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We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a cluster of 35 Engineering Team Leads and drive people management, cross-team coordination, delivery, engineering standards, and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will be a strong engineering leader who can work across multiple teams, resolve competing priorities, handle escalations, develop Team Leads, and ensure consistent engineering practices across the organization. Key Responsibilities Manage and mentor 35 Team Leads, supporting their teams' performance, growth, hiring, and career development.Own cluster-level planning, prioritization, capacity allocation, and delivery across multiple engineering teams.Resolve cross-team dependencies, resource conflicts, delivery risks, and escalations.Act as the primary point of contact for business, customer, and cross-functional escalations involving multiple teams.Drive consistent engineering standards covering code quality, testing, code reviews, incident management, and reliability.Track and improve engineering metrics such as delivery cycle time, incident rate, MTTR, escalations, and team health.Partner with Product, QA, Customer Success, Sales, and other stakeholders to align technical execution with business priorities.Develop Team Leads into effective people managers and create a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.For Platform & Shared Services, own initiatives related to monitoring, reliability, autoscaling, resource guardrails, and incident tooling. What This Role Is Not This is not a hands-on coding or individual contributor role. Day-to-day coding, debugging, and code reviews remain with Team Leads and Senior/Staff Engineers. The Engineering Manager's focus is on people leadership, coordination, delivery, escalation management, and engineering governance. Requirements 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with 3+ years in people management.Experience managing Team Leads, Tech Leads, Managers, or senior engineering professionals is preferred.Strong experience in cross-team planning, prioritization, resource management, and delivery.Proven ability to handle technical, customer, and business escalations.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.Good technical depth to evaluate engineering trade-offs and challenge decisions effectively.Experience driving engineering standards, quality, testing, reliability, and operational improvements.Experience working with distributed/multi-location teams is a plus.Experience in B2B SaaS, high-availability systems, IoT, fleet management, telematics, logistics, or mobility is a plus. .
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.