Senior Engineering Manager

₹50,00,000 - ₹90,00,000 a year

We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the development and evolution of platform management and automation systems that enable seamless deployment, operation, and observability of distributed database clusters across cloud and on-premises environments. In this role, you will guide engineering teams responsible for building automation frameworks, Kubernetes-based orchestration tools, and monitoring systems that ensure reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

The position combines strong technical leadership with people management responsibilities, requiring the ability to drive architectural decisions, mentor engineering teams, and align technical initiatives with broader product and business goals. You will work closely with product management, site reliability engineering, and platform teams to deliver a robust operational experience for customers running large-scale distributed systems.

The role also involves defining long-term technical strategies for cluster lifecycle management, automation, and observability while ensuring high engineering standards and predictable delivery. This is an excellent opportunity for a leader who is passionate about cloud-native technologies, distributed systems, and building platforms that power mission-critical applications.

This is a hybrid role. Employees are expected to work from the Bangalore office 2-3 times a week.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering streams responsible for cluster lifecycle automation, monitoring, and management tooling.
• Own end-to-end architecture and delivery of our Kubernetes Operator and related orchestration frameworks.
• Define technical roadmaps, success metrics, and best practices for reliability, scalability, and security.
• Drive engineering excellence through design reviews, code quality standards, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Management, SRE, and Cloud teams to deliver a consistent operational experience.
• Stay hands-on with architecture and code when needed — guiding technical problem-solving and unblockers.
• Champion observability, automation, and resilience as core principles in every release.

Required skills & experience

• Must have 10+ years of total experience, including 3 + years in engineering management or technical leadership roles.
• Proven success leading teams that build Kubernetes Operators, controllers, or related platform automation tools (mandatory).
• Strong programming and design skills in Golang (preferred) or Java/Python.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals and lifecycle management of stateful workloads.
• Practical exposure to observability stacks — Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, or similar.
• Experience designing or operating distributed systems and large-scale backend platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible).

Required leadership skills : 

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and team-mentoring abilities.
• Hands-on experience driving engineering OKRs, tracking deliverables, and reporting progress to business stakeholders and leadership.
• Proven ability to collaborate with international teams and cross-functional stakeholders (Product, SRE, Cloud, and Executive teams) to ensure alignment and successful execution.