About this role
Manager, Software Engineering
Location: Bangalore, India
Employment Type: Full-time
Powering the World’s Payments Ecosystem
ACI Worldwide powers the payments ecosystem globally, and our people power ACI. Here, you’ll collaborate, innovate, and grow in a global technology environment where your work makes a visible impact.
As a Manager, Software Engineering, you will lead a talented engineering team supporting our Product Engineering team. You’ll combine people leadership, technical understanding, and delivery management to build secure, reliable, and high-quality software solutions.
What You’ll Do
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers.
- Manage engineering priorities, resources, risks, and delivery commitments.
- Support employees through regular feedback, performance reviews, career development, and training plans.
- Partner with product, architecture, quality engineering, security, and global engineering teams.
- Guide the development and maintenance of software products in alignment with business and customer needs.
- Promote strong engineering practices, automation, continuous improvement, and responsible use of AI-enabled development tools.
- Ensure product security, compliance, and secure software development lifecycle practices.
- Identify and resolve technical, operational, and delivery challenges.
- Participate in management escalation and on-call support when required.
- Follow all corporate policies, including the ACI Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- More than 12 years of technology industry experience, including at least 5 years in software development and/or design, along with proven engineering leadership experience.
- Previous people management, engineering management, or technical leadership experience.
- Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and modern engineering practices.
- Experience managing delivery, team performance, stakeholder expectations, and competing priorities.
- Strong critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work effectively with global and cross-functional teams.
- Knowledge of product security and secure software development practices.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Experience
- Experience developing enterprise-grade or business-critical software.
- Exposure to payments, fintech, banking technology, or another regulated environment.
- Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, cloud platforms, test automation, and observability.
- Experience leading geographically distributed engineering teams.
Core Capabilities
- Ensure Accountability
- Drive Results
- Customer Focus
- Cultivate Innovation
- Collaborate
- Courage
Work Authorization
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in India on a full-time basis. This position does not offer employment visa or work permit sponsorship now or in the future.
Join Us
We offer opportunities for professional growth, career development, and a competitive compensation and benefits package in an innovative and collaborative global environment.
Ready to help transform the payments ecosystem? Learn more at the ACI Worldwide website.
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