Software Engineering Manager

Kanerika is looking for a seasoned Engineering Manager with deep technical expertise and delivery leadership, capable of building and guiding high-performing engineering teams. You thrive in high-impact environments, and your strength lies in delivering scalable solutions in data, cloud, analytics, BI, and automation ecosystems.

You think and lead with data, leveraging metrics, visualizations, and insights to optimize performance, quality, and delivery. Your ability to collaborate cross-functionally with customers, architects, and internal leaders ensures smooth execution from idea to deployment. You bring clarity in ambiguity, coach future leaders, and consistently deliver business value at scale.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Delivery, Product & Program Management

• Lead delivery of enterprise-grade projects across data engineering, business intelligence, cloud, and automation.
• Manage timelines, risks, and technical quality across multiple cross-functional teams.
• Work closely with architects and team leads to ensure scalable, maintainable, and extensible software systems.
• Ensure use of best practices in Agile/DevOps, test automation, CI/CD, and performance tuning.
• Translate business goals into technical roadmaps with milestones and measurable KPIs.
• Proactively manage risks, escalations, and executive-level stakeholder communication.
• Engineering, BI & Analytics Excellence
• Drive engineering excellence through clean architecture, reusable components, and technical debt management.
• Promote BI and data visualization best practices using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar.
• Encourage a data-first mindset: use delivery dashboards, velocity metrics, and story tracking to continuously improve.

Leadership & Team Building

• Hire, mentor, and manage engineering leads, developers, and technical managers.
• Define career paths, provide constructive feedback, and support employee growth.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative team environment focused on performance, innovation, and accountability.

Process, Strategy & Org Development

• Work closely with recruitment, pre-sales, architecture, and executive teams to align delivery with organizational growth.
• Continuously refine delivery frameworks and implement scalable project governance practices.
• Identify and promote high performers and build a leadership pipeline within your teams.

What we need:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering and delivery experience with a minimum of 3 years in a leadership role.
• Strong background in:
• Programming languages: Java /.NET
• Databases: SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, etc.
• Cloud platforms: Azure /AWS /GCP
• Messaging & streaming: Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.
• BI Tools: Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft fabric, data bricks, ETL tools or equivalent
• CI/CD and automation: Jenkins, Selenium, and DevOps processes
• Knowledge of data warehousing, AI/ML concepts, and RPA is highly desirable.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Delivered multiple successful projects with published case studies or testimonials.