Data/Software Engineering Manager - Expression of Interest

Innodata Inc.; Philippines; On-site; PHP 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Innodata Inc. in the Philippines is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a team of engineers, balancing hands-on leadership with people management. You will drive the roadmap, architecture decisions, and execution while growing a high-performing engineering team.

You will own ETL guidance, scalable design, and end-to-end SDLC within Agile/Scrum, ensuring milestones and production success rates. Collaboration with QA, infra, architecture, and executives translates business asks into

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on coding.
• 5+ years of experience directly managing software engineers.
• Experience delivering large-scale, distributed, or high-traffic systems.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and engineering best practices.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance on ETL architecture, best practices, and coding standards.
• Propose and implement scalable design, software improvements and optimization solutions.
• Analyze business software requirements and comply to SLA requirements.
• Oversee the end-to-end SDLC using Agile/Scrum, ensuring project milestones are met with the target production success rate.
• Collaborate with quality assurance, infrastructure, architecture and other departments for seamless delivery execution.
• Act as a technical consultant for executive stakeholders, translating ambiguous business 'asks' into robust technical roadmaps.
• Familiarity with cloud migration processes and legacy code modernization is highly desirable.

Skills

Leadership

Java

Python

Cloud

CI/CD

SDLC

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

ETL architecture

Distributed systems

Microservices

AWS/Azure

Job description

As a Software Development Manager, you will lead a team of talented engineers in building products. You'll balance hands-on technical leadership with people management, driving the roadmap, architecture decisions, and execution while growing a high-performing engineering team.

What You'll Own

• Provide technical guidance on ETL architecture, best practices, and coding standards
• Propose and implement scalable design, software improvements and optimization solutions
• Analyze business software requirements and comply to SLA requirements
• Oversee the end-to-end SDLC using Agile/Scrum, ensuring project milestones are met with the target production success rate
• Collaborate with quality assurance, infrastructure, architecture and other departments for seamless delivery execution
• Act as a technical consultant for executive stakeholders, translating ambiguous business "asks" into robust technical roadmaps
• Familiarity with cloud migration processes and legacy code modernisation is highly desirable.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant hands-on coding experience
• 5+ years of experience directly managing software engineers
• Experience delivering large-scale, distributed, or high-traffic systems
• Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and engineering best practices
• Excellent communication, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development processes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a fast-paced, globally distributed environment
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for data workflows
• Understanding of data security and compliance best practices

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING

At Innodata, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging are at the heart of who we are. With over 35 years of expertise, we foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates the rich diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives our employees bring — diversity that fuels our innovation in AI and data engineering. We encourage individuals from all walks of life to apply, particularly those who may feel they don't meet every qualification or who