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You’ll innovate, collaborate, and grow - in an energetic technology culture with decades of proven success. ACIers - in all roles and levels - are truly your colleagues and many are your friends. Our size and reach allow you to see the global impact of your work. You are visible, your talents are valued, and you are empowered to shape the future of payments.\nAs a Sr Mgr Software Engineering in Pune, you will join a diverse, passionate team, dedicated to powering the world’s payments ecosystem!\nRole Summary\nWe are seeking a Sr Mgr Software Engineering to lead a cross-functional team (Software Engineering, DevOps/Platform, Support and Quality Engineering) building and operating a low-latency, high-throughput core banking product platform. You will be accountable for end-to-end delivery: architecture-to-production execution, operational excellence, reliability, security/compliance, and an automation-first quality strategy. 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validate correctness, security, and maintainability before merging. \nEnforce safe prompting and data handling: never place secrets/credentials/PCI/PII into prompts; use placeholders and abstractions.\n6) People Leadership & Stakeholder Management\nCoach engineers, DevOps, and QE leads; build career plans, performance feedback loops, and hiring strategies to raise the talent bar. \nCollaborate with Product, Security, Compliance, and Operations leaders to deliver outcomes with transparency, predictable execution, and clear metrics. \nRequired Qualifications\n 15+ years in software engineering building distributed systems; 5+ years leading teams (engineering + DevOps and/or QE leadership experience strongly preferred). \nProven experience building and operating low-latency, high-throughput systems in banking, payments, or other regulated transaction platforms.\nHands-on expertise with: Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures (microservices, containerization, orchestration) \nJava backend development (high-performance, concurrent, resilient services)\nAngular (modern web UI, performance-minded frontend engineering)\nAnsible (automation/configuration management) \nNexus (artifact repository and dependency management)\nCloud Infrastructure ( Familiarity with deployment and development on public and private cloud Azure , AWS, OpenShift) \nCarvel toolchain (e.g., ytt, kapp-controller) for packaging/config/deploy workflows \nTestkube for test orchestration and automation \n\nDemonstrated delivery of AI projects implemented in real environments (production or production-like), such as: GenAI-assisted developer workflows with measurable outcomes (quality/velocity/defect reduction), and/or\nAI/ML capabilities embedded into product or operations (e.g., automated diagnostics, anomaly detection, intelligent triage, or similar).\n\nStrong engineering excellence mindset: automated testing, security-by-design, observability, and disciplined release practices. \nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with GitOps and Kubernetes platform components (policy-as-code, secrets management, progressive delivery). , \nExperience with regulated environments and compliance constraints (PCI/GDPR/SOC2) and integrating security controls into CI/CD. , \nExperience scaling test automation and implementing testing pyramids and coverage standards across multiple teams. \nFamiliarity with internal developer platform concepts (“golden paths”, self-service, reduced cognitive load). \nIn return for your expertise, we offer opportunities for growth, career development, and a competitive compensation and benefits package-all within an innovative and collaborative work environment.\nAre you ready to help us transform the payments ecosystem? 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