Manager, SW Engineering
Palo Alto Networks · Bengaluru · 12+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-01-07
Tech stack: AWS, Python, React
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About the role
Provide technical leadership to a group of backend and frontend developers (React, Python, AWS serverless) & QA engineers. As an enthusiastic technologist, you will stay up-to-date with technological trends in the industry and continuously motivate engineers to leverage the best-in-class technology in building enterprise-scale software. Responsibilities: Provide technical leadership to a group of backend and frontend developers (React, Python, AWS serverless) & QA engineers. Actively engage with the team to provide technical and architectural guidance in building the next-gen Identity Security Platform. Participate in continuous and iterative software development cycles with emphasis on code quality, supportability, scalability and performance. Ensure solid software engineering principles are adopted such as unit test automation, code reviews, and continuous integration. Mentor and coach other engineers, and ensure adherence to security coding guidelines. Manage the engineers’ career growth and aspirations. Work with other engineering teams, Product Management and field professionals to understand customer requirements for continuous product enhancements. Interface with the Support team to handle customer escalation issues; diagnose and fix product issues. Assist engineering leadership in hiring. Qualifications: Required Qualifications BE / B Tech /MCA or equivalent. 12+ years of hands-on experience in the design & development of building enterprise software. Minimum of 3 years of experience leading a software development team as a tech/team lead. Expertise and hands-on experience with Python or React or both. Good understanding of security and best practices. Experience with Agile, TDD, test methodologies and industry-standard automation testing frameworks. Experience in creating technical and architectural documents. Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as strong interpersonal skills. Ability to handle ambiguity and collaborate across multiple groups and disciplines. Ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently and drive them to successful completion. Preferred Qualifications Experience in the development of cloud-based solutions, AWS will be a plus. Working experience with AWS Serverless architecture would be a plus.
Qualifications
- Required Qualifications BE / B Tech /MCA or equivalent.
- 12+ years of hands-on experience in the design & development of building enterprise software.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience leading a software development team as a tech/team lead.
- Expertise and hands-on experience with Python or React or both.
- Good understanding of security and best practices.
- Experience with Agile, TDD, test methodologies and industry-standard automation testing frameworks.
- Experience in creating technical and architectural documents.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to handle ambiguity and collaborate across multiple groups and disciplines.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently and drive them to successful completion.
- Preferred Qualifications Experience in the development of cloud-based solutions, AWS will be a plus.
- Working experience with AWS Serverless architecture would be a plus.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership to a group of backend and frontend developers (React, Python, AWS serverless) & QA engineers.
- Actively engage with the team to provide technical and architectural guidance in building the next-gen Identity Security Platform.
- Participate in continuous and iterative software development cycles with emphasis on code quality, supportability, scalability and performance.
- Ensure solid software engineering principles are adopted such as unit test automation, code reviews, and continuous integration.
- Mentor and coach other engineers, and ensure adherence to security coding guidelines.
- Manage the engineers’ career growth and aspirations.
- Work with other engineering teams, Product Management and field professionals to understand customer requirements for continuous product enhancements.
- Interface with the Support team to handle customer escalation issues; diagnose and fix product issues.
- Assist engineering leadership in hiring.