Senior Manager, Applications System Development

Global Payments Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. seeks a Software Development Manager to lead our Engineering Platform – Global API team. The role focuses on delivering secure, scalable, and high-performing API-driven payment solutions globally.

You will manage engineering talent, partner with product and architecture teams, drive Scrum ceremonies, and enforce strong practices in CI/CD, testing, security, and reliability across the platform.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of technology experience with backend/API platforms.
• 3+ years in engineering leadership, delivery ownership, or people management.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery for API-driven backend platforms across global payment systems.
• Manage and develop engineering talent; drive Scrum ceremonies and planning.
• Ensure strong engineering practices across CI/CD, testing, security, reliability, and observability.

Skills

People Management

API Design

Backend Development

Agile Scrum

Delivery Ownership

Tools

CI/CD

API Gateways

Security Practices

Job description

Ready to take your career global?Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a

Ready to take your career global?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, and 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.