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**Digital Software Engineer Group Manager** Lead a team of software professionals, driving complex projects to deliver high-quality products. Manage processes, budgets, and team performance. Key responsibilities include design, implementation, and delivery of software components, leading teams to produce exceptional results, and improving software lifecycle processes. Requires 15+ years in software development, delivery, and support, along with expertise in multiple technologies such as React, JavaScript, Python, cloud platforms, and AI/Machine Learning. Strong leadership skills and experience in Agile methodologies are essential. Bachelor's degree required, Master's preferred.
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Digital Software Engineer Group Manager
Job Req Id:
26991148
Location(s):
Pune, Maharashtra, India, Tamil Nadu, India
Job Type:
Hybrid
Posted:
Sep. 11, 2026
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Job Overview
The Digital S/W Engineer Group Mgr is accountable for management of complex/critical/large professional disciplinary areas. Leads and directs a team of professionals. Requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact in order to achieve the objectives of the function. Applies in-depth understanding of the business impact of technical contributions. Strong commercial awareness is a necessity. Generally accountable for delivery of a full range of services to one or more businesses/ geographic regions. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication may be necessary. Accountable for the end results of an area. Exercises control over resources, policy formulation and planning. Primarily affects a sub-function. Involved in short- to medium-term planning of actions and resources for own area. Full management responsibility of a team or multiple teams, including management of people, budget and planning, to include performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary actions and terminations and budget approval.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and deploy software components and solve difficult problems generating positive feedback.
- Effectively coach, help and give feedback to team members.
- Work independently and with team(s) to deliver software product successfully.
- Lead deliveries that are consistently of high quality (secure, testable, maintainable, low-defects, efficient, etc.) and incorporate best practices.
- Review design and code.
- Focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems, identifying and building solutions, taking on projects that improve software, making it better and easier to maintain.
- Make improvements to SDLC processes and be the end-to-end owner for all engineering activities from inception to post-implementation.
- Regularly provide insights, lessons learned, risks and opportunities to senior leaders.
- Manage employees and non-employees.
- Manage team and deliveries to the budget.
Recommended Qualifications:
- 15 or more years of relevant experience in development, delivery, and support of mission critical, customer facing applications progressively as engineer, engineer lead and engineer manager.
- Ability to self-learn new technologies and tools.
- Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Large and Small Language Models, Retrieval Augmented Generation, AI Agents, Agentic AI, Generative AI, Predictive AI.
- Experience in using one or more of Copilot, Gemini, Claude, Devin
- Proficient in many, if not all, of these - React, JavaScript, HTML5, Java, Spring Boot, Python, Solace, MQ, JMS, Spring JPA, Hibernate ORM, JDBC, COBOL, Mainframe, Jenkins, Oracle, DB2, MongoDB.
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, containers, CI/CD, and SaaS.
- Experience in design, build, and deployment of APIs & Microservices.
- Experience in BDD and test automation.
- Good knowledge of design patterns.
- Ability to design & build scalable and efficient solutions.
- Experience in Agile & Scrum methodologies.
- Experience in building frameworks and reusable shared components.
Education:
- Bachelors/University degree, Masters degree preferred
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Job Family Group:
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Job Family:
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