Senior Manager, Applications System Development

tsys; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. invites a seasoned Software Development Manager to join our Engineering Platform - Global API team. You will lead delivery of secure, scalable, API-driven payment solutions and mentor engineers across global functions.

This role requires 12+ years in backend/API development, with 3+ years in people leadership. You’ll drive Agile ceremonies, partner with product and architecture, enforce CI/CD, security and reliability, and foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional technology experience with backend/API platforms.
• 3+ years in engineering management or people leadership.
• Strong API design and security fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery for backend/API platforms across global payment solutions.
• Drive Agile ceremonies, planning, and delivery tracking.
• Mentor engineers and align with product/architecture teams.

Skills

Backend/API platforms

People management

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Security and reliability

Tools

Apigee Edge

Apigee X

CI/CD pipelines

Security best practices

Job description

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services. Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results. We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions. Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.

R eady to take your career g lobal ?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We're looking for a Software Development Manager to join our ever-evolving Engineering Platform - Global API team and help lead the delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performing API-driven global payment solutions.

What you'll own

We are looking for a technically grounded Software Development Manager to lead delivery for modern backend and API-driven solutions across our global payment processing platforms.

In this role, you will combine API domain expertise, strong people management, delivery ownership, and Agile execution. You will manage and develop engineering talent, partner with product and architecture teams, drive Scrum ceremonies and delivery planning, and ensure teams follow strong engineering practices across CI/CD, testing, security, reliability, and operational excellence.

What you'll bring

• Years of Experience: 12+ years of professional technology experience, including strong exposure to backend/API platforms and at least 3+ years managing engineering teams, delivery ownership, or people leadership responsibilities.
• People Management: Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop engineers; manage performance, priorities, and career growth; build accountability; and create a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.
• API and Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of API design, RESTful services, microservices, integration patterns, API gateways, authentication, authorization, security policies, and scalable backend platform delivery.
• CI/CD and Engineering Practices: Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release management, code quality controls, secure development practices, observability, production support, and continuous improvement across engineering teams.
• Scrum and Delivery Management: Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, estimation, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, dependency management, and predictable delivery tracking.
• Stakeholder Communication and Ownership: Excellent communication skills with the ability to align engineering, product, architecture, operations, and business stakeholders on priorities, risks, trade-offs, timelines, and delivery outcomes.

It's a bonus if you have

• Payments or Fintech Domain: Experience working in payments, banking, fintech, or other high-volume transaction processing environments, with exposure to security, compliance, and operational resilience expectations.
• Apigee and API Management Platforms: Hands-on experience with Apigee Edge, Apigee X, or similar API management platforms, including API proxy design, policies, traffic management, security monitoring, and operational support, along with exposure to cloud-native application delivery.
• Leadership and Team Development: Experience hiring, onboarding, mentoring, succession planning, improving team operating models, and helping teams adopt modern Agile and DevOps practices.

About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We're proud to have the best minds in the industry , who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections - it's unmatched . Come and be part of an ever - evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders .

What makes a Globalpayer ?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We're curious and innovative - always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions , a nd it's our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer

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