LEAD ENGINEERING MANAGER

Department: Tech - Software Development

Location: Gurugram, India

Description

Internal role title: Senior Software Engineer - Technical Lead

Based in Gurugram, you will join our newly established software team as we enter an exciting new phase of expansion. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who will ensure the continued effectiveness, cohesion, and growth of our existing team. In this pivotal role, you will provide hands-on leadership to nurture team performance, foster a collaborative and inclusive culture, and drive the expansion of our capabilities as we continue to deliver innovative solutions in close partnership with Oxford-based colleagues. Your leadership will be key to both sustaining our current momentum and shaping new product ideas that will impact the future of global energy markets. You will be working on cutting-edge Microservices and using TypeScript/ExpressJS/AWS Lambdas and Micro-frontends built on React. This will allow you to help with the creation of customer-facing software from design to deployment. You will be working with processes and tooling that allow you to release changes to our customers multiple times a day. The successful applicant will also have exceptional problem solving and technical capabilities combined with a passion to deliver great solutions for our users.

Key Responsibilities

• Effectively run and expand the software development team in our new Indian office.
• Work closely with the Oxford-based team on upcoming development projects.
• Lead projects to completion, ensure they are delivered on time, and meet the user’s requirements.
• Work closely with end users (internal and external) to innovate highly effective solutions.

What we are looking for

Required attributes:

• Demonstrated ability to lead and nurture an established team, fostering collaboration, psychological safety, and continuous improvement.
• Proven success in leading or collaborating within distributed or remote teams, with a focus on proactive communication and inclusion.
• Substantial commercial experience in developing complex software solutions with some of the following Node/TypeScript, ExpressJS, React, SQL, NoSQL, Cloud Infrastructure or similar.
• A proven track record for delivering great software and solving difficult technical problems.
• Experience in running a software team with a portfolio of projects.
• The ability to technically lead a project from inception to completion.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and a great team player.
• Experience supporting and developing team members through mentoring and coaching.
• Experience of unit testing.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.

Desirable attributes:

• Experience of Python
• Experience using delivery metrics (e.g., DORA) to inform team practices.

What we offer

• A fun, informal, collaborative and international work culture
• A competitive salary package
• Access to regular coaching and mentoring sessions and the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals
• Access to the Aurora Academy, our training programme offering a range of opportunities to develop your skills within the responsibilities of your role and within the wider context of the industry
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering a complete support network that offers expert advice and compassionate guidance 24/7/365, covering a wide range of personal and professional aspects

The Company is committed to the principle that no employee or job applicant shall receive unfavourable treatment on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

The successful candidate would start as soon as possible. The team will review applications as they are received. Salary will be competitive with experience.

To apply, please submit your Résumé / CV, a personal summary, your salary expectations and please inform us of your notice period.