Salesforce Developer

Software Engineer

Position Responsibilities

You will primarily execute within defined frameworks and grow your independent scope over time. The following reflects what you will own and contribute to:

Build & Integrate

• Build and maintain AI-enabled workflows, platform integrations, and internal tools using PHP, JavaScript, Workato, and Web Services
• Develop prototypes and proofs of concept; contribute to production deployments under senior guidance
• Implement and test integrations between Deltek's support platforms and internal data systems.

Analyse & Solve

• Break down defined problems into actionable tasks; identify risks, dependencies, and edge cases before they surface in production
• Troubleshoot complex issues across the full stack and document root cause findings clearly
• Investigate stakeholder-reported issues to identify whether the problem is technical, process-related, or both.

Operate & Improve

• Follow established governance, architecture, and deployment processes; raise improvement suggestions through proper channels
• Write and maintain documentation for systems, workflows, business rules, and solution designs
• Participate actively in sprint ceremonies; manage your own tasks and flag blockers early
• Demonstrate continuous learning in AI, automation, and integration technologies — this space moves fast and curiosity is part of the job.

Nice-to-Have Skills

The following are not required for the role, but candidates with depth in any of these areas will stand out. Listed in rough order of relevance to this team's current work:

Oracle Service Cloud

Workato / iPaaS

Salesforce

Gainsight

AI / LLM integration

Snowflake

Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft Power Apps

Cloud-native development

Experience with AI tools (GitHub Copilot, LLM APIs, automation agents) used in an operational or product context — not just personal experimentation — is a genuine plus for this team.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Equivalent practical experience considered.
• Experience: 2–4 years of hands-on experience in software engineering, systems integration, or a closely related field. Internship and co-op experience counts if it involved real production systems.
• Coding: Demonstrable PHP and/or JavaScript experience — a portfolio, GitHub profile, or code sample you can speak to will strengthen your application.
• Collaboration model: Comfortable working remotely with distributed teams. The role requires regular overlap with US East/Central time zones (approximately 2:00 PM – 11:00 PM IST for at least part of the week).
• Language: Strong written and spoken English is essential — much of the collaboration with stakeholders and senior engineers happens asynchronously in writing.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• The Laravel/CodeIgniter (HMVC) Developer is expected to be able to perform all aspects of the development tasks, including front- end, back- end, and database development.
• Develop web sites, applications and rich multi- media experiences according to the brief and technical specifications.
• Must have experience and knowledge in Laravel/CodeIgniter (HMVC)/Symphony Framework.
• The applicant is expected to possess strong problem-solving skills programming, testing and troubleshooting skills.
• Proficiency in Laravel/CodeIgniter (HMVC)/Symphony framework(s), jQuery, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, HTML, MySQL/Postgre SQL/Mongo DB.
• Eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment.
• Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality.
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming using HMVC framework.
• Good knowledge of the common Laravel/CodeIgniter (HMVC)/Symphony framework(s) or web server exploits and their solutions.
• Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications on portal plus premium service platforms.
• Familiar with REST API's and Integration with third-party API's.
• Hands on Experience in an e-commerce environment would be an added advantage.
• Adhering to project coding standards and recommending improvements.
• Modifying existing software to correct errors, allowing it to function in new operating environments.

Additional Technical skillset:

• AWS/Azure deployments and architecture.
• Knowledge of Web RTC.
• API
• Financial and Accounting related product knowledge.

Mandatory Skills :

Laravel/CodeIgniter (HMVC)/Symphony framework(s), CSS, HTML, MySQL/Postgre SQL/Mongo DB, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX

Education

UG: B.Sc. in Any Specialization, B.Tech/B.E. in Any Specialization, BCA in Computers

PG: Any Postgraduate in Any Specialization

Doctorate: Doctorate Not Required.

Job Type: Full-time

We like to keep our job descriptions super simple, so please spend 3 minutes reading this.

Details about the job. You will ...

• Work very closely with the Head of Engineering and the CEO directly
• Own major parts of our tech stack (Node.js/React.js) and your job will be focused primarily on backend (Node/SQL/MQs etc.), but with some front-end JS work (React) as needed
• Design, code, and deliver top-quality software that performs beautifully at scale
• Take ownership for your job and treat it like it is your baby
• This job is based in Chennai (NOT Remote). But we have a lot of flexibility for when life situations require you to work from home
• We are only a 40 person company (by choice) - so you will get amazing ownership!

A Bit About You.

• Really strong in Javascript especially in Node.js with at least 5 years of experience - if you are genuinely not super strong, please do not apply as you will find our interviews challenging and it might be a waste of your time
• Also has React.js experience so that you can support the front-end work as needed
• A strong Engineer who LIKES building software - not just someone who knows the frameworks and can code
• We don't care about college degrees or if you are self taught - we only care that you're exceptional in your work and can be professional
• Must have strong communication skills
• Must be organized, and deliver their own work within deadlines, professionally
• Strong sense of ownership and take pride in your work.

What Will We Do For You?

• Office next to the beach
• "Sports team with a heart" mentality. Even though we work hard, we take care of our people.
• Free breakfast and snacks every day
• Non-hierarchical work environment
• Macbook Pro, free swag etc. of course!
• Huge potential for career growth - the limiting factor will be just your commitment and ambition.

Skillset

Angular, React/Redux (or Similar Technology)

Node.js

RESTfull API integration

Experience working with Docker and containerized applications

Experience working with Kubernetes or other container orchestration tools

Knowledge and understanding of working in AWS environments

Experience in full-stack development (with a passion)

RDBMS and Document Database

Experience with Agile/Scrum Development Methodology

Exposure to Continues Integration (CI/ CD) Devops, AWS

Version control systems like Git/ TFS

• Experience in software / web application architecture, estimates, design and development experience
• Knowledge of formal methods and techniques in software development
• Experience / Knowledge in the following technologies/languages/libraries/frameworks:
  • Primary Experience in C#, NodeJS and React JS.
  • Add on experience in HTML5, CSS, jQuery, JSON, API, Angular JS, AWS / Azure.
  • Experience with Version Control Software (GIT)