Engineering Manager

Role & responsibilities

About the ERP Cross-Functional Engineering Department (ERP-X)

Over the past decade, Money Forward has built multiple products across different teams and technology stacks. To scale better and deliver more customer value, the ERP Cross-Functional Engineering Department was established in 2023 to unify engineering foundations and improve collaboration across ERP Division teams.

To strengthen further the ERP Division, we are expanding ERP-X capabilities at Money Forward India (Pune) to work closely with ERP product teams and ERP-X teams in Japan and Vietnam, contributing to the divisions success through shared platforms and AI-enabled engineering.

Role Summary

We are hiring an Engineering Manager to help build and lead a new ERP-X team in Pune. The team will collaborate with cross-location ERP-X teams to deliver AI solutions and engineering foundations that accelerate ERP product development.

This role is ideal. for a leader who thrives in a collaborative, cross-cultural environment; can build high-performing teams from the ground up; and can balance people leadership, delivery ownership, and technical guidance to drive measurable business impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, hire, and grow a new engineering team in Chennai; define team structure, roles, and operating rhythm.
• Lead execution and delivery of cross-functional initiatives in collaboration with ERP-X teams in Japan and Vietnam.
• Provide hands-on technical direction and coaching to ensure high engineering quality and sound architectural decisions.
• Actively participate in hands-on software development alongside engineers, contributing to design, implementation, code reviews, and technical problem-solving when needed.
• Partner with product management, engineering leaders, security, and platform teams to align priorities and deliver outcomes.
• Establish strong engineering practices (Agile delivery, SDLC, code quality, reliability, incident practices, documentation).
• Drive continuous improvement using data and metrics (delivery predictability, quality, throughput, utilization, operational health).
• Build an inclusive, high-trust culture with strong performance management, mentoring, and career development.

Preferred candidate profile

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 4–6+ years in engineering management or delivery leadership roles.
• Proven experience building and managing engineering teams and/or leading large-scale delivery programs.
• Experience managing organizations of ~10+ engineers, including multiple teams and/or tech leads.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders and distributed teams.
• Experience working with AI tools and platforms, with the ability to guide teams in technical decision-making and adoption.
• Experience building enterprise SaaS applications, platforms, or web applications.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery, and engineering operations.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and modern DevOps practices, including hands-on experience with AWS.
• Strong people leadership skills: hiring, mentoring, performance management, and organizational design.
• Experience working with distributed/offshore/nearshore teams.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Understanding of AI agent patterns (tool use, function calling, memory, multi-turn interaction, guardrails).
• Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms and/or developer platforms.
• Familiarity with observability practices and tools (e.g., Datadog, logging, tracing).
• Experience designing and improving CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure workflows.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration experience across product, platform, and security teams.

Language Requirements

• English: Fluent (meetings, written communication).
• Japanese: Not required; nice to have.