Engineering Manager (C++)

Join our product development team at Planview as a Senior Software Engineer I and become a pivotal force on the Viz Core Team. This role offers the unique opportunity to shape and lead the development of data-processing pipelines and APIs that are at the heart of our software solutions. These solutions are designed to streamline and enhance the efficiency of software delivery, resonating deeply with software engineers who strive to build better and faster.

At Planview Viz, which is powered by the innovative “Flow Framework,” you will tackle complex data challenges and develop scalable solutions within an AWS cloud environment. Your efforts will be crucial in revolutionizing how businesses harness and interpret vast amounts of workflow data, transforming it into actionable insights that propel organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

Responsibilities (What you'll do)

• Create and refine powerful data-processing architectures that integrate seamlessly with a diverse array of external tools, enhancing the way software is delivered across industries.
• Drive operational excellence by critically analyzing problems, defining requirements, and devising robust solutions that push the boundaries of technology.
• Lead and inspire a team of talented engineers, promoting a culture of ownership, meticulous attention to quality, and proactive problem-solving.
• Stay at the cutting edge of technology by updating and expanding your team’s knowledge of cloud architectures, data processing, and advanced analytics, ensuring that you and your team remain leaders in technological innovation.
• Make a direct impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of software delivery worldwide through innovation and leadership.

Qualifications (What you'll bring)

Who We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate is a seasoned professional in cloud software development with a strong foundation in data processing and scalable software systems. You thrive in collaborative environments and are passionate about advancing cloud technology and data architecture to new heights. You are a leader who enjoys mentoring, guiding, and inspiring others.

Preferred Qualifications

Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience with a modern programming language, with a focus on back-end systems and cloud-based technologies.
• Strong capability in architecting and designing robust, scalable software systems.
• Proficiency in AWS or another popular cloud platform.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience with big-data technologies such as Spark and Apache Kafka.
• Experience with Java (version 17), Scala, or other JVM programming languages.
• Experience with tools such as Amazon Redshift and MongoDB.
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Travis CI, or similar platforms.
• Proficiency in test-driven development.
• Experience with containers and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
• Experience working on remote or distributed teams and projects.

Overview

Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work, from ideas to impact.

As the global leader in work and resource management, Planview helps organizations accelerate the achievement of what matters most, supporting our customers from need to speed, from passion to progress, and from overhead to optimization. We provide the industry’s most comprehensive solutions designed for strategic planning, portfolio and resource management, Lean and Agile delivery, product portfolio management, capability, technology management (enterprise architecture), innovation management, collaborative work and project management. Our connected platform of solutions underpins the business and digital transformations of more than 4,500 customers globally, including 59 of the Fortune 100.

At Planview, our people connections drive our innovation and success. Our global team of 1400+ work remotely and across our offices including Austin, Vancouver, Hod HaSharon, Bangalore, and Stockholm. We are proud of our world-class, connected culture built on our shared values, that supports our teams to be successful from anywhere.

The Opportunity

Join our product development team at Planview as a Software Engineer 2 and contribute to the Viz Core Team. This role provides an exciting opportunity to support the development of data processing pipelines and APIs that form the backbone of our software solutions. You will work collaboratively to enhance the efficiency of software delivery, developing solutions that help organizations harness and interpret workflow data.

In this role, you will

•Collaborate with senior engineers to create and refine data processing architectures that integrate with various external tools.

•Assist in analyzing problems, defining requirements, and proposing solutions that align with the team’s objectives.

•Contribute to a culture of quality and continuous improvement by providing thoughtful feedback on code and design.

•Learn and apply best practices in cloud architectures and data processing to deliver high-quality software solutions.

•Engage in an environment that values innovation and teamwork, where your contributions will positively impact the delivery of software solutions.

Who we are looking for

The ideal candidate is an emerging professional in cloud software development with a solid foundation in data processing and software systems. You thrive in collaborative environments and are eager to learn and grow within the field.

Preferred qualifications skills, knowledge, and expertise

•Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

•3+ years of experience with any modern programming language, focusing on back-end systems and cloud-based technologies.

•Basic understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software development methodologies.

•Familiarity with cloud platforms, particularly AWS or similar services.

Other beneficial qualifications

•Exposure to big data technologies like Spark or Apache Kafka.

•Experience with Java (v17), Scala, or other JVM programming languages.

•Familiarity with storage tools such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB.

• Understanding of continuous integration/deployment tooling such as GitHub or Jenkins.

• Awareness of Test-Driven Development practices.

• Basic knowledge of containers and orchestration tools like

We’re seeking a highly skilled, execution-focused Senior Backend Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of experience to join our team. This role demands hands-on expertise in building and scaling distributed systems, strong proficiency in Java, and deep knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure. You will be expected to design robust backend services, optimize performance across storage and caching layers, and enable seamless integrations using modern messaging and CI/CD pipelines.

You’ll be working in a high-scale, high-impact environment where reliability, speed, and efficiency are paramount. If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and have a passion for distributed systems, this is the right role for you.

Responsibilities—

• Design, develop, and maintain distributed backend systems at scale.
• Write high-performance, production-grade code in Java.
• Architect and optimize storage systems, ensuring efficient query performance and scalable data models.
• Implement caching strategies to reduce latency and improve system throughput.
• Build and manage services leveraging AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Develop resilient messaging pipelines using Kafka (or equivalent) for real-time data processing.
• Define and streamline CI/CD pipelines, ensuring rapid and reliable deployment cycles.
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and apply proactive fixes.
• Drive best practices in software engineering, testing, and code reviews. 

Requirements—

• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering, with deep hands-on coding experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and familiarity with modern frameworks.
• Proven track record in building scalable distributed systems.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS).
• Solid understanding of messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar.
• Strong grasp of query performance optimization and storage system design.
• Experience with caching solutions (Redis, Memcached, etc.).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive mindset.

Benefits—

• Best in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly.
• Proximity Talks: Meet other designers, engineers, and product geeks — and learn from experts in the field.
• Keep on learning with a world-class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new every day.

About us—

Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world. We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

Since 2019, Proximity has built high-impact, scalable products used by millions of users every day. Today, we are a global team of engineers, designers, product managers, and experts solving complex problems and building cutting-edge technology at scale.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead efforts to strengthen and optimize our state-of-the-art systems, ensuring high performance, scalability, and efficiency across our suite of trading solutions.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Technical Expertise:

• C++ coding and debugging to strengthen and optimize systems.
• Design and architecture (HLD/LLD) to ensure scalable and robust solutions.
• Implementing and enhancing DevOps, Agile, and CI/CD pipelines to improve development workflows.
• Managing escalations and ensuring high-quality customer outcomes.

Architecture and Design:

• Define and refine the architectural vision and technical roadmap for enterprise software solutions.
• Design scalable, maintainable, and secure systems in line with business goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Driving engineering initiatives to foster innovation, efficiency, and excellence.

Project Management:

• Oversee project timelines, deliverables, and quality assurance processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of systems.
• Identify risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies.

Technical Leadership:

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Provide technical direction and guidance on complex software engineering challenges.
• Drive code quality, best practices, and standards across the engineering team.

Requirements:

• 6-13 years in the tech industry, with 2-4 years in technical leadership or managerial roles.
• Technical Expertise: Expertise in C++ development, enterprise architecture, and scalable system design, and proficiency in performance optimization, scalability, software architecture, and networking principles.
• Extensive experience managing the full development lifecycle of large-scale software products, from concept to deployment.
• Strong knowledge of STL containers, multi-threading concepts, and algorithms.
• Solid understanding of memory management and efficient resource utilization.
• Microservices Architecture Expertise: Experience in designing and implementing scalable, reliable microservices.
• Strong Communication and Decision-making skills: Ability to clearly articulate trade-offs, make informed decisions, and ensure alignment across stakeholders.
• Commitment to Creating and fostering Engineering Excellence: Deep understanding of best practices, including code quality, testability, security, and release management, and passion for fostering a strong engineering culture and continuously improving developer workflows and tools.
• Self-Driven and Motivated: Ability to operate independently while driving impactful results.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead efforts to strengthen and optimize our state-of-the-art systems, ensuring high performance, scalability, and efficiency across our suite of trading solutions.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Technical Expertise:

• C++ coding and debugging to strengthen and optimize systems.
• Design and architecture (HLD/LLD) to ensure scalable and robust solutions.
• Implementing and enhancing DevOps, Agile, and CI/CD pipelines to improve development workflows.
• Managing escalations and ensuring high-quality customer outcomes.

Architecture and Design:

• Define and refine the architectural vision and technical roadmap for enterprise software solutions.
• Design scalable, maintainable, and secure systems in line with business goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Driving engineering initiatives to foster innovation, efficiency, and excellence.

Project Management:

• Oversee project timelines, deliverables, and quality assurance processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of systems.
• Identify risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies.

Technical Leadership:

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Provide technical direction and guidance on complex software engineering challenges.
• Drive code quality, best practices, and standards across the engineering team.

Requirements:

• 10-15 years in the tech industry, with 2-4 years in technical leadership or managerial roles.
• Technical Expertise: Expertise in C++ development, enterprise architecture, and scalable system design, and proficiency in performance optimization, scalability, software architecture, and networking principles.
• Extensive experience managing the full development lifecycle of large-scale software products, from concept to deployment.
• Strong knowledge of STL containers, multi-threading concepts, and algorithms.
• Solid understanding of memory management and efficient resource utilization.
• Microservices Architecture Expertise: Experience in designing and implementing scalable, reliable microservices.
• Strong Communication and Decision-making skills: Ability to clearly articulate trade-offs, make informed decisions, and ensure alignment across stakeholders.
• Commitment to Creating and fostering Engineering Excellence: Deep understanding of best practices, including code quality, testability, security, and release management, and passion for fostering a strong engineering culture and continuously improving developer workflows and tools.
• Self-Driven and Motivated: Ability to operate independently while driving impactful results.

We are looking for:

● 12–18 years in the tech industry, with 2–4 years in technical leadership or

managerial roles.

● Technical Expertise: Expertise in C++ development, enterprise architecture, and

scalable system design, and proficiency in performance optimization, scalability,

software architecture, and networking principles.

Extensive experience managing the full development lifecycle of large-scale software

products, from concept to deployment.

● Strong knowledge of STL containers, multi-threading concepts, and algorithms.

Solid understanding of memory management and efficient resource utilization.

● Microservices Architecture Expertise: Experience in designing and implementing

scalable, reliable microservices.

● Strong Communication & Decision-Making Skills: Ability to clearly articulate

trade-offs, make informed decisions, and ensure alignment across stakeholders.

● Commitment to Creating and fostering Engineering Excellence: Deep

understanding of best practices, including code quality, testability, security, and

release management, and passion for fostering a strong engineering culture and

continuously improving developer workflows and tools.

● Self-Driven and Motivated: Ability to operate independently while driving impactful

results.

Location: Pune/Bengaluru

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will tackle a highly challenging role within our Cyber Security Engineering integration development team. You will be responsible for the End-to-End (E2E) delivery of projects from gathering customer requirements to deploying high-performance data exchange solutions on-prem or in the cloud. We are looking for a Systems-Level Thinker who can seamlessly transition between building complex integrations and architecting high-throughput, low-latency backends. Because each integration may require a different technical approach, we value engineers who love reskilling, following agile best practices, and maintaining an evolving mindset.

Core Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Architecture

● Systems Engineering: Design, build, and optimize high-throughput, low-latency backend systems and data-exchange layers.

● Architecture and Integration: Participate in planning, defining, and exploring solution alternatives. Architect and estimate deep technical custom solutions and integrations across diverse enterprise tech stacks. ● Stream Processing: Implement event-driven architectures, manage backpressure, and handle real-time state management across security platforms.

● Delivery Ownership: Own projects end-to-end, defining and implementing enablers to evolve solution intent directly alongside our Agile teams.

Team Leadership and Quality

● Mentorship: Actively lead, coach, and mentor junior developers, providing technical guidance to foster professional development.

● Engineering Excellence: Oversee code reviews, build robust CI/CD pipelines, enforce strict quality checks, and ensure rigorous adherence to coding standards.

● Agile Execution: Actively participate in Agile development, including writing, breaking down, and estimating User Stories.

Customer and Stakeholder Collaboration

● Customer Delight: Maintain a strong customer-first attitude while designing, building, and deploying products.

● Technical Communication: Articulate complex technical trade-offs clearly to both business stakeholders and engineering teams.

● Pipeline Management: Manage customer relationships effectively to ensure a continuous flow of project scope, maintaining clear team backlogs.

Job Requirements

● Experience: 5+ years of proven software engineering experience, with a track record of leading small engineering teams or mentoring junior devs.

● High-Throughput Backend Focus: 5+ years of experience engineering robust, real-time backends specifically using Go (Golang) or Java.

● Polyglot and Integration Capability: Deep expertise in at least one or two additional languages/frameworks from our ecosystem: Python, TypeScript, Node.js, React.js, Angular, C#, or C++.

● Computer Science Fundamentals: Excellent knowledge of complex Data Structures, algorithms, and their correct situational usage.

● Adaptability: A passionate programmer who is genuinely open and excited to learn new software development skills as required by changing project demands.

Bonus / Added Advantages

● AI & Intelligent Automation: Hands-on knowledge of AI concepts, Large Language Models (LLMs), and experience building or integrating AI agents to automate complex workflows or security processes.

● Cybersecurity Domain: Experience in the cybersecurity space (SIEM, SOAR, or platform security).

● Modern Web Tech: Strong experience in developing software using modern web technologies.

● E2E Lifecycle: Proven background handling a project completely from discovery to cloud/on-prem deployment.

● Open Source: Active contributions to the Open Source community. (Please share your GitHub/GitLab links in your application!)

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Software Engineer to drive the design, architecture, and delivery of scalable B2B products from our Bangalore office. This role requires a strong hands-on technologist who can lead a team of engineers, make sound architectural decisions, and collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, DevOps, and Customer Success teams.

As a Sr. Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of our platform, ensuring high-quality engineering practices, and delivering enterprise-grade solutions to our customers. This job can quickly grow into a Technical Lead position.

**Key Responsibilities**

🔹 Technical Leadership

Own end-to-end technical architecture and system design for core product modules.

Drive scalable, secure, and high-performance backend and frontend solutions.

Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and ensure adherence to engineering best practices.

Evaluate and introduce new technologies where appropriate.

🔹 Team Management

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 5–6 engineers.

Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and innovation.

Support hiring, onboarding, and mentoring.

🔹 Product Delivery

Collaborate closely with mangement to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Drive sprint planning, estimations, and delivery timelines.

Ensure predictable, high-quality releases aligned with business goals.

🔹 Quality & DevOps

Champion CI/CD practices, automated testing, and DevOps processes.

Ensure system reliability, uptime, security, and performance monitoring.

Participate in incident management and root cause analysis.

🔹 Stakeholder Collaboration

Work cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, and Support teams for enterprise deployments.

Communicate technical decisions clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

**Required Qualifications**

4+ years of software development experience in product-based companies.

Strong experience with modern backend technologies (e.g., Java, Node.js, Python, or similar technologies).

Experience with frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or similar).

Solid understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful APIs.

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Strong knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL).

Experience building scalable B2B SaaS products.

**Preferred Qualifications**

Experience with multi-tenant SaaS architecture.

Familiarity with enterprise integrations (SSO, APIs, third-party systems).

Experience handling high-scale systems with large enterprise clients.

Exposure to security and compliance standards (ISO, SOC2, GDPR).

**Key Competencies**

Strong problem-solving and system design skills.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to balance hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities.

Strong ownership mindset with attention to detail.

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, product-driven environment.

**What We Offer**

Competitive compensation and performance bonuses.

Opportunity to work on cutting-edge B2B products.

Collaborative and growth-oriented culture.

Health insurance and wellness benefits.

If you are passionate about building scalable B2B platforms and leading high-performing engineering teams, we would love to hear from you.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in C++ application development.
• Hands-on experience with C++11 or above.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming and software design.
• Deep understanding of STL, multi-threading, socket programming, and data structures.
• Solid grasp of Linux development and debugging techniques.
• Proficient in using GCC, GDB, and Makefile.
• Familiarity with Valgrind and similar analysis tools.
• Experience with version control tools like Git.
• Experience writing and maintaining automated tests.
• Experience in capital markets/trading domain is a plus.

Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• Clear and effective communication.
• Self-driven with the ability to work independently.
• Passionate about high-quality software and strong engineering practices.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Experience and Expertise

• 2+ years of experience in C++ application development.
• Hands-on experience with C++11 or above.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming and software design.
• Deep understanding of STL, multi-threading, socket programming, and data structures.
• Solid grasp of Linux development and debugging techniques.
• Proficient in using GCC, GDB, and Makefile.
• Familiarity with Valgrind and similar analysis tools.
• Experience with version control tools like Git.
• Experience writing and maintaining automated tests.
• Experience in capital markets/trading domain is a plus.