Software Development Manager

We are hiring an experienced Software Development Manager (SDM) to lead engineering execution for scalable product platforms at Drim. We are looking for a strong engineering leader with a solid product mindset, technical depth, customer-facing capabilities, and proven experience managing high-performing engineering teams.
The core responsibilities for the job include the following:
Engineering Leadership:
Lead and mentor cross-functional engineering teams.
Drive engineering excellence, delivery predictability, and team growth.
Manage hiring, performance reviews, and career development.
Build a strong ownership and accountability culture.
Product and Delivery:
Work closely with Product, Business, QA, and Design teams.
Own sprint planning, release execution, roadmap delivery, and backlog prioritisation.
Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Drive Agile execution across teams.
Technical Leadership:
Guide architecture and design discussions for scalable systems.
Participate in critical code reviews and technical decision-making.
Ensure high standards in code quality, performance, security, and reliability.
Drive engineering best practices and automation.
DevOps and Scalability:
Work closely with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines, Cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes and Docker, Monitoring and observability, and Release automation.
Improve platform scalability, stability, and operational efficiency.
Customer and Stakeholder Management:
Interact with customers and leadership teams.
Handle escalations, technical discussions, and solutioning.
Provide visibility into engineering execution, risks, and timelines.
Requirements:
10 to 15 years of software engineering experience.
4+ years managing engineering teams.
Product company experience is mandatory.
Strong expertise in C++ OR Java, Scalable distributed systems, Microservices architecture, REST APIs, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker, and Database design and optimisation.
Leadership Skills:
Strong people management experience.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
Ability to manage multiple teams and releases.
Product thinking and customer-first mindset.
Nice to Have:
SaaS/Product platform experience.
Exposure to AI/GenAI engineering workflows.
Experience handling enterprise-scale systems.
Agile/Scrum experience.
Good to Have:
A hands-on engineering leader who can:
Scale teams and products.
Drive execution in fast-paced environments.
Balance technical depth with operational leadership.
Collaborate effectively across product, engineering, and business teams.

Experience
9-13 yrs