Senior Manager, Applications System Development

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

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the Engineering Platform – Global API team. You will drive delivery of secure, scalable API-driven payment solutions across global platforms, guiding architecture, security, and performance.

You will manage engineers, coordinate with product and architecture, and champion best practices in CI/CD, testing, and production support to ensure dependable releases.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in technology with backend/API focus.
• 3+ years managing engineering teams or delivery ownership.
• Strong API design, RESTful services, microservices knowledge.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and secure practices.
• Proficient in Agile/Scrum delivery and planning.
• Excellent cross-functional communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery for backend/API platforms and ensure scalable solutions.
• Develop and mentor engineering talent; drive performance and growth.
• Own delivery planning, Scrum ceremonies, and release cycles.
• Collaborate with product/architecture to align priorities and risks.
• Enforce engineering standards around security, observability, and reliability.

Skills

Leadership

People management

API design

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder comms

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.

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.

Whatyou’llown

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.

Whatyou’llbring

• 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, orpeopleleadership 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’sa 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 teamswintogetherevery day.We’reproud 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’sunmatched.Come and be part of an ever-evolving companyand get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

What makes aGlobalpayer?

Globalpayersthink like a client, act like anownerand win as one team.We’recurious andinnovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact.We empower each other to make decisions,andit’sour passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like aGlobalpayer.

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