Manager, software engineering - Frontend

This opportunity is with one of our clients, a mission-driven global EdTech organization building large-scale learning platforms used by millions of students and educators worldwide.

Location: Bengaluru

Experience: 10+ Years

Role: Manager, software engineering - Frontend

What Youll Do

Lead & Grow

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of strong software engineers.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing engineering culture.
• Align team goals with organizational and product priorities.

Technical Leadership

• Define and drive architecture for modern React-based applications at scale.
• Ensure high standards of operational excellence across performance, scalability, accessibility, and reliability.
• Promote best practices in code quality, testing, CI/CD, and observability.
• Leverage business reports and operational metrics to drive engineering excellence and business impact.

AI & Innovation Agent of AI

• Champion AI adoption across product experiences and engineering workflows.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities to embed AI into user journeys, personalization, and intelligent insights.
• Lead the team in leveraging AI tools to improve developer productivity (automation, testing, documentation, coding assistants).
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and guide responsible, value-driven implementation.
• Implement best practices around AI performance, governance, and reliability.

Delivery & Execution

• Partner closely with Product and UI/UX to define roadmaps and deliver impactful features.
• Balance feature development, technical debt, and operational excellence.
• Proactively identify risks, remove blockers, and ensure predictable delivery.
• Support production reliability and continuous improvement initiatives.

What Were Looking For

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 4+ years leading engineering teams.
• Strong expertise in React, TypeScript, and scalable modern frontend architecture.
• Solid backend experience (Java/Spring Boot or similar).
• Experience building scalable SaaS or distributed systems.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Experience integrating AI-powered capabilities into applications and SDLC.
• Strong communication and stakeholder alignment skills.
• Passion for building technology that improves education outcomes.

Preferred

• Experience in EdTech or mission-driven organizations.
• Accessibility (WCAG) experience.
• Experience leading AI-enabled product initiatives.