Manager, Software Engineering [T500-22122]

About T-Mobile:

T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS), headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is Americas supercharged Un-carrier, connecting millions through its strong nationwide network and flagship brands, T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile. Customers benefit from an unmatched combination of value, quality, and exceptional service experience.

About TMUS Global Solutions:

TMUS Global Solutions is a world-class technology powerhouse accelerating the companys global digital transformation. With a culture built on growth, inclusivity, and global collaboration, the teams here drive innovation at scale, powered by bold thinking.

TMUS India Private Limited operates as TMUS Global Solutions.

Manager, Software Engineering K8s SRE

The Manager, Software Engineering - K8s SRE leads the build-out, development, and management of a team of developers responsible for creating and maintaining systems, platforms, and tools that support T-Mobiles internal and external business needs. This role is critical in delivering scalable software solutions, building technical strategy, and collaborating closely with product and IT partners. The ideal candidate is a technical leader who can coach a high-performing team responsible for diagnosing and resolving complex issues across Kubernetes networking, storage, and compute layers, driving continuous improvement through data-driven insights and DevOps best practices.

What Youll Do:

• Lead and manage a team of developers by setting direction, providing coaching, and conducting performance reviews.
• Ensure project deliverables meet deadlines, quality, and budget requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement across development practices, tooling, processes, and security/compliance adherence.
• Manage technical relationships with vendors, influence roadmap discussions, and advocate for key platform features.
• Hire and onboard new talent, improve team productivity, and scale the engineering capabilities as needed.
• Drive a culture of automation, resilience, and continuous improvement, contributing to the evolution of T-Mobiles platform engineering and cloud infrastructure strategies.
• Drive Resolution of platform-related customer tickets, issue diagnosis, incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-mortems, implementing automation to prevent recurrence to ensure reliability and seamless user experience.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and IT partners across multiple ongoing projects.
• Support strategic initiatives and ensure long-term platform stability and adaptability.

What Youll Bring:

• Bachelors degree in computer science or in a computer programming related field
• Overall experience for the role as 10-12+ years, managing scrum team of 8-10 people with total experience of managing a team as high as 5 years

Must Have Skills:

• Kubernetes - Open for all tools
• Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure or GCP) - AWS or Azure is mandatory
• API development
• CI/CD
• Should have advanced level knowledge on Kubernetes with expertise in managing large-scale, production Kubernetes clusters
• Should have exposure working in Production environment
• Experience with GitOps, Terraform, and Ansible for cloud provisioning and configuration management
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, Splunk, Open Telemetry

Nice To Have:

• Software Engineering, Experience in modern Mobile and Web stack (React, Node, Python etc.)
• Familiarity with CNAPP platforms (e.g., Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Orca, etc.) and CSPM/CWPP principles.
• Experience in Generative AI