Senior Engineering Manager

Job description

Role & responsibilities: : 1.Engineering & Architecture Leadership • Lead the design, development and modernization of enterprise-scale applications and distributed services. • Define and drive scalable, resilient and maintainable application architectures. • Establish engineering standards covering coding practices, design principles, performance, security, observability and reliability. • Review and challenge solution architecture and technical designs proposed by internal and partner teams. • Drive adoption of modern engineering practices across the technology landscape. 2. Hands-on Application Engineering • Design and develop backend services using Java, Spring Boot, Python and/or Node.js. • Build scalable microservices and distributed services for high-volume retail workloads. • Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and API-driven integrations. • Design reusable services and components following modular and domain-oriented architecture principles. • Troubleshoot complex application, integration and performance issues and provide hands-on technical guidance to engineering teams. 3. Microservices & Distributed Systems • Design and implement microservices-based architectures. • Define service boundaries, communication patterns, resiliency and fault-tolerance mechanisms. • Design systems for scalability, high availability and performance. • Apply appropriate patterns for synchronous and asynchronous communication. • Drive modernization of legacy applications and monolithic systems into scalable distributed services. 4. Event-Driven Architecture & Integration • Design and implement event-driven architectures using messaging and streaming technologies. • Develop asynchronous integrations using platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, IBM MQ or equivalent. • Design enterprise integrations across OMS, WMS, TMS, SAP ERP, Payments, CRM, Loyalty, Store Systems, Carriers and other third-party platforms. • Ensure reliable message processing, error handling, retry mechanisms, idempotency and integration observability. 5. Cloud-Native Engineering • Design and build cloud-native applications and distributed services on Azure or equivalent cloud platforms. • Drive containerization using Docker and Kubernetes. • Leverage cloud-native services for compute, messaging, storage, API management, monitoring and integration. • Drive application scalability, resilience, performance and cost optimization. • Promote infrastructure and deployment automation through CI/CD and DevSecOps practices. 6. Domain Platform Ownership Provide technical ownership and engineering leadership for one or more retail/supply-chain platforms based on the candidates area of expertise, such as: • IBM Sterling OMS order orchestration, fulfilment, inventory, returns and omnichannel order management. • Blue Yonder WMS – warehouse execution, inventory, replenishment, picking, packing and dispatch. • TMS / Transportation Platforms – transportation planning, carrier integration, shipment execution and last-mile processes. The candidate is not expected to have deep expertise across all three platforms. Strong hands-on expertise in one domain, together with the ability to understand and integrate with adjacent platforms is expected. 7. Data & Database Engineering • Strong SQL skills for application development, troubleshooting and data analysis. • Design efficient data access patterns and database interactions. • Diagnose data inconsistencies and performance issues across distributed applications. • Work with relational and NoSQL databases where appropriate. • Ensure data integrity, consistency and appropriate transaction management across distributed systems. 8. Production Engineering & Reliability • Own production stability and technical health of critical applications and platforms. • Lead RCA and resolution of critical incidents. • Improve application observability through monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting. • Establish performance, availability and reliability engineering practices. • Drive proactive identification and resolution of technical debt and recurring production issues. 9. Engineering Delivery & Vendor Management • Lead implementation and technology partners delivering engineering solutions. • Own technical governance, delivery quality and engineering standards across partner teams. • Review partner architecture, code quality, technical approaches and implementation plans. • Drive SLA adherence, delivery timelines and quality metrics. • Provide technical direction to partner teams while retaining hands-on ownership of critical engineering decisions. 10. Stakeholder Management Work closely with: • Product and Business teams • Supply Chain and Warehouse Operations • Store Operations • ERP / SAP teams • Enterprise Architecture • Infrastructure / Cloud • Information Security • Data & Analytics • Implementation partners Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and communicate complex technical decisions effectively to senior stakeholders. Preferred candidate profile Engineering & Architecture Leadership • Lead the design, development and modernization of enterprise-scale applications and distributed services. • Define and drive scalable, resilient and maintainable application architectures. • Establish engineering standards covering coding practices, design principles, performance, security, observability and reliability. • Review and challenge solution architecture and technical designs proposed by internal and partner teams. • Drive adoption of modern engineering practices across the technology landscape. 2. Hands-on Application Engineering • Design and develop backend services using Java, Spring Boot, Python and/or Node.js. • Build scalable microservices and distributed services for high-volume retail workloads. • Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and API-driven integrations. • Design