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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Sector: Technology, Information & Media
Company Size: 500 - 1,000 Employees
Employment: Full-Time, Permanent
Experience: 10 - 14 Years (Engineering Leadership)
Level: Engineering Manager / Group EM
ABOUT THIS MANDATE :
Recruiting Bond has been exclusively retained by one of India's most prominent and well-established digital platform organisations operating at the intersection of Technology, Information, and Media to identify and place an exceptional Engineering Manager who can lead engineering teams through an enterprise-wide AI adoption and digital transformation agenda.
This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role at the nexus of people, product, and technology. The organisation is executing one of the most ambitious AI transformation programmes in its sector and this Engineering Manager will be a core driver of that change. You will lead multiple squads, own engineering delivery end-to-end, embed AI tooling and practices into the team's DNA, and shape the engineering culture of tomorrow.
We are seeking leaders who code when it matters, who build systems and teams with equal conviction, and who view AI not as a trend but as a fundamental shift in how great software is built.
THE OPPORTUNITY AT A GLANCE :
AI-First Engineering Culture :
- Own AI adoption across your squads - from LLM tooling integration to automation-first delivery workflows. Make AI a default, not an afterthought.
Hands-On Engineering Leadership :
- Stay close to the code. Lead architecture reviews, unblock engineers, and set the technical bar - not just the management agenda.
People & Org Builder :
- Grow engineers into leaders. Build squads of 615 across functions. Drive hiring, career frameworks, and a culture of psychological safety.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :
1. Hands-On Technical Engagement :
- Remain deeply embedded in the technical work participate in design reviews, architecture decisions, and critical code reviews
- Set and uphold the engineering quality bar : performance benchmarks, security standards, test coverage, and release quality
- Provide technical direction on backend platform strategy, API design, service decomposition, and data architecture
- Identify and resolve systemic technical debt and architectural risks across team-owned services
- Unblock engineers by diving into complex problems debugging, pair programming, and system analysis when it matters
- Own key technical decisions in collaboration with Tech Leads and Principal Engineers; balance pragmatism with long-term sustainability
2. AI Adoption, Integration & Transformation (2026 Mandate) :
- Define and execute the team's AI adoption roadmap - from developer tooling to product-facing AI features
- Champion the integration of GenAI tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT) across the full engineering workflow coding, testing, documentation, incident response
- Embed LLM-powered capabilities into the product : recommendation engines, intelligent search, conversational interfaces, content generation, and predictive systems
- Lead evaluation and adoption of AI-assisted SDLC practices : automated code review, AI-generated test suites, intelligent observability, and anomaly detection
- Partner with Data Science and ML Platform teams to productionise ML models with robust MLOps pipelines
- Build team literacy in prompt engineering, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), and AI agent frameworks
- Create an experimentation culture : run structured AI pilots, measure productivity impact, and scale what works
- Stay ahead of the AI tooling landscape and advise senior leadership on strategic AI investments and engineering implications
3. People Leadership & Team Development :
- Lead, manage, and grow squads of 6 - 15 engineers across seniority levels (L2 through L6 / Junior through Staff)
- Conduct structured 1 : 1s, career growth conversations, and development planning with every direct report
- Design and execute personalised AI upskilling programmes ensure every engineer develops practical AI fluency by end of 2026
- Build and maintain a high-performance team culture : clarity of ownership, accountability, fast feedback loops, and psychological safety
- Drive performance management fairly and rigorously recognise top performers, manage underperformance constructively
- Lead technical hiring end-to-end : define job requirements, conduct bar-raising interviews, and make data-driven hire decisions
- Contribute to engineering career frameworks and level definitions in partnership with the VP / Director of Engineering
4. Engineering Delivery & Execution Excellence :
- Own end-to-end delivery for multiple product squads from planning and scoping through production release and post-launch stability
- Implement and refine agile delivery frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Shape Up) calibrated to squad needs and product cadence
- Drive predictable delivery : maintain healthy sprint velocity, manage WIP limits, and ensure dependency resolution across teams.
- Establish and own engineering KPIs : DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, change failure rate), uptime SLOs, and velocity trends
- Lead incident management : build blameless post-mortem culture, own RCA processes, and drive systemic reliability improvements
- Balance technical debt repayment with feature velocity negotiate prioritisation transparently with Product leadership
5. Strategic Leadership & Cross-Functional Influence :
- Serve as the primary engineering partner for Product, Design, Data, and Business stakeholders translate ambiguity into executable engineering plans
- Participate in quarterly roadmap planning, capacity forecasting, and OKR definition for engineering teams
- Represent engineering in leadership forums articulate technical constraints, risks, and opportunities in business terms
- Contribute to org-wide engineering strategy : platform investments, build-vs-buy decisions, and shared infrastructure priorities
- Build relationships across geographies (Mumbai HQ + distributed teams) to maintain alignment and delivery cohesion
- Act as a culture carrier and ambassador for engineering excellence, innovation, and responsible AI use
AI TRANSFORMATION LEADERSHIP 2026 EXPECTATIONS :
In 2026, Engineering Managers at this organisation are expected to be active architects of AI transformation not passive observers. The following outlines the specific AI leadership expectations for this role :
AI Developer Productivity
- Drive measurable uplift in developer velocity through AI tooling adoption. Target : 30%+ reduction in code review cycle time and 40%+ increase in test coverage automation by Q3 2026.
LLM & GenAI Product Features
- Own delivery of GenAI-powered product capabilities : intelligent content, semantic search, personalisation, and conversational UX in production, at scale.
AI-Augmented Observability
- Implement AI-driven monitoring and anomaly detection pipelines. Reduce MTTR by leveraging predictive alerting, intelligent runbooks, and auto-remediation scripts.
Team AI Fluency :
- Build mandatory AI literacy across all engineering levels.
- Every engineer understands prompt engineering basics, AI ethics guardrails, and responsible AI deployment practices.
Responsible AI Governance :
- Partner with Security, Legal, and Data Privacy to ensure all AI deployments meet compliance standards, bias mitigation requirements, and explainability benchmarks.
TECHNOLOGY STACK & DOMAIN FAMILIARITY REQUIRED :
- Languages: Java/ Go/ Python/ Node.js /PHP /Rust (must be hands-on in at least 2)
- Cloud: AWS / GCP / Azure (multi-cloud exposure strongly preferred)
- AI & GenAI: OpenAI / Anthropic / Gemini APIs /LangChain /LlamaIndex / RAG / Vector DBs / GitHub
- Copilot: Cursor /Hugging Face
- Containers: Docker /Kubernetes /Helm /Service Mesh (Istio / Linkerd)
- Databases: PostgreSQL /MongoDB / Redis / Cassandra / Elasticsearch / Pinecone (Vector DB)
- Messaging: Apache Kafka /RabbitMQ /AWS SQS/SNS /Google Pub/Sub
- MLOps & DataOps: MLflow /Kubeflow / SageMaker / Vertex AI /Airflow /dbt
- Observability: Datadog /Prometheus /Grafana /OpenTelemetry / Jaeger /ELK Stack
- CI/CD & IaC: GitHub Actions ArgoCD / Jenkins / Terraform /Ansible /Backstage (IDP)
QUALIFICATIONS & CANDIDATE PROFILE :
Education :
- B.E. / B.Tech or M.E. / M.Tech from a Tier-I or Tier-II Institution - CS, IS, ECE, AI/ML streams strongly preferred
- Demonstrated engineering depth and leadership impact may complement institution pedigree
Experience :
- 10 to 14 years of progressive engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a formal Engineering Manager or equivalent people-leadership role
- Proven track record of managing and scaling engineering teams (615+ engineers) in a fast-growing SaaS or digital product environment
- Hands-on backend engineering background must be able to read, write, and critique production code
- Direct experience driving AI/ML feature delivery or AI tooling adoption within engineering organisations
- Exposure across start-up, mid-size, and large-scale product organisations, preferred adaptability is a core requirement
- Strong CS fundamentals: distributed systems, algorithms, system design, and software architecture
- Demonstrated career stability minimum of 2 years of average tenure per organisation.
The Ideal Engineering Manager in 2026 :
- Leads with context, not control, empowers engineers while maintaining accountability and quality
- Is fluent in both people language and technical language, switches registers naturally with engineers and executives alike
- Sees AI as a force multiplier for the team, not a threat. Actively experiments with and advocates for AI tooling
- Measures success by team outcomes, not personal output. Takes pride in what the team ships, not what they build alone
- Creates feedback loops obsessively between product and engineering, between seniors and juniors, between metrics and decisions
- Has strong opinions, loosely held, brings conviction to discussions but updates on evidence
- Invests in engineering excellence as seriously as delivery velocity knows that quality and speed are not opposites
WHY THIS ROLE STANDS APART :
AI Transformation at Scale :
- Lead one of the most significant AI adoption programmes in India's digital media sector.
- Our decisions will shape how hundreds of engineers work in 2026 and beyond.
Hands-On & Strategic Balance :
- A rare EM role that actively encourages technical depth.
- Stay close to the code while owning the people agenda - the best of both worlds.
Established Platform, Real Scale :
- 5001,000 engineers, proven product-market fit, and the org maturity to execute.
- This is not a greenfield startup gamble it is a serious company with serious ambition.
Clear Leadership Growth Path :
- A visible, direct path toward Director / VP of Engineering.
- Senior leadership is invested in growing its next generation of technology executives.
Role Summary:
We are looking for a hands-on Java Solution Architect to design and lead scalable, secure, event-driven platforms. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Java/Spring Boot microservices, Kafka, Redis/KeyDB, and open-source databases (Cassandra, PostgreSQL), with experience building high-throughput, low-latency systems.
Experience- 10+yrs
Key Responsibilities
- Architecture & Design
- Define service boundaries using DDD; create service contracts and API specifications.
- Design Kafka-based event flows (topics, partitions, retention, DLQs, idempotency).
- Choose fit-for-purpose storage (Cassandra vs PostgreSQL) for workloads:
- Cassandra for time-series, high write throughput, and horizontal scaling.
- PostgreSQL for transactional integrity, complex joins, and reporting.
- Engineer caching strategies using Redis/KeyDB (read-through/write-through, TTL, eviction).
- Establish NFRs (performance, availability, RPO/RTO) and capacity planning.
- Security & Compliance
- Implement OAuth2/OIDC, mTLS, token-based auth, key rotation, encryption at rest/in transit.
- Work with InfoSec/AppSec for threat modeling, VAPT, secure SDLC integration.
- DevOps & Observability
- Drive CI/CD pipelines (blue/green/canary), container orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Define SLOs/SLIs; implement metrics, logs, traces; promote proactive alerting.
- Governance & Standards
- Publish architecture guidelines, coding standards, and API governance (versioning, deprecation).
- Champion documentation (ADR, sequence diagrams, data flow, runbooks).
- Mentoring & Leadership
- Coach engineers; conduct design/code reviews; lead PoCs and migrations.
- Collaborate with Product/Delivery to align scope, timelines, and risk mitigation.
Required Technical Skills (Deep Expertise)
- Java: Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, reactive programming (WebFlux).
- Microservices: API Gateway, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), resilience (Resilience4j).
- Kafka: Kafka Connect, Streams, consumer lag management, schema registry (Avro/JSON).
- Redis/KeyDB: Cluster configuration, HA, persistence (AOF/RDB), pub/sub and streams.
- Databases:
- Cassandra: Data modeling (partition keys, clustering), consistency levels, compaction strategies.
- PostgreSQL: Indexing strategies, partitioning, query planning, isolation levels, VACUUM.
- Cloud & Infra: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm/Terraform; AWS/Azure/GCP (EKS/AKS/GKE).
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, OpenTelemetry.
- Security: JWT, mTLS, secrets management (Vault/KMS), OWASP Top 10, compliance-aware design.
Soft Skills
- Strong stakeholder communication; ability to simplify complex technical decisions.
- Ownership mindset; risk identification and mitigation.
- Mentorship; collaborative leadership across cross-functional teams.

Senior .NET Cloud (Azure) Practitioner
Job Description Experience: 5-12 years (approx.)
Education: B-Tech/MCA
Mandatory Skills
- Strong Restful API, Micro-services development experience using ASP.NET CORE Web APIs (C#);
- Must have exceptionally good software design and programming skills in .Net Core (.NET 3.X, .NET 6) Platform, C#, ASP.net MVC, ASP.net Web API (RESTful), Entity Framework & LINQ
- Good working knowledge on Azure Functions, Docker, and containers
- Expertise in Microsoft Azure Platform - Azure Functions, Application Gateway, API Management, Redis Cache, App Services, Azure Kubernetes, CosmosDB, Azure Search, Azure Service Bus, Function Apps, Azure Storage Accounts, Azure KeyVault, Azure Log Analytics, Azure Active Directory, Application Insights, Azure SQL Database, Azure IoT, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Data Factory, Virtual Networks and networking.
- Strong SQL Server expertise and familiarity with Azure Cosmos DB, Azure (Blob, Table, queue) storage, Azure SQL etc
- Experienced in Test-Driven Development, unit testing libraries, testing frameworks.
- Good knowledge of Object Oriented programming, including Design Patterns
- Cloud Architecture - Technical knowledge and implementation experience using common cloud architecture, enabling components, and deployment platforms.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, along with the proven ability to work as a team with other disciplines outside of engineering are a must
- Solid analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
Desirable Skills:
- Certified Azure Solution Architect Expert
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- Good understanding of software architecture, scalability, resilience, performance;
- Working knowledge of automation tools such as Azure DevOps, Azure Pipeline or Jenkins or similar
Roles & Responsibilities
- Defining best practices & standards for usage of libraries, frameworks and other tools being used;
- Architecture, design, and implementation of software from development, delivery, and releases.
- Breakdown complex requirements into independent architectural components, modules, tasks and strategies and collaborate with peer leadership through the full software development lifecycle to deliver top quality, on time and within budget.
- Demonstrate excellent communications with stakeholders regarding delivery goals, objectives, deliverables, plans and status throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Should be able to work with various stakeholders (Architects/Product Owners/Leadership) as well as team - Lead/ Principal/ Individual Contributor for Web UI/ Front End Development;
- Should be able to work in an agile, dynamic team environment;
About us:
Aeons ago (2015 :)), in the humble abode of Abhishek’s bachelor pad, our co-founders, Abhishek Ballabh & Sushil Mundada, set out to bring innovation into the world of admissions. Today, we are trusted with the admissions of over 300 educational institutions. Our team of 60 + team members (and growing!) are on a mission to help ExtraaEdge become the globally preferred Education Marketing Technology.
The primary requirement for this role is:
- Sharp .NET & MVC framework knowledge & programming hands-on.
- Attention to Detail.
- Razor-sharp analytical & problem-solving skills.
- Experience in Agile methods & Test-Driven design.
Job Profile:
- To be a part of the development initiatives at ExtraaEdge and work in a high-performance team.
- Minimum 0 to 2 years of development experience.
- Manage the backend services and controller changes when a new module is implemented.
- Manage the development roadmap in sync with the product roadmap.
- Suggest architectural changes & optimizations while fine-tuning the application.
- Being able to step into the shoes of the user/learner and identify the best design/coding strategies & frameworks.
- Interact with operations & sales to understand expectations.
Skills Required:
- 0 to 2 years of experience working on C#, .NET Core, .NET MVC.
- Proficient in Entity Framework, LINQ to Objects.
- Experienced in SQLServer, Database design, and understanding database queries.
- Advanced Database knowledge like Indexing, Stored Procedures.
- REST API design and implementation.
- Knowledge of Azure Cloud Management, WebApps & Deployments.
- Hands-on in writing Unit Tests.
- Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC).
- Understanding of Agile methodologies.
- Excellent problem solving and communication skills.
Work Location: Hyderabad
Experience:5 to 9 Years
Package:Upto 14 LPA
Notice Period:Immediate Joiners
Its a Full Time Opportunity with Our Client
Mandatory Skills: .Net Core,Asp.net,MVC,ADO.Net,Web API,Entity Framework,Ajax,Jquery,JavaScript & SQL Server
Job Description:
--Minimum 5+ year of programming experience in analysing, designing and developing Web (Client/Server) based N-Tier, SOA applications using C#.NET, .Net Core, ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, ADO.NET, WEB API, Entity Framework, AJAX, Web Services, CSS, JQuery, JavaScript and SQL Server.
--Required ASP.NET MVC developer that he/she will be able to develop and support existing applications.
--The main scope of work will include everything from back-end to client-side code, using optimal and efficient technologies, frameworks, and patterns.
--Should have good understanding about the entire project life cycle including requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing and perform code reviews.
--Data gathering, research and analytical abilities so as to develop insightful conclusions and generate solutions to address product needs.
--Ability to work independently as well with other team members. Should be able to take ownership of tasks.
Position: Backend Developer 1 / Backend Engineer:
Location: Bangalore
Experience: .5 to 4 years, preferably in an agile environment
Strong Knowledge Node.js and MongoDB
Good Knowledge on Flask, SQL and other databases
Good Knowledge on Deployment Process (Nginix, Docker, AWS, Digital Ocean)
Basic Knowledge on Python
- Architectural Design on .Net, scalable, customer required design.
- Design, develop and modify software products and/or customer applications using object oriented web development utilizing ASP.NET, C#, Angular, Typescript, HTML5, XML, SQL Server 2008-2016, MVC, SVN, Web Services, Unit testing, and SOA patterns.
- Development, testing and understanding of client requirements and mapping the features to requirements.
- Support, Mentor, Guide technical teams for understanding the design.
- Communicate externally and internally with all stakeholders.
- Work on multiple projects providing development and maintenance work.
- Collaborate with inter-departments for resources required to effectively and efficiently carry out the responsibilities.
- Develop scalable and robust applications using rich interfaces, graphical views and robust user controls.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in.NET, ASP.Net, C#, HTML5, CSS3, XML, SQL Server 2008-2016, MVC, SVN, Web Services, Unit testing, and SOA patterns.
- Passion for user experience and user-centric development.
- Comprehensive understanding and assessment of the technical requirements.
- Strong communication skills that include leading design-related conversations, ability to build and nurture good relationships and foster an environment for collaboration.
- Self-starter and passionate learner.
- Client interaction, interpersonal communication, written communication, decision making ability, client focus.
- Creative problem-solver with a strong eye for detail.
- Strong team player who is able to self-manage time and deliverable proactively.
- Experience with version and source control, preferably TFS, Git or bit-bucket.
This role is for 1 month where the person will be working from Client site in Paris to understand the system architecture and documenting them. Contract extension for this role will be purely on the performance of individual.
Since the requirement is immediate and critical, we need someone who can join us soon and travel to Paris in December
- Hands on experience handling multiple data sources/datasets
- experience in data/BI architect role
- Expert on SSIS, SSRS, SSAS
- Should have knowledge writing MDX queries
- Technical document preparation
- Should have excellent communication
- Process oriented
- Strong project management
- Should be able to think Out of the Box and provide ideas to have better solutions
- Outstanding team player with positive attitude









