Software Development Manager

Tesco Technology

Bengaluru

On-site

INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

30 days of leave plus holidays
Health insurance for family
Mental health support
Financial coaching
SAYE programme for employees
Physical wellbeing facilities

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Bengaluru is looking for a Software Development Manager. This role involves people management, technical leadership, and ensuring high-quality software delivery. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing software engineers and leading complex development programmes. The position offers competitive benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

  • Experience managing software engineers, supporting their career development and growth.
  • Demonstrated experience designing, developing and running highly-scalable distributed systems.
  • Operational skills relevant for this job.
  • Experience implementing various design and architecture patterns.
  • Operational skills relevant for this job.
  • Strong leadership with coaching, mentoring and technical guidance.

Responsibilities

  • Play an active role in people management and technical leadership.
  • Responsible for building and developing high performing teams.
  • Ensure the right product outcomes through the right technical strategy.
  • Set and communicate the technical strategy and roadmap.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure right product outcomes.

Skills

Managing software engineers
Leading complex software development programmes
Designing highly-scalable distributed systems
Implementing design and architecture patterns
Technical leadership and coaching
Operational skills
Delivery leadership
Communication

Job description

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About the Role

SDM

  • I play an active role in people management and technical leadership.
  • I impact the teams I lead, the people I manage and the products I am responsible for, whilst having a direct impact upon the environment and continuous improvement within my domain.
  • I am responsible for building and developing high performing teams.
  • I take accountability for the environment that my teams operate within and the processes and standards that facilitate high quality software delivery.
  • Ensuring the right product outcomes through the right technical strategy and trade-offs.
  • I build capability by hiring, retaining, and developing the careers of our engineers, ensuring opportunities for growth and maintaining a level of challenge and motivation.
  • I establish and sustain the environment for development to succeed.
  • My primary focus is to hire, develop and retain our Software Development Engineers (SDEs).
  • I lead and develop our SDEs through tailored plans, 1-2-1 meetings, coaching and mentoring whilst aligning opportunities to grow expertise alongside the goals of the wider team and business.
  • I ensure SDEs are set up for success and provide course corrections when needed.
  • I am responsible for building performing teams that consistently deliver quality software whilst balancing the demands of timeframes and needs.
  • I ensure the right levels of processes, practices, and standards to build and operate products, aligned to the wider Technology strategy and standards.
  • I drive continuous improvement across my teams and directorate, capturing the right data to affect our practices and delivery.
  • I guide and empower my engineers to own technical decisions whilst understanding when guidance is needed.
  • I play a major role in the process of releasing value to our customers.
  • I am accountable for the products I work on and proactively identify risks, propose mitigations, and understand when to elevate or ask for help.
  • I build balanced, empathetic relationships with my stakeholders and product teams, collaborating effectively to ensure the right outcomes are delivered.
  • I am a great communicator.
  • I play a key role in formulating the technical strategy and roadmap for my area to support the growth of our business objectives and maintaining our competitive advantage.
  • I drive architecture, design, implementation, adoption, and re‑usability of technology within my teams and the wider technology community, crafting a culture of innovation and technical excellence.
Qualifications
  • Experience managing software engineers, supporting their career development and growth.
  • Experience leading complex software development programmes.
  • Demonstrated experience designing, developing and running highly‑scalable distributed systems.
  • Experience implementing a range of design and architecture patterns.
  • Experience of technical leadership within a team. Coaching, supporting and mentoring those around me.
  • Operational skills relevant for this job.
  • Programming System Design Development Practice Infrastructure Software Security Operations and Maintenance Core Technology Development Lifecycle Product Methodologies Retail Technology Awareness Communication & Influencing Data Analytics & Insights Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving Finance & Procurement Curiosity & Learning Embracing and Enabling Change.
Benefits
  • We are committed to providing the best for you with a unique, differentiated, market‑competitive reward package.
  • Salary: Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.
  • Leave & Time‑off: Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company’s policy.
  • Making Retirement Tension‑Free: In addition to Statutory retirement benefits, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.
  • Health is Wealth: Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family. Our medical insurance provides coverage for dependents including parents or in‑laws.
  • Mental Wellbeing: We offer mental health support through self‑help tools, community groups, ally networks, face‑to‑face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.
  • Financial Wellbeing: Through our financial literacy partner, we offer one‑to‑one financial coaching at discounted rates, as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request.
  • Save As You Earn (SAYE): Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3‑year savings plan.
  • Physical Wellbeing: Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch, football field, badminton and volleyball courts, along with indoor games, encouraging a healthier lifestyle.
About Us

Tesco in Bengaluru is a multi‑disciplinary team serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day across markets. Our goal is to create a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility through technological solutions, and empowering our colleagues to do even more for our customers. With cross‑functional expertise, a wide network of teams, and strong governance, we reduce complexity, thereby offering high‑quality services for our customers.

Tesco in Bengaluru, established in 2004, aims to make the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 3,30,000 colleagues.

Tesco Technology: Today, our Technology team consists of over 5,000 experts spread across the UK, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and India. In India, our Technology division includes teams dedicated to Engineering, Product, Programme, Service Desk and Operations, Systems Engineering, Security & Capability, Data Science, and other roles. At Tesco, our retail platform comprises a wide array of capabilities, value propositions, and products, essential for crafting exceptional retail experiences for our customers and colleagues across all channels and markets. This platform comprises all aspects of our operations – from identifying and authenticating customers, managing products, pricing, promoting, enabling customers to discover products, facilitating payment, and ensuring delivery. By developing a comprehensive Retail Platform, we ensure that as customer touchpoints and devices evolve, we can consistently deliver seamless experiences. This adaptability allows us to respond flexibly without the need to overhaul our technology, thanks to the creation of capabilities we have built.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

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