Senior Technical Engineer (E Commerce)

Schaeffler; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SCHAEFFLER GLOBAL SERVICES INDIA PVT LTD is seeking a senior technical lead to drive engineering alignment across India for medias and related platforms. You will coordinate frontend, backend, DevOps, QA, and support teams, and help stabilize the internal India group as it assumes long‑term ownership of delivery.

The role requires 20 years of software engineering and delivery experience, with strong cross‑functional leadership, ITIL awareness, and experience working with European partners.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Computer Science or a comparable field.
• 20 years in software engineering, technical delivery, or solution implementation.
• Strong background in frontend, backend/integration, platform/DevOps, or enterprise app delivery.
• Experience guiding cross-disciplinary teams and onboarding distributed staff.
• Knowledge of IT service management and ITIL-based support processes.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior technical anchor across the India-based engineering setup for medias.
• Align frontend, backend/integration, platform/DevOps, QA, and support engineering work.
• Help build up and stabilize the internal India team during transition to long-term ownership.
• Translate architecture direction into practical technical coordination within the team.
• Mentor engineers and establish standard collaboration, documentation, and readiness practices.
• Ensure reliability, maintainability, and delivery confidence across projects.
• Identify risks, bottlenecks, and coordination needs; support sprint prep and refinement.
• Coordinate with IT Product Owner in Germany, and Solution Architects/Operations in Poland, plus partners.
• Oversee knowledge handover and smooth internalization of ownership.
• Support incident resolution and escalate as required to resolution.

Skills

Soft skills & leadership

English communication

Agile delivery

Distributed teams

ITIL knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SAP Commerce Cloud

Job description

Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. Does that sound interesting to you? As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.

Your Key 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
• Encourage collaboration, transparency, and a strong engineering culture focused on reliability, maintainability, and delivery confidence

Your Qualifications

• 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
• Experience working across multiple engineering disciplines and helping technical teams collaborate effectively
• 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
• Ability to guide engineers through technical judgment, structured collaboration, and hands‑on credibility
• Strong communication skills and confidence working with engineers, architects, product owners, managers, and external partners
• Strong analytical thinking and a solution‑oriented mindset
• Experience in agile delivery models (Scrum, Kanban) and global team collaboration is a plus
• Strong intercultural skills and experience in working with European companies
• Fluent in English
• 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

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

www.schaeffler.com/careers

Your Contact

SCHAEFFLER GLOBAL SERVICES INDIA PVT LTD

Rimsha Shaikh

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For technical questions, please contact this email address: [e-mail]

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