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As the world’s leading agentic AI company, H2O.ai converges Generative and Predictive AI to help enterprises and public sector agencies develop purpose-built Agents, SLMs, and solutions on their private data. With a focus on secure, compliant, and infrastructure-flexible Sovereign AI deployments, H2O.ai delivers solutions that align with the highest standards of data privacy and control.\nIts open-source technology is trusted by over 20,000 organizations worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 500. H2O.ai powers AI transformation for companies like AT&T, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Workday, Progressive Insurance, and NIH.\nFor more information, visit www.h2o.ai.\nAbout This Opportunity\nH2O.ai is seeking a high-impact Manager of Software Development to lead and scale our engineering efforts. In this role, you will balance technical leadership with people management, guiding a talented team of engineers to build scalable, data-intensive applications. You will be instrumental in defining the technical roadmap, mentoring engineers, and ensuring the delivery of robust, production-grade AI solutions that empower our global customers.\nThis position is based in Sri Lanka.\nWhat You Will Do\nSet direction: Define the automation roadmap in collaboration with engineering leadership; prioritize work across competing demands and communicate trade-offs clearly to stakeholders.\nLead & grow: Hire, onboard, and develop a high-performing team across multiple streams; run 1:1s, performance reviews, and career growth conversations.\nBuild & ship: Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of scalable applications using Kubernetes, Go, Python, Protobuf, gRPC, and REST API.\nWork with real-world big data: Optimize and process large datasets efficiently.\nGet hands-on with streaming data: Work with Kafka and real-time data processing.\nDeploy like a pro: Use Helm to deploy and manage Kubernetes applications.\nWork like a pro: Debug, test, and refine software to ensure high code quality and reliability.\nPartner cross-functionally: Collaborate with product, QA, platform, and data engineering teams; represent the team in planning and architecture discussions.\nLearn & grow: Work closely with seasoned Engineers and leadership who will mentor and support you.\nWhat We Are Looking For\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent work experience).\n10+ years of software development experience, with 2-3 years in an engineering leadership or management role.\nProven experience leading small-to-medium teams across multiple streams, including hiring, mentoring, and retaining strong engineers.\nProficiency in Java, Go, Python, Kubernetes, Protobuf, gRPC, REST API, and micro-services architecture.\nPassion for data-heavy applications and handling large datasets.\nFamiliarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems.\nAbility to balance strategic roadmap thinking with day-to-day execution and team health.\nBonus points if you've worked with Kafka or Helm (but if not, we'll help you learn!).\nKnowledge of JVM-based languages is advantageous but optional.\nA growth mindset - we don't expect you to know everything, but we expect you to be excited to learn.\nWhy H2O.ai?\nMarket leader in total rewards\nRemote-friendly culture\nFlexible working environment\nBe part of a world-class team\nCareer growth\nH2O.ai is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture. 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