Senior Engineering Manager - R&D (Hybrid)

About the Team

HashiCorp solves development, operations, and security challenges in infrastructure so organizations can focus on business-critical tasks. We build products that provide a consistent way to manage cloud and on-premises environments, enabling companies to mix and match AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and other platforms seamlessly.

At HashiCorp, we follow the Tao of HashiCorp as our guiding philosophy and operate with strong company principles that define how we work together and serve our customers. We value collaboration, communication, and innovation, fostering an environment where our teams can build world-class infrastructure automation products.

The Role

We are hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to join our growing R&D team in India. In this role, you will lead and scale multiple engineering teams responsible for delivering both cloud and self-managed products across different product areas at HashiCorp.

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for building and mentoring teams, driving product and engineering excellence, and working cross-functionally with Product, Design, Support, Security and other engineering teams to deliver high-impact solutions.

This role requires a strategic mindset, deep technical expertise, and strong leadership skills to navigate the challenges of scaling a rapidly growing organization while maintaining operational excellence.

What you'll do (responsibilities)

• Lead and mentor multiple engineering teams, helping them grow professionally and execute efficiently.
• Drive the development and execution of product roadmaps across cloud and self-managed offerings.
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of our products through best practices in engineering and operations.
• Foster a culture of learning, collaboration, and operational improvements, including effective incident management processes.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Design, Security, Customer Success, and other Engineering teams, to build a cohesive and impactful product suite.
• Hire, retain, and grow a diverse and high-performing engineering team in a fast-scaling environment.
• Champion developer productivity, automation, and operational excellence to reduce toil and improve efficiency.
• Advocate for improvements to infrastructure and platform tooling to enhance the developer experience and enable scale.
• Ensure issues are addressed within SLAs, providing an excellent customer experience.
• Contribute directly to technical decisions and architecture discussions, with opportunities to be hands-on with Go and other technologies.

What you’ll need (basic qualifications)

• You have an overall 15+ years of experience building Products at scale and 5+ years of experience in leadership roles.
• You have experience managing multiple engineering teams in a high-growth, distributed environment.
• You have delivered both SaaS/Cloud services and self-managed software products at scale.
• You have a strong technical background in distributed systems, cloud computing, and infrastructure automation.
• You have expertise in one or more major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• You are passionate about operational excellence, reducing toil, and building scalable systems.
• You have a track record of hiring, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• You thrive in a collaborative, remote-friendly environment and value strong communication and transparency. #LI-Hybrid

Why Hashicorp?

• Work on industry-leading open-source and commercial products used by thousands of organizations worldwide.
• Be part of a fast-growing R&D hub in India, working on cutting-edge infrastructure and security solutions.
• Collaborate with world-class engineers, product leaders, and open-source contributors in a dynamic, remote-friendly environment.
• Make a real impact on the infrastructure automation space, helping companies build secure, scalable, and resilient systems. #LI-Hybrid