakeholder and Service Management:

• Build effective day-to-day relationships with technology teams, business partners, product owners, and service providers.
• Define and monitor service levels and reporting, validate that service outcomes meet business needs, and provide early visibility of delivery or service risks.
• Drive timely resolution of escalated delivery and production issues while minimising customer and business impact.
• Ensure service-provider obligations, outcomes, and agreements are understood and met.

Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence:

• Establish measurable continuous-improvement practices focused on quality, consistency, reliability, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Use relevant delivery and operational metrics, such as CMMI-aligned or comparable measures, to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Act on feedback from project surveys, service reviews, retrospectives, and production insights.

People Leadership and Capability Building:

• Directly manage, coach, and develop software engineers and other team members, building technical depth, accountability, and succession capability.
• Create short-term resource plans, clarify priorities, and enable teams to execute effectively in a high-pressure, matrixed environment.
• Mentor peers and team members, foster an inclusive and collaborative culture, and model Marriott values.

Strategy and Business Partnership:

• Provide input to technology strategy, planning, budgets, and investment decisions.
• Translate technical considerations into clear business language and recommend practical courses of action.
• Partner with product owners and discipline leaders to shape innovative solutions to complex business problems.
• Competency Area:
• Leadership: Communication; leading through vision and values; managing change; sound judgement; professional presence; strategy development.
• Managing Execution: Building successful teams; strategy execution; setting high performance standards; taking accountability for results.
• Building Relationships: Global mindset; inclusive collaboration; strategic partnerships; influence across functions and locations.
• Talent and Organisational Capability: Developing others; adapting team structures, assignments, and work processes to organisational needs.
• Professional Expertise: Continuous learning; technical acumen; SDLC and development methodologies; information security; business acumen.

Skills and Experience:

• 12+ years of application-development experience, including leadership of complex engineering delivery.
• 5+ years of architecture experience with proven delivery across enterprise-scale integrations and high-throughput systems.
• Demonstrated experience directly managing cross-functional, sourced, or matrixed teams.
• Experience delivering in agile and waterfall environments; knowledge of Agile methodologies, preferably SAFe.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and ITIL v3 practices.
• Proven ability to prioritise and execute in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment while managing multiple workstreams.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, influencing, facilitation, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to assess customer needs, translate technical concepts into clear business language, and influence decisions.
• Experience working in a product-based operating model and partnering with product owners to solve complex business problems.
• Strong knowledge of production-platform operations, reliability, observability, and service management.
• Hands-on understanding of Java, NoSQL, Spring Boot, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud technologies.
• Experience with SRE, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, logging, metrics, monitoring, tracing, automated testing, performance engineering, release management, and application deployment.
• Understanding of API platforms, backend services, databases, networking, and full-stack infrastructure components.
• Working knowledge of hospitality loyalty financial processes and computational transaction flows, including funding, billing, reimbursement, invoicing, accruals, revenue recognition, reconciliation, and end-to-end financial transaction lifecycle management across integrated business and technology platforms would be a big plus

Marriott’s core values:

At Marriott, our core values make us who we are. We believe that success is never final. As we change and grow, the beliefs that are most important to us stay the same—putting people first, pursuing excellence, embracing change, acting with integrity, and serving our world. Being part of Marriott Tech Accelerator means being part of a proud history and a thriving culture.