Software Engineering Lead

Jobtailor; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Pune is seeking a senior technical anchor to lead and coordinate engineering across frontend, backend, DevOps, QA and support in India. You will translate architecture direction into actionable tasks and help stabilize the internal team during the transition from external support.

The role emphasizes mentoring, setting standards, and ensuring reliable handovers, with close collaboration with European partners.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in CS or a related technical field.
• 20 years of experience in software engineering or delivery in complex environments.
• Strong technical background across frontend, backend/integration, platform/DevOps.
• Ability to structure and stabilize growing engineering setups.
• Experience onboarding and knowledge transfer in distributed teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration with engineers, architects, POs, managers, and partners.
• Experience with agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban) and global teams.
• Intercultural experience with European companies.
• Experience in eCommerce, SAP Commerce Cloud or enterprise integration landscapes is an advantage.
• Exposure to release readiness, production support, and operational handover.
• Mentoring engineers or coordinating cross-functional delivery without formal line management.
• Understanding IT service management and ITIL-based support processes.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior technical anchor across the India-based engineering setup.
• Align frontend, backend/integration, platform/DevOps, QA, and support-related roles.
• Support the build-up and stabilization of the internal India team during transition.
• Translate architecture direction and delivery priorities into practical technical coordination.
• Assist onboarding of new engineers by helping establish ways of working, standards, and collaboration.
• Promote engineering quality, discipline, and consistent implementation practices.
• Identify technical delivery risks, dependencies, and capacity bottlenecks.
• Support sprint preparation and refinement by breaking down work into tasks.
• Work closely with IT Product Owner in Germany, Solution Architects in Poland, and partners.
• Ensure stable handover of knowledge and technical ownership into India.
• Support incident resolution and escalations by connecting experts to resolution.
• Contribute to technical documentation and onboarding materials.

Skills

Frontend

Backend/Integration

Platform/DevOps

Enterprise delivery

Distributed teams

Agile delivery

Communication

Mentoring

ITIL

Cross-cultural

Release readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SAP Commerce Cloud

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 readinessAbility 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
• 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