We are seeking an accomplished and visionary Sr Software Eng Manager to lead our product development initiatives at Sparta Systems. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for defining technology roadmaps, overseeing product design and development, and ensuring successful delivery of our Smart Energy solutions. You will also play a key role in talent development and fostering innovation within a high-caliber engineering team.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the technology roadmap strategy for Smart Energy product development.
• Provide expert guidance in product design, development, and security throughout all phases of the SDLC.
• Lead and manage a portfolio of product development teams, ensuring high-quality delivery.
• Drive the innovation of new products and revenue streams through collaboration with customers, sales, and offering management.
• Take responsibility for talent development and retention, with a focus on upskilling and strategic hiring in new technologies (e.g., Data Analytics, Full-stack, Cloud, Dockers, Containerization).
• Oversee extensive SaaS/On-Prem software design, architectural, and development activities, guiding the incubation and scaling of SaaS offerings.
• Ensure seamless execution with Agile and DevSecOps practices, leveraging world-class development tools.
• Manage internal and external stakeholder alignment through clear articulation of strategy and vision.

Skills Requirement:

• Proven leadership in managing large software engineering teams, including attracting, developing, and retaining top talent.
• Extensive experience in SaaS/On-Prem software design, architecture, and development, including shipping new products and understanding product-market fit.
• Excellent communication skills, encompassing strategy articulation, stakeholder influencing, and technical/business presentations.
• Experience in innovating new product introductions (NPI) and driving commercialization of software offerings.
• Hands-on experience in coding, designing, and architecting low-coupled, highly scalable, observable, and reusable software services and components.
• Extensive technical experience with Core Java, OSGI, Sancha, Oracle 21c, Graph models, data pipelines, and web clients.
• Awareness of contemporary SaaS technology paradigms and practices, including native cloud services (Azure/AWS) and cloud vendor-agnostic development.
• Understanding of resource orchestration software and tools for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, data storage, and data pipelines.
• Expertise in software quality management practices (code coverage, performance testing, automated UI tests) and product security.
• Awareness of product user experience (next-gen UX) and a good understanding of the Industrial domain.
• Ability to engage effectively with end-users, customers, and partners for strong customer relationship management.

QUALIFICATION:

• BE/BTech/ME/MTech in a relevant engineering or computer science discipline.