Sr. Engineering Manager (OpenBlue Data Platform)

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✦Role summaryAI-generated

This role leads engineering execution for OpenBlue’s data platform, focusing on platform stability, migrations, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure timely releases. The manager will oversee a multi-tiered team while driving technical initiatives and production deployment cadences.

Skills required

Data platform architecture Sprint management Migration strategies Qa coordination Agile delivery Cross team collaboration Production deployment Engineering org leadership Software engineering Data warehousing Snowflake PostgreSQL Kafka Java JavaScript React Stakeholder management

About this role

Sr. Engineering Manager – OpenBlue Data Platform

Location: Pune, India

Summary

Lead engineering delivery for a core part of OpenBlue's data platform, spanning platform development, migrations, data unification efforts, and ongoing stability and quality work. Manage a multi-level org of managers, leads, and ICs across dev and QA, and coordinate closely with other engineering pods to keep releases on track.

Responsibilities

Manage and develop a multi-level engineering org (Eng Managers, Tech Leads, Developers, Test Engineers)
Drive major engineering initiatives and platform migrations
Own sprint delivery, testing support, and production deployment cadence
Manage project plans, timelines, and dependencies across workstreams
Partner with product/architecture on technical roadmap
Manage performance, career growth, hiring, and staffing across the team
Report status/risks to leadership and cross-team stakeholders
Coordinate with QA leads on defect burn-down and release quality

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
10+ yrs software engineering, 3+ yrs managing managers/leads
Experience with large-scale data platform initiatives (cloud data warehousing, Iceberg/Snowflake/Postgres)
Experience with event driven architecture
Experience with Kafka, SNS/SQS, Event Hubs or other message brokers
General familiarity with Java, .NET, JavaScript, and React
Strong grasp of Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and sprint-based delivery
Track record leading on-site engineering teams
Strong stakeholder management with US+UK-based leadership
Strong written and verbal English proficiency
Experience with observability and production support (monitoring, alerting, on-call)

Nice to have

Experience with large-scale system consolidation or platform unification projects
Experience with API commercialization
Background in IoT/building-management
Frontend/fullstack development experience