Engineering Manager

Location: Bengaluru, India

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Job Description:

We are Omnissa! 

The world is evolving fast, and organizations everywhere—from corporations to schools—are under immense pressure to provide flexible, work-from-anywhere solutions. They need IT infrastructure that empowers employees and customers to access applications from any device, on any cloud, all while maintaining top-tier security. That’s where Omnissa comes in.

The Omnissa Platform is the first AI-driven digital work platform that enables smart, seamless and secure work experiences from anywhere. It uniquely integrates multiple industry-leading solutions including Unified Endpoint Management, Virtual Apps and Desktops, Digital Employee Experience, and Security & Compliance through common data, identity, administration, and automation services. Built on the vision of autonomous workspaces - self configuring, self-healing, and self-securing - Omnissa continuously adapts to the way people work; delivering personalized and engaging employee experiences, while optimizing security, IT operations and costs. we're experiencing rapid growth—and this is just the beginning of our journey!

At Omnissa, we’re driven by a shared mission to maximize value for our customers. Our five Core Values guide us: Act in Alignment, Build Trust, Foster Inclusiveness, Drive Efficiency, and Maximize Customer Value—all with the aim of achieving shared success for our clients and our team. As a global private company with over 4,000 employees, we’re always looking for passionate, talented individuals to join us. If you're ready to make an impact and help shape the future of work, we’d love to hear from you!
 

The Opportunity

As an Engineering Manager on the Workspace ONE team at Omnissa, you will lead and coach a team of high-performing engineers focused on building innovative features and capabilities for the Workspace ONE UEM platform. In this role, you will:

• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and respectful dialogue.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, customer-centric solutions.
• Provide technical leadership in designing and developing scalable, enterprise-grade software.
• Champion engineering excellence through continuous improvement in architecture, processes, and team practices.
• Solve complex technical challenges using data-driven decision-making.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a healthy sense of urgency and quality.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll divide your time across three key areas:

• 30%: Hands-on coding and debugging (Python, Go).
• 30%: Architecting and designing enterprise software and cloud services (HLD & LLD).
• 40%: Project and people management.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing engineering projects from inception to delivery, ensuring quality, timeliness, and scope alignment.
• Managing project risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Providing technical guidance and enforcing best practices in software development and architecture.
• Tracking and analyzing team performance metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Leading, mentoring, and supporting engineers in their professional growth.
• Fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative team culture.
• Participating in all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborating with stakeholders across Product, Architecture, Security, and Engineering.
• Improving engineering processes including DevOps, Agile, and CI/CD.
• Handling customer and product escalations with effective prioritization.

Required Qualifications

• Deep hands-on experience in software development with Python and Go on Linux/macOS.
• Strong architectural and design skills for scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions.
• Proven track record of managing and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with a passion for mentoring.
• Experience leading teams through the full software development lifecycle.
• Proficiency in Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices, including hands-on CI/CD pipeline management.
• Strong collaboration skills for working with distributed, global teams.
• 8–10 years of software engineering experience, including 2–4 years in technical leadership and people management.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent technical training.

Preferred Qualifications

• HashiCorp Stack (Nomad, Consul, Vault, Terraform).
• Redis, PostgreSQL, Kafka, OpenSearch.
• Strong foundation in Linux internals (file systems, memory, multi-threading).
• Experience managing large-scale production deployments.
• Hands-on with AWS Cloud services (MSK, Aurora, ElastiCache, OpenSearch).
• Working knowledge of infrastructure technologies (OS, networking, databases, storage).
• A strong customer-centric mindset focused on delivering high-quality solutions.

Location 

Bengaluru

Work Model

Hybrid (3 days in-office, 2 days remote)
Candidates must reside within a 1-hour commute radius of the office.

Travel Expectations

Up to 20% travel, domestic or international, based on business needs.
 

Leadership and Team Culture

You’ll report to a Senior Engineering Manager based in Canada (Eastern Time), a seasoned leader with over 20 years of experience in engineering and team building. Since joining VMware EUC, he has expanded a key engineering group, retained top talent, and added another flagship product to the portfolio.

The team culture emphasizes:

• Trust & collaboration: Building strong, respectful relationships
• Customer commitment: Delivering value and success for users
• Transparency & communication: Encouraging open dialogue
• Work-Life balance: Supporting flexibility and fulfillment at work