Senior Software Engineering Manager

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

JLL Technologies in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a greenfield build of agentic AI systems, overseeing a 10–15 engineer team at the intersection of LLMs, orchestration, and production infra. You will own technical direction, hiring, and delivery from the ground up.

You will shape agent architecture, oversee observability and evals, and partner with product to deliver shippable features while ensuring reliability and safety in autonomous systems.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering.
• Direct experience building or operating LLM-powered systems (agents, RAG, tool-calling, orchestration).
• Proven AIDLC implementation success replacing PDLC/SDLC in an org.
• Cloud: AWS Bedrock AgentCore, Step Functions and related services.
• Strong knowledge of Harness engineering.
• Observability and Evals for non-deterministic systems (tracing, eval harnesses, monitoring).
• Backend services with Python and FastAPI.
• Frontend knowledge: React, Tailwind, Solstice (JLL design system).
• Track record of shipping ambiguous, fast-moving products under constraints.
• Excellent communicator translating technical tradeoffs for non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of AI & Forward Deployed Engineers building agent orchestration, tool-use frameworks, and evaluation pipelines from zero.
• Set technical strategy for agent architecture: planning loops, memory, tool calling, multi-agent coordination, and guardrails.
• Drive the implementation of an AI-Driven Development Lifecycle across the org.
• Own the Observability and Evals strategy for agentic systems, including tracing and eval frameworks.
• Partner with product managers to translate ambiguous problems into shippable agentic features.
• Own reliability and safety practices for autonomous systems (evals, sandboxing, human-in-the-loop checkpoints).
• Drive hiring, mentorship, and career growth for your team.
• Balance hands-on technical involvement with people management and architecture reviews.
• Report on team velocity, system performance, and risk to leadership.
• Sketch out engineering estimations.

Skills

LLM-powered systems

Engineering leadership

Agent orchestration

Python

FastAPI

AWS Bedrock

Step Functions

Observability

React

Tailwind

Solstice

Technical communication

Tools

LangGraph

AutoGen

Custom stacks

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

About the Role

Senior Engineering Manager - Agentic AI & Enterprise Applications - JLL Technologies (Bangalore)

Senior Engineering Manager to lead a greenfield build of our agentic AI systems — autonomous, multi-step workflows where AI agents plan, use tools, and act with minimal human intervention. You'll own technical direction, team growth, and delivery for a group of 10–15 engineers working at the intersection of LLMs, orchestration, and production infrastructure, building this platform from the ground up.

What You'll Do

• Lead and grow a team of AI & Forward Deployed Engineers building agent orchestration, tool-use frameworks, and evaluation pipelines from zero
• Set technical strategy for agent architecture: planning loops, memory, tool calling, multi-agent coordination, and guardrails
• Drive the implementation of an AIDLC (AI-Driven Development Lifecycle) approach, replacing traditional PDLC/SDLC practices across the org
• Own the Observability and Evals strategy for agentic systems — tracing, monitoring, and eval frameworks for non-deterministic, multi-step workflows
• Partner with product managers to translate ambiguous problems into shippable agentic features
• Own reliability and safety practices for autonomous systems (evals, sandboxing, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, rollback strategies)
• Drive hiring, mentorship, and career growth for your team
• Balance hands-on technical involvement (architecture reviews, code reviews) with people management
• Report on team velocity, system performance, and risk to leadership
• Sketch out engineering estimations

What We're Looking For

• 12+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years managing engineering teams
• Direct experience building or operating LLM-powered systems (agents, RAG, tool-calling, orchestration frameworks like LangGraph, AutoGen, or custom stacks)
• Proven track record of delivering an AIDLC implementation that successfully replaced PDLC/SDLC within an engineering organisation
• Cloud: AWS — excellent knowledge with Bedrock AgentCore, Step Functions (ASL), and related agent-hosting/orchestration services
• Strong knowledge of Harness engineering
• Strong experience with Observability and Evals for non-deterministic systems (tracing, eval harnesses, monitoring, drift/regression detection)
• Backend services: experience with Python and FastAPI
• Frontend: working knowledge of React, Tailwind, and Solstice (JLL design system)
• Track record of shipping ambiguous, fast-moving products under real constraints
• Excellent communicator who can translate technical tradeoffs for non-technical stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Experience in delivering autonomous agent safety/guardrail design

Location: On-site – Bengaluru, KA

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

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At JLL, we harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to efficiently accelerate meaningful connections between candidates and opportunities. Using AI capabilities, we analyze your application for relevant skills, experiences, and qualifications to generate valuable insights about how your unique profile aligns with the specific requirements of the role you're pursuing.

At JLL, we give you the opportunity, knowledge and tools to own your success, because we value what makes each of us unique. We help our people thrive, grow meaningful careers and find a place where they belong. Together, we strive to be exceptional and shape a better world.

For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500® company with operations in over 80 countries around the world, our employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise.

Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM.

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