Job Description

Software Engineering Manager
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Job Req ID: 41520
Posting Date: 13 Dec 2024
Function: Software Engineering
Unit: Networks
Location:
Outer Ring Road, Bellandur, Bengaluru, India
Salary: Competitive
Recruiter: Sowmya Tipgond

Hiring Manager: Ganesh B S

Location - Bangalore

Mode - Hybrid




Why BT




We've always been an organisation with a purpose; to use the power of communication to make a better world. You can trace this back to our beginning as pioneers of the world's firs telecommunications company. At our heart we're a technology company with research and innovation in our bones and a desire to be personal, simple, and brilliant for our customers - those are the values we live by whilst also creating an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can succeed.Our pursuit of progress over the past 180 years has established BT as a strong, successful brand, with huge scale capable of achieving great things. From supporting emergency services, hospitals, banks and keeping economies around the world online, safe and secure, to delivering large scale technology infrastructure like the creation of BT Sport.

Today in this fast-changing, always on, digital world our purpose remains true. Yet the market conditions, regulations and competition we face are tougher than ever before. So, if you have the drive, optimism and resilience to help propel us forward we'll offer unrivalled personal development, a wealth of opportunities to learn, experience new things and pursue new careers. If that's you and what you're looking for, we'd love you to be part of our future.



Why this job matters
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The Software Engineering Manager coordinates the execution of the engineering strategy and roadmap that supports BT's commercial strategy through cross functional business partnering and the participation of a team that pursues innovation as well as engineering excellence.

What you'll be doing
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1. Manages and coaches teams of software engineers driving the engineering organisation's ability to deliver high quality code on time and on budget and implementing means of bringing measurability as well as predictability to the engineering organisation's capabilities

2. Oversees the execution of technical decisions, technology choices and architecture for a wide range of high-performance products, capabilities, and platforms, effectively balancing short term impact with long-term transformation

3. Monitors, manages and ensures timely releases from teams by driving compliance with key release quality metrics

4. Consults on complex and strategic issues using advanced technical knowledge, across wider industry and/or specific sectors, and develops bespoke or leading edge, technically complex solutions (e.g., relating to new, untested technology and/or large-scale impact of products)

5. Drives the implementation of the defined technical roadmap to meet the needs of the business, engineering team, and partner teams

6. Implements, engineering and operational excellence initiatives, implementing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement

7. Takes a managerial and influencer role in the software engineering function, implementing the technical vision and the pursuit of innovations regarding new technologies, platforms and applications

8. Develops 'best-in-class' engineering for services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularised, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored and reusable

9. Oversees the implementation of new architectures, standards, and methods for large-scale enterprise systems, proactively removing blockers from the team's work

10. Researches, designs and writes new software and performs deep dive data analysis, to identify issues and implement ways to improve working processes within the area of software engineering responsibility, such as avoiding and reducing technical debt


11. Performs complex debugging and troubleshooting of critical issues throughout the development process

12. Supports the implementation of new architectures, standards, and methods for large-scale enterprise systems

13. Coordinates the evaluation and implementation of high-quality tools and automation processes to support continuous delivery and developer productivity

14. Builds and maintains an engineering culture that fosters innovation and creativity while delivering high quality products with predictability and reliability

15. Champions, continuously develops and shares with team knowledge on emerging trends and changes in software engineering

The skills you'll need
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Capability Building
Agile Development
Culture Building
Change Management
Microservices/Service Oriented Architecture
Technology Strategy
Business Analysis
Cloud Computing
Technology Governance
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment Automation & Orchestration
Software Testing
Software Development Lifecycle
Business Process Improvement
Project/Programme Management
Talent Management
Decision Making
Growth Mindset
Performance Management
Inclusive Leadership Our leadership standards
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Looking in:

Leading inclusively and Safely

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.


Looking out:

Delivering for the customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.


Looking to the future:

Growth mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.



Who is the BT Group




We're the leading communications provider with customers in 180 countries. Across the world we enable customer's digital transformations so they can thrive. Our focus is simple: be the global provider-of-choice for managed network and IT infrastructure services.