Senior Manager, Engineering

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

Job summary

NIQ is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team delivering enterprise-grade platforms on Java, Spring Boot, Python (NumPy) and Azure.

Responsibilities include governing architecture, ensuring platform reliability, and managing budgets and hiring across multiple teams. Strong stakeholder management and SAFe experience are required to drive cross-team priorities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with leadership exposure.
• Strong foundation in Java, Spring Boot, and Python with data-oriented workloads.
• Experience delivering API platforms and Azure-based services.
• Proven DevSecOps maturity and CI/CD practices.
• Budgeting, resource planning and cross-team delivery experience.
• Agile/SAFe environments with PI planning and coordination.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers, potentially including subordinate managers.
• Own technical health and delivery of Java/Spring Boot/Python services on Azure.
• Drive architectural governance, standards, and platform quality.
• Plan resources, budgets, hiring, and vendor engagement as needed.
• Promote DevSecOps maturity and AI-enabled engineering practices.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, PMO, and leadership on roadmaps.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Python (NumPy)

REST APIs

Flask

Azure

DevSecOps

Agile/SAFe

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

Observability tools

Job description

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

For more information, visit NIQ.com

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team of professional engineers — potentially including subordinate managers — delivering enterprise-grade platforms on Java, Spring Boot, Python (NumPy), REST APIs, Flask APIs, and Azure.

Responsibilities:

Manage a team of professional employees, occasionally including subordinate M5/M6 managers; adapt plans and priorities to meet team service, business, and operational objectives

Apply a deep understanding of the business and how your area integrates with others to achieve departmental objectives

Make decisions that impact the finances, results, effectiveness, and level of service provided by the team, guided by policies, departmental plans, budgets, and resource requirements

Identify and solve functional and organizational problems in a specialized area of expertise; understand and recognize broader impact across the department

Own the technical health and delivery of a portfolio of services built on Java, Spring Boot, Python (NumPy), REST/Flask APIs, and Azure

Drive architectural governance, engineering standards, and platform quality/performance/reliability improvements across teams

Own resource planning, budgets, and team plans; manage capacity, hiring, and vendor engagement as needed

Champion DevSecOps maturity and AI adoption across the SDLC — quality gates, security tooling, and AI-assisted engineering practices

Guide and influence others internally and externally to build collaborative relationships, achieve goals, and adopt different points of view

Develop managers and senior engineers; build succession depth and a strong engineering culture

Partner with Product, Architecture, PMO, and senior leadership on roadmap, prioritization, and cross-team dependencies

Ensure operational excellence: SLOs, incident management, cost optimization, and continuous improvement across owned services

Qualifications

10+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including 2+ years of people management experience (experience managing managers preferred)

Strong technical foundation in Java, Spring Boot, and Python ecosystems, including data-oriented workloads with NumPy

Deep understanding of API platforms — REST API design, governance, and Flask-based services

Proven experience delivering and operating large-scale systems on Azure (AKS, managed databases, observability)

Experience with RDBMS, NoSQL, messaging/queuing, and caching at enterprise scale

Strong expertise in DevSecOps practices, CI/CD maturity, and engineering quality metrics

Track record of managing budgets, resource plans, and delivery commitments across multiple teams

Experience in Agile/SAFe environments, including PI planning and cross-team coordination

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including handling sensitive organizational matters

Demonstrated ability to develop leaders and build high-performing, accountable engineering teams

Additional Information

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ’s principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative. For more information, please visit NIQ’s AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/info/niqs-ai-safety-policies/

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

For more information, visit NIQ.com

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