Software Engineering Manager

BT Group; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

BT Group is seeking an Software Engineering Manager in Gurugram to lead execution of the engineering strategy and roadmap supporting BT's commercial goals. You will partner cross-functionally, guiding a team that builds scalable, cloud-native apps using microservices and micro-frontends.

You will own features end-to-end, drive incident management, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product, UX, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality software.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in building scalable web applications with modern frontend and backend stacks.

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end: from business requirements → design → development → deployment → Observe → Maintain
• Design scalable systems with LLD, component design, and integration architecture
• Build micro-frontend and microservices-based applications at scale
• Understand the complete low-level architecture and know-how of your component and a strong knowledge of the systems you're component integrated with.
• Own the development end to end for your components (Solution Design, Frontend, Backend, Database, Cloud Native Apps, Microservices, Serverless Architecture, Caching etc)
• Implement API-first systems (REST, GraphQL orchestration, BFF pattern)
• Enhance API and Portal Performance by innovative interventions (Orchestration, LazyLoading, Caching, Http protocol, Parallel Loading, Vertical Scaling etc)
• Drive quality engineering: test automation, CI/CD, performance, and observability
• Own production stability, release management, and incident resolution
• Collaborate with product, UX (Figma), and business stakeholders
• Mentor engineers and elevate team capabilities through coaching and tech forums
• Lead technical delivery planning, sprint execution, and release ownership
• Contribute to building a strong tech roadmap, reducing tech debt
• Identify innovation opportunities leveraging AI/LLMs, automation, and modern framework
• Adopt strong engineering practices to have ~0 P1, P2 incident due to technical issues/errors

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React.js

Next.js

Node.js

GraphQL

CI/CD

Cloud-native development

Observability

Tools

AWS

Adobe Experience Manager

Adobe Analytics

Dynatrace

PagerDuty

ServiceNow

GitLab CI/CD

BrowserStack

Redis

Job description

Job Title: Software Engineering Manager

Division: Digital

Job Location: IND Gurugram - Tower B and C

Advertised Salary: Competitive

About the role

The Software Engineering Manager coordinates the execution of the engineering strategy and roadmap that supports BT's commercial strategy through cross functional business partnering and the participation of a team that pursues innovation as well as engineering excellence.

What you'll be doing

• Own features end-to-end: from business requirements → design → development → deployment → Observe → Maintain


• Design scalable systems with LLD, component design, and integration architecture


• Build micro-frontend and microservices-based applications at scale


• Understand the complete low-level architecture and know-how of your component and a strong knowledge of the systems you're component integrated with.


• Own the development end to end for your components (Solution Design, Frontend, Backend, Database, Cloud Native Apps, Microservices, Serverless Architecture, Caching etc)


• Implement API-first systems (REST, GraphQL orchestration, BFF pattern)


• Enhance API and Portal Performance by innovative interventions (Orchestration, LazyLoading, Caching, Http protocol, Parallel Loading, Vertical Scaling etc)


• Drive quality engineering: test automation, CI/CD, performance, and observability


• Own production stability, release management, and incident resolution


• Collaborate with product, UX (Figma), and business stakeholders


• Mentor engineers and elevate team capabilities through coaching and tech forums


• Lead technical delivery planning, sprint execution, and release ownership


• Contribute to building a strong tech roadmap, reducing tech debt


• Identify innovation opportunities leveraging AI/LLMs, automation, and modern framework


• Adopt strong engineering practices to have ~0 P1, P2 incident due to technical issues/errors

Essential Skills / Experience

• Strong expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Next.js, and Node.js.


• Solid understanding of reusable, scalable frontend and backend libraries and frameworks.


• Proven experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS (or equivalent).


• Hands-on experience with CMS platforms such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) or similar tools.


• Strong knowledge of analytics platforms such as Adobe Analytics (or equivalent).


• Extensive experience designing, developing, and integrating APIs using GraphQL and REST.


• Strong foundation in cloud-native application development and deployment practices.


• Deep understanding of modern architecture patterns, including microservices, Backend-for-Frontend (BFF), and micro-frontends.


• Experience in application observability and monitoring using tools such as Dynatrace (or equivalent).


• Familiarity with incident management and alerting tools such as PagerDuty, ServiceNow, or similar platforms.


• Experience with QA automation frameworks such as Cypress, Playwright, or equivalent tools.


• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and platforms, including GitLab runners and BrowserStack (or equivalents).


• Strong knowledge of secure coding practices, vulnerability management, and DevSecOps principles.


• Good to have experience with in-memory data stores such as Redis (or equivalent).

BT Group is the UK's leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country's most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group's role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country's most important companies.