This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Engineering Manager – Windows & macOS based in India.
This role offers the opportunity to lead a high-impact desktop engineering team responsible for building and maintaining mission-critical native applications used by hundreds of thousands of users globally. You will oversee the development of Windows and macOS desktop clients that serve as the primary gateway to a secure, cloud-based ecosystem. The position combines people leadership, technical oversight, and cross-functional collaboration across product, engineering, and customer-facing teams distributed across multiple geographies. You will play a key role in shaping engineering practices, improving product reliability, and ensuring high-quality user experiences at scale. The environment is fast-paced, globally distributed, and strongly focused on engineering excellence and continuous improvement. This is a leadership role for someone who can balance delivery, team growth, and long-term technical vision while driving innovation, including AI adoption in desktop workflows.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Engineering Manager – Windows & macOS based in India.
This role offers the opportunity to lead a high-impact desktop engineering team responsible for building and maintaining mission-critical native applications used by hundreds of thousands of users globally. You will oversee the development of Windows and macOS desktop clients that serve as the primary gateway to a secure, cloud-based ecosystem. The position combines people leadership, technical oversight, and cross-functional collaboration across product, engineering, and customer-facing teams distributed across multiple geographies. You will play a key role in shaping engineering practices, improving product reliability, and ensuring high-quality user experiences at scale. The environment is fast-paced, globally distributed, and strongly focused on engineering excellence and continuous improvement. This is a leadership role for someone who can balance delivery, team growth, and long-term technical vision while driving innovation, including AI adoption in desktop workflows.
Accountabilities:
- Lead and mentor a distributed team of Windows and macOS desktop engineers, ensuring effective delivery, collaboration, and professional growth
- Define team priorities in partnership with Product teams across India, Poland, and the US, translating customer and business needs into clear engineering roadmaps
- Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of large-scale desktop applications used by hundreds of thousands of users globally
- Drive engineering execution, ensuring high-quality codebases, performance, reliability, and maintainability across the desktop platform
- Establish strong engineering processes, remove delivery blockers, and ensure clear requirements and technical direction before execution
- Manage performance, productivity, and continuous improvement of engineering practices within the team
- Monitor application usage, reliability, and performance metrics to proactively improve product quality
- Respond to customer feedback through prioritization, patch releases, and collaboration with support and product stakeholders
- Participate in hiring and team scaling, ensuring the right talent mix to support business growth
- Drive career development plans, coaching, and growth opportunities for engineers within the team
- Champion AI adoption and innovation within desktop engineering workflows and product capabilities
- Collaborate with global leadership to influence engineering standards and contribute to company-wide technical initiatives
- 10+ years of overall software engineering experience, including at least 3+ years in an engineering management or leadership role
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Proven experience leading engineering teams in mid- to large-scale product environments
- Strong background in desktop application development (Windows and/or macOS), with exposure to technologies such as C++, C#, SwiftUI, or Python
- Experience managing distributed or remote engineering teams across multiple time zones
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and alignment of engineering delivery with business goals
- Demonstrated ability to balance technical decision-making with product and stakeholder needs
- Strong leadership, communication, and facilitation skills, including excellent English communication
- Experience driving engineering quality, reliability, and performance in customer-facing applications
- Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional, and global environments
- Strong judgment in prioritization, delegation, and empowering teams while maintaining accountability
- Experience collaborating closely with Product, Design, and senior engineering stakeholders
- Competitive compensation package aligned with experience
- Comprehensive medical insurance coverage for employees and their families
- Life insurance coverage with fully paid premiums
- Flexible working hours and paid time off (PTO)
- Gym and wellness reimbursement programs
- Childcare support reimbursement
- Group term life insurance benefits
- Opportunity to lead global-scale desktop products used by hundreds of thousands of users
- Exposure to modern engineering practices and AI-driven product innovation.