Manager, Software Engineering

Join our India Tech Hub – Be among the first hires! 
Kobie, a 35-year veteran of the loyalty industry, a multi-year Forrester Leader, and USA Top Workplace is expanding its global footprint by establishing a Tech Hub in India. Kobie partners with global brands to build deep connections with their customers through personalized, data-driven loyalty experiences and has a mission of growing enterprise value through loyalty. The Tech Hub will serve as a Global Capabilities Center for a broad range of technology roles, and this is your chance to play a pivotal role in shaping our presence in India. Join us as we continue to lead in loyalty, delivering innovative customer experiences for some of the world’s most recognized brands while working alongside some of the best and brightest in loyalty. 
About the team and what we will build together
The Manager of Software Engineering leads one or more Agile development squads within the Software Engineering group at Kobie. As part of our strategic roadmap and client implementations, this role focuses on delivering scalable, high-quality software solutions while supporting the growth and development of the engineering team.
As a key leader within the team, you will work closely with Product Owners, QA, Architects, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into well-designed technical solutions. You will guide a team of skilled engineers in building and delivering reliable software, while fostering strong engineering practices and a collaborative team environment.
You will play an active role in day-to-day delivery, sprint execution, and team enablement ensuring predictable outcomes, high-quality releases, and continuous improvement. This includes supporting resource planning, mentoring engineers, and helping the team grow both technically and professionally.
In this role, you will build strong partnerships with product and cross-functional teams, gaining a deep understanding of business needs and contributing to solutions that leverage modern technologies within a scalable platform ecosystem.
The Manager of Software Engineering is responsible for driving team momentum, maintaining high standards of execution, and ensuring alignment between engineering efforts and product goals. You will also help communicate technical approaches and decisions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, building strong working relationships across the organization. 

How You Will Make an Impact

· Lead one or more Agile development squads within the Software Engineering group, delivering scalable and high-quality platform capabilities and client solutions.

· Partner closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects and the teams to translate business requirements into well-designed technical solutions.

· Drive end-to-end delivery of engineering initiatives, ensuring predictable execution, high quality, and alignment with product and client implementation goals.

· Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance, coaching, and performance feedback, helping them grow their skills and careers.

· Contribute to the design and development of modern distributed systems and microservices architectures.

· Champion strong engineering practices, including code quality, automated testing, documentation, and operational readiness.

· Work with QA and SDET teams to improve test automation coverage and quality engineering practices across Agile squads.

· Demonstrated ability to define and evolve CI/CD strategies and infrastructure, enabling automated, secure, and efficient deployments.

· Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment that drives team momentum, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

What You Need to Be Successful

· 8–10 years of software development experience, with 2+ years of engineering leadership or team management.

· Proven experience leading Agile development teams delivering production-grade software systems.

· Hands-on expertise in modern backend and frontend technologies (e.g., Java, Spring, Angular) and testing methodologies.

· Strong understanding of modern Java architecture including event-driven design, Kafka, pub/sub messaging patterns, and scalable microservices.

· Familiarity with event-driven design and messaging platforms such as Kafka or similar pub/sub systems.

· Experience running production workloads in cloud-based, containerized environments using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

· Demonstrated ability to define and evolve CI/CD strategies and infrastructure, enabling automated, secure, and efficient deployments.

· Knowledge of test automation strategy and frameworks, including test coverage analysis, parallel test execution, and integration into CI pipelines.

· Experience with testing tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Rest Assured, Postman, SoapUI, or similar frameworks and test-first development approaches, preferably BDD.

· Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization.

· Ability to mentor engineers, drive team accountability, and maintain focus on delivering high-quality outcomes.