Vice President, Data Engineering

Ares Management Corporation; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ares Management is seeking a senior leader for Data & AI Engineering in India. Lead enterprise data platforms, AI enablement, and architectural governance to deliver scalable solutions.

You will mentor teams across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, drive DevSecOps practices, and shape strategy for data governance and platform modernization.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, data engineering, or platform engineering.
• Experience leading large engineering organizations within global enterprises.
• Track record of delivering enterprise-scale cloud data platforms and engineering transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams for enterprise data platforms, cloud-native data services, and modern data architectures.
• Drive scalable, secure, and resilient data engineering solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Partner with global architecture teams to establish engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and platform best practices.
• Ensure operational excellence, reliability, performance, and platform availability.
• Lead engineering for AI platforms, MLOps, developer tooling, and enterprise AI enablement.
• Deliver reusable data products, APIs, and engineering capabilities supporting analytics and AI across the firm.
• Partner with Data Governance and MDM teams to ensure trusted, governed, high-quality data.
• Serve as the senior technical leader for the India Data & AI Engineering organization.
• Provide architecture guidance, code quality standards, engineering governance, and technical mentoring.
• Champion DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation, observability, and engineering excellence.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic investments.

Skills

Data Platform Engineering

Azure

Python

Kubernetes

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Spark

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values — Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy — and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

Data Platform Engineering

• Lead engineering teams responsible for enterprise data platforms, cloud-native data services, and modern data architectures.
• Drive scalable, secure, and resilient data engineering solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Partner with global architecture teams to establish engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and platform best practices.
• Ensure operational excellence, reliability, performance, and platform availability.

AI Engineering & Data Products

• Lead engineering for AI platforms, MLOps, developer tooling, and enterprise AI enablement.
• Deliver reusable data products, APIs, and engineering capabilities supporting analytics and AI across the firm.
• Partner with Data Governance and MDM teams to ensure trusted, governed, high-quality data.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as the senior technical leader for the India Data & AI Engineering organization.
• Provide architecture guidance, code quality standards, engineering governance, and technical mentoring.
• Champion DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation, observability, and engineering excellence.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic investments.

People Leadership

• Build, lead, and develop a world-class Data & AI Engineering organization in India.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain exceptional engineering talent while creating a culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Partner with global leaders across the Americas, Europe, and Asia to deliver strategic technology initiatives.

Qualifications

Experience

• 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, data engineering, or platform engineering.
• Experience leading large engineering organizations within global enterprises.
• Track record of delivering enterprise-scale cloud data platforms and engineering transformation.

Technical Expertise

• Deep expertise in Azure, Databricks, Spark, Data Lakes, SQL, Python, data pipelines, and cloud-native engineering.
• Strong understanding of AI engineering, MLOps, DevOps, APIs, microservices, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.
• Experience with enterprise architecture, security, governance, and engineering best practices.

Leadership

• Technically astute leader with credibility across engineering teams and executive stakeholders.
• Strong communication, organizational leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for coaching engineers and building high-performing teams.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline required.
• Advanced degree and Azure certifications preferred.

Reporting Relationships

Managing Director, Head of Data Engineering & AI Platforms

Ares Management LLC (together with its related operating and administrative subsidiaries, “Ares Management”) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnicity, creed, sex, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, status regarding public assistance, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, gender identity and expression, transgender status, genetic information, status as unemployed, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Ares Management will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. (1) As of June 30, 2026. AUM amounts include funds managed by Ivy Hill Asset Management, LP., a wholly owned portfolio company of Ares Capital Corporation and registered investment adviser.

As of June 30, 2026, Ares Management's global platform had approximately $671 billion of assets under management(1) with more than 4,400 employees operating across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. For more information, please visit www.aresmgmt.com.