Senior Software Engineering Manager

The Developer Experience team is responsible for tools and applications that enable the development, test, and delivery of the above software. This covers development VMs to IDEs to Source Code Management to test frameworks to compilers etc. again spanning XR, NX and XE Network Operating Systems.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a software engineering team consisting of engineers, technical leaders, partner resources and engineering managers
• Collaborate with customer account teams, product management, release management, and other engineering teams to deliver sophisticated product requirements/use cases
• Demonstrate strong leadership via innovative solutions to customer problems including successful deployment
• Be in the forefront of development of complex projects, working with engineers and managers for detailed planning and execution strategy
• Take part in requirements and design reviews to ensure completeness and quality
• Plan, execute, and deliver business commitments adhering to the release strategy, processes, schedule, and quality goals
• Resolve customer escalations pertaining to the areas of ownership collaborating with customer facing teams and other engineering teams as needed
• Foster the culture of innovation, adoption of best practices and continuous quality and efficiency improvements in the team with measurable outcomes
• Keep up to date with technology trends and adopt newer technologies as relevant to the business
• Be a people-champion addressing individual aspirations, engagement, and growth aspects balancing it with business priorities
• Act as a mentor and develop strong talent, leading towards development of long-term expertise and technical and non-technical competency

Who You’ll Work With

• As a key leader of the MIG PI group you will work with engineers, architects, product managers and customer facing teams to architect, design, develop products and solutions for world’s largest web scalers, cloud companies, SPs, 5G mobile networks.
• You will work in an agile environment that constantly evolves to meet customer business requirements.
• You will be interacting and working closely with some of the finest talent in the industry across the world. You will interact with product management team to understand the requirements, collaborate with other software development teams and work closely with quality assurance team to deliver high quality products and solutions.

Who You Are

An accomplished engineering leader with experience in building resilient, scalable, and secure products using opensource and commercial software. You have proven expertise in building and leading teams and team of teams and delivering quality solutions in a demanding and challenging environment. You strive for excellence and keep quality at the forefront. You are good in communication and articulation (both verbal and written). You believe in inspirational and influential leadership and practice the same in your interactions with the team and other stakeholders.

Other Required Skillset

• BE/B. Tech or higher degree in CS/EC or equivalent
• Experience of 15+ years in Networking/Embedded industry with significant experience in engineering leadership roles covering every aspect of product development
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of routing and switching technologies, especially SR, SRv6, EVPN, MPLS, VXLAN, various L2/L3 protocols
• Expertise in C, C++, Python, Linux etc
• Experience with kernel programming and open-source technologies is a plus