Assistant Vice President - Engineering Lead

We are M&G Global Services Private Limited (formerly known as 10FA India Private Limited, and prior to that Prudential Global Services Private Limited). We are a fully owned subsidiary of the M&G group of companies, operating as a Global Capability Centre providing a range of value adding services to the Group since 2003.

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. 

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

M&G Global Services has rapidly transformed itself into a powerhouse of capability that is playing an important role in M&G’s ambition to be the best loved and most successful savings and investments company in the world.

Our diversified service offerings extending from Digital Services (Digital Engineering, AI, Advanced Analytics, RPA, and BI & Insights), Business Transformation, Management Consulting & Strategy, Finance, Actuarial, Quants, Research, Information Technology, Customer Service, Risk & Compliance and Audit provide our people with exciting career growth opportunities. Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

Job Description

Job Title    Software Engineering Lead
Grade    2A
Level    Assistant Vice President
Job Function    Digital Transformation
Job Sub Function    Investments & Research
Reports to    Vice President – Data and Analytics 
Location    Mumbai
Business Area    M&G Global Services
Overall Job Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Software Engineering Lead to contribute to the development of cloud-native applications within our cutting-edge Analytics Platform.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in .NET development, Azure Cloud services, and modern software engineering practices. They will be responsible for delivering end-to-end solutions using a range of Azure services, including AppService, Functions, KeyVault, Azure SQL & more. This role requires a proactive and self driven engineer capable of interacting with executive and senior management, translating complex business needs into innovative, high-quality technical solutions.

Primary Key Responsibilities (Top 3-5 KRA)

    Take an active lead in helping each person in your team perform to their best and understand how their work contributes to the achievement of business success
    Have line management, coaching and mentoring responsibility of 6-8 engineers.
    Build real solutions through experimentation as part of a multi-faceted team.
Additional Responsibilities : 

    Help foster a culture of excellence through developing and contributing to components, services and methodologies.
    Explore up-and-coming technologies and software products; seize learning and knowledge sharing opportunities; Read; teach; learn.
    Focus on code quality and continuous rigour to reduce technical debt
    Advance the engineering community through sharing of best practice and mentoring others.

Key Stakeholder Management
Internal
    M&G Investments

    External
NA

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Educational Qualification

Knowledge & Skills (Must Have) :
•    10+ years of software engineering experience.
•    Solid understanding and application of SOLID principles in software design.
•    Expertise in .NET (experience with the latest versions is a must) & ability to write high-quality code.
•    Experience building applications with Azure Cloud services, particularly PaaS solutions
•    Proven track record in building cloud-native applications end-to-end using Azure services such as Azure AppService, Azure Functions, Azure KeyVault & Azure SQL
•    Experience with Azure DevOps, including building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
•    Experience with Docker and containerization.
•    Strong understanding of OAuth and authentication/authorization mechanisms in Azure.
•    Working knowledge of IAC (Infra as Code)
•    Experience leading technical architecture and design discussion with Enterprise Architecture.
•    Experience managing team of engineers.

Knowledge & Skills (Additional) :
•    Certifications such as AZ-305 or AZ-204
•    Python skills or willingness to learn Python.
•    Knowledge of the Finance domain.
•    Experience with Azure Service Bus.
•    Familiarity with frontend technologies (preferably React).
•    Experience with NoSQL databases, such as Azure CosmosDB.
•    Understanding of Azure Data Factory.
•    Knowledge of Azure AI services.
•    Knowledge of API gateways (Apigee, API Management)

Experience:
•    10+ years of experience in Software engineering.

Educational Qualification:
•    Graduate in any discipline

Personal attributes
•    Proactive and resourceful problem-solver.
•    Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
•    Strong attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
•    Demonstrates initiative and leadership in driving projects to completion.
•    Take ownership of problems from identification to resolution with minimal guidance.
•    Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
•    Explore and adapt to new technologies with a passion for continuous learning and knowledge-sharing.

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.