Senior Technical Engineer

Jobtailor; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in India seeks a senior technical anchor to oversee the India-based engineering setup and coordinate frontend, backend/integration, platform/DevOps, QA, and support roles. You will help transition from external support to long-term internal ownership and translate architecture direction into practical team tasks.

You will mentor engineers, promote engineering quality, and drive coordination with partners in Europe while supporting deployment readiness and knowledge handover.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in CS/Software Engineering or comparable field.
• 20 years of experience in software engineering, delivery or solution implementation.
• Strong background across frontend, backend/integration, platform/DevOps, or enterprise delivery.
• Experience enabling onboarding, ramp-ups, and knowledge transfer in distributed teams.
• Understanding of software delivery, dependencies, quality practices, and operational readiness.
• Strong communication with engineers, architects, product owners, and partners.
• Experience with agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban) and global team collaboration is a plus.
• Intercultural experience with European companies; exposure to IT service management/ITIL.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior technical anchor across India-based engineering setup.
• Align frontend, backend/integration, platform/DevOps, QA, and support-related roles.
• Support build-up and stabilization of internal India team during transition to long-term ownership.
• Translate architecture direction into practical technical coordination within the team.
• Assist onboarding of new engineers with working practices, standards, docs, and collaboration routines.
• Promote engineering quality, discipline, and consistent implementation practices.
• Identify delivery risks, dependencies, bottlenecks, and coordination needs.
• Support sprint prep and technical refinement by breaking down work into tasks.
• Collaborate with IT Product Owner in Germany, Solution Architects in Poland, and external partners.
• Ensure smooth knowledge handover and technical ownership to internal India team.
• Assist incident resolution and escalations by routing to the right experts.
• Contribute to technical docs, onboarding materials, and operational readiness.

Skills

Frontend

Backend/Integration

Platform/DevOps

Enterprise delivery

Agile delivery

Cross-functional coordination

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SAP Commerce Cloud

eCommerce platforms

Job description

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior technical anchor across the India-based engineering setup for medias
• Help align the work of frontend, backend/integration, platform/DevOps, QA, and support-related engineering roles
• Support the build-up and stabilization of the internal India team during transition from external implementation support to long-term internal ownership
• Translate architecture direction and delivery priorities into practical technical coordination within the team
• Support onboarding of new engineers by helping establish ways of working, technical standards, documentation expectations, and collaboration routines
• Promote engineering quality, technical discipline, and consistent implementation practices across the team
• Identify technical delivery risks, dependency conflicts, capacity bottlenecks, and areas where stronger coordination is needed
• Support sprint preparation and technical refinement by helping break down work into clear, implementable technical tasks
• Work closely with the IT Product Owner in Germany, Solution Architects / Operations counterparts in Poland, and external implementation partners
• Help ensure stable handover of knowledge, responsibilities, and technical ownership into the internal India setup
• Support incident resolution and technical escalations by helping connect the right experts and ensuring issues are driven through to resolution
• Contribute to technical documentation, onboarding materials, team setup standards, and operational readiness

Requirements

• Graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a comparable technical field
• 20 years of experience in software engineering, technical delivery, or solution implementation in complex digital or enterprise environments
• Strong technical background in one or more relevant domains such as frontend, backend/integration, platform/DevOps, or enterprise application delivery
• Proven ability to bring structure and stability into growing or changing engineering setups
• Experience supporting onboarding, team ramp-up, and knowledge transfer in distributed teams
• Strong understanding of software delivery, technical dependencies, quality practices, and operational readiness
• Strong communication skills and confidence working with engineers, architects, product owners, managers, and external partners
• Experience in agile delivery models (Scrum, Kanban) and global team collaboration is a plus
• Strong intercultural skills and experience in working with European companies
• Experience in eCommerce, SAP Commerce Cloud, composable architectures, or enterprise integration landscapes is an advantage
• Experience in distributed delivery models involving internal teams and implementation partners
• Exposure to release readiness, production support, and operational handover topics
• Experience in mentoring engineers or coordinating cross-functional technical delivery without formal line management
• Understanding of IT service management and ITIL-based support processes