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The Team

Engineering helps empower and drive mission-critical solutions whether we need to modernize existing systems or implement new technology products and platforms. Through innovation, we improve financial performance, accelerate new digital businesses, and fuel growth. Learn more about Engineering, AI and Data

Your work profile

As a Deputy Manager in our Engineering AI & Data Team, you’ll build and nurture positive working relationships with teams and clients with the intention of exceeding client expectations.

Role Description: Engineering Manager - Full Stack Engineering

We are seeking an Engineering Manager – Full Stack Engineering who combines strong people's leadership, hands-on technical depth, and modern execution practices. This is a player-coach role, where you will spend approximately 50% of your time coding while managing one or more Scrum pods delivering mission-critical enterprise platforms.

A key expectation for this role is day-to-day, practical use of AI to improve engineering productivity, quality, and speed. You will champion AI adoption, continuously learn new AI capabilities, and coach engineers on how to use AI responsibly and effectively across the software development lifecycle.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

·        Proven track record of building and leading high-performing engineering teams

·        Strong experience with:

o        Backend: Java/Spring Boot, Node.js

o        Frontend: React, TypeScript (Angular/Vue acceptable)

·        Hands-on experience designing and building microservices and REST APIs

·        Cloud-native development experience on AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, Lambda, etc.)

·        Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling (GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins/CloudBees, etc.)

·        Strong understanding of scalability, performance, resiliency, and security patterns

·        Experience using metrics, dashboards, and reports to track delivery health and operational performance

·        Practical experience using AI-powered development tools to improve engineering efficiency and outcomes

As a prospective candidate, you should possess:

People Leadership & Team Development:

·        Directly manage, mentor, and coach full-stack engineers, driving performance, career growth, and engineering excellence

·        Act as a coach and mentor, helping engineers grow technically, professionally, and in their effective use of AI tools

·        Build high-performing, psychologically safe teams that value ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

·        Lead one or more Scrum pods, ensuring predictable delivery, quality execution, and healthy team dynamics

·        Foster a culture of learning, experimentation, and modern engineering practices

Hands-On Technical Leadership (≈50%):

·        Actively contribute production code across backend services, frontend applications, and shared platforms

·        Lead by example with high-quality coding, testing, and design practices

·        Own and review solution designs with a strong focus on security, scalability, reliability, and observability

·        Perform thorough, actionable code reviews and set technical standards for the team

·        Troubleshoot complex issues, lead root cause analysis, and drive long-term engineering improvements

AI-Driven Engineering & Innovation (Must Have):

·        Use AI as a core part of daily work, including:

o   Coding and refactoring

o   Code reviews and quality analysis

o   Design and architecture ideation

o   Documentation generation

o   Identifying inefficiencies and optimization opportunities

·        Champion the adoption of AI tools and workflows across the team to improve productivity, quality, and delivery speed

·        Stay current with emerging AI capabilities and apply them pragmatically to real engineering problems

·        Teach and coach engineers on how to effectively and responsibly use AI in day-to-day development

·        Help establish best practices and guardrails for AI-assisted development within the team

Execution & Operational Excellence:

·        Drive sprint planning, backlog grooming, estimation, and delivery tracking

·        Proactively identify delivery risks, technical debt, and capacity constraints, and lead mitigation efforts

·        Ensure all development artifacts comply with security, compliance, and regulatory standards

·        Embed reliability, availability, operational excellence, and observability into everyday engineering work

·        Lead post-release reviews, incident follow-ups, and continuous improvement actions

Reporting & Communication:

·        Develop clear, data-driven reports for senior leadership covering delivery status, risks, dependencies, and outcomes

·        Translate complex technical topics into executive-friendly updates, dashboards, and summaries

·        Communicate effectively with product, architecture, operations, and business stakeholders

·        Operate comfortably across distributed teams and time zones

Desired qualifications

·        Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering, or equivalent practical experience

·        10–12+ years of software engineering experience with proven people management responsibility

·        Demonstrated experience managing Agile/Scrum pods in delivery-focused environments

·        Strong hands-on experience as a full-stack engineer in modern enterprise systems

Location and way of working.

Base location: Hyderabad

Your role as a Deputy Manager

What Success Looks Like

·        Teams are engaged, productive, and continuously improving

·        Engineering velocity and quality improve through effective AI adoption

·        Leadership has clear visibility into progress, risks, and technical trade-offs

·        Engineers view you as both a technical leader and a trusted coach

·        AI is used naturally and responsibly as part of everyday engineering work

We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society. 

In addition to living our purpose, Senior Executive across our organization must strive to be:

•      Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation.

•      Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose.

•      Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity.

•      Skilled at building diverse capability - Developing diverse capabilities for the future.

•      Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders.

•      Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions.

•      Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen

•      Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities.

•      Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approaches and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization.

•      Effective communication – Must be able to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities.

•      Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for the success of engagement(s)

•      Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience

•      Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte.

•      Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone is valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviors and attitudes to become more inclusive.