VP - Engineering Manager
Barclays · Pune · Posted 2026-07-18
Tech stack: AWS, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, React, Spring Boot
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About the role
To drive technical excellence and innovation by leading the design and implementation of robust software solutions, providing mentorship to engineering teams, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and contributing to strategic planning to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Provision of guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence.
- Contribution to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps.
- Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long-term viability and business objectives.
- Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skillset and capabilities of the organization.
- Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
- Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process.
Qualifications:
- Proven experience managing engineering teams of 10+ members.
- Ability to coach and develop technical talent.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Kafka and workflow engines like JBPM/Kamunda.
- Proficiency in React and Micro Frontend Architecture.
- Familiarity with OpenShift (ApaaS) and AWS cloud services.
- Proficiency in Liquibase for database version control.
- Experience with Oracle Coherence or similar distributed caching solutions.
- Experience deploying applications on OpenShift or Kubernetes.
- Proficiency with Helm for Kubernetes package management.
- Experience on API Gateway patterns and implementations.
- A self-starter with good communications skills.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and modular design principles.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
- The location of the role is Pune, IN.
Qualifications
- Proven experience managing engineering teams of 10+ members.
- Ability to coach and develop technical talent.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Kafka and workflow engines like JBPM/Kamunda.
- Proficiency in React and Micro Frontend Architecture.
- Familiarity with OpenShift (ApaaS) and AWS cloud services.
- Proficiency in Liquibase for database version control.
- Experience with Oracle Coherence or similar distributed caching solutions.
- Experience deploying applications on OpenShift or Kubernetes.
- Proficiency with Helm for Kubernetes package management.
- Experience on API Gateway patterns and implementations.
- A self-starter with good communications skills.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and modular design principles.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
- The location of the role is Pune, IN.
Responsibilities
- Provision of guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence.
- Contribution to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps.
- Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long-term viability and business objectives.
- Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skillset and capabilities of the organization.
- Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
- Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process.