Mgr Software Engineering

Manager, Software Engineering

Location: Bangalore, India

Employment Type: Full-time

Powering the World’s Payments Ecosystem

ACI Worldwide powers the payments ecosystem globally, and our people power ACI. Here, you’ll collaborate, innovate, and grow in a global technology environment where your work makes a visible impact.

As a Manager, Software Engineering, you will lead a talented engineering team supporting our Product Engineering team. You’ll combine people leadership, technical understanding, and delivery management to build secure, reliable, and high-quality software solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers.
• Manage engineering priorities, resources, risks, and delivery commitments.
• Support employees through regular feedback, performance reviews, career development, and training plans.
• Partner with product, architecture, quality engineering, security, and global engineering teams.
• Guide the development and maintenance of software products in alignment with business and customer needs.
• Promote strong engineering practices, automation, continuous improvement, and responsible use of AI-enabled development tools.
• Ensure product security, compliance, and secure software development lifecycle practices.
• Identify and resolve technical, operational, and delivery challenges.
• Participate in management escalation and on-call support when required.
• Follow all corporate policies, including the ACI Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• More than 12 years of technology industry experience, including at least 5 years in software development and/or design, along with proven engineering leadership experience.
• Previous people management, engineering management, or technical leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and modern engineering practices.
• Experience managing delivery, team performance, stakeholder expectations, and competing priorities.
• Strong critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively with global and cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of product security and secure software development practices.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience developing enterprise-grade or business-critical software.
• Exposure to payments, fintech, banking technology, or another regulated environment.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, cloud platforms, test automation, and observability.
• Experience leading geographically distributed engineering teams.

Core Capabilities

• Ensure Accountability
• Drive Results
• Customer Focus
• Cultivate Innovation
• Collaborate
• Courage

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in India on a full-time basis. This position does not offer employment visa or work permit sponsorship now or in the future.

Join Us

We offer opportunities for professional growth, career development, and a competitive compensation and benefits package in an innovative and collaborative global environment.

Ready to help transform the payments ecosystem? Learn more at the ACI Worldwide website.