Title: Engineering Manager
Location: Bangalore/Pune, India
Overview: Johnson Controls is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the design, development, delivery, and ongoing support of a .NET-based web application. This role will provide both people leadership and technical direction for a team of software engineers, partnering closely with Product Owners, Architects, QA, UX, DevOps, security, operations, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, high-quality digital capabilities. The Engineering Manager will be accountable for team performance, engineering execution, technical standards, delivery commitments, and continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, RESTful APIs, Azure platforms, modern web application architecture, Agile delivery, and a proven ability to mentor engineers, manage priorities, resolve technical risks, and align engineering outcomes with business goals.
Responsibilities:
Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing engineering team responsible for building, enhancing, and supporting the application.
Own engineering execution across the software development lifecycle, including solution design, development, code quality, testing, release readiness, deployment, support, and production stability.
Provide technical direction for application architecture, development, RESTful APIs, integrations, database design, security, scalability, reliability, and performance.
Partner with Product Owners, Architects, QA, UX, DevOps, security, operations, and business stakeholders to translate business priorities into clear technical plans and delivery milestones.
Drive engineering best practices, including clean code, design patterns, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, source control, observability, documentation, and secure development standards.
Manage delivery commitments, sprint or release planning, dependency resolution, risk mitigation, resource allocation, and workload balancing for the engineering team.
Review technical designs and implementation approaches to ensure solutions are maintainable, extensible, performant, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
Support troubleshooting of complex application issues, production incidents, performance bottlenecks, integration failures, and quality defects.
Coach engineers through regular feedback, career development conversations, goal setting, performance reviews, skills development, and succession planning.
Participate in hiring, onboarding, team planning, vendor coordination, and capability building to ensure the team has the right skills and capacity to meet delivery objectives.
Promote a collaborative, accountable, inclusive, and continuous improvement-oriented engineering culture focused on customer value and operational excellence.
Qualifications:
10+ years of experience in software engineering, including hands-on development of enterprise web applications using Microsoft technologies.
3+ years of experience leading, mentoring, or managing software engineering teams, including performance management, delivery ownership, and technical guidance.
Strong proficiency with .NET framework and Azure platform, RESTful services, object-oriented programming, design patterns, and asynchronous programming.
Experience designing, developing, and operating scalable, secure, maintainable web applications and backend services in a modern enterprise environment.
Hands-on experience with SQL Server or other relational databases, including data modeling, query optimization, stored procedures, and application data access patterns.
Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure, including services such as App Services, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, storage, identity, monitoring, or related platform capabilities.
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git-based source control, branching strategies, automated testing, build and release practices, DevOps tooling, and application monitoring.
Ability to review architecture and code, guide technical decision-making, address technical debt, and ensure engineering standards are consistently applied.
Experience working in Agile delivery environments with Product Owners, Architects, QA, UX, DevOps, security, operations, vendors, and business stakeholders.
Strong communication, stakeholder management, prioritization, problem-solving, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline; equivalent practical experience may be considered.
Preferred qualifications include Microsoft Azure or .NET certifications, experience with microservices, containerization, frontend frameworks such as Angular, React, or Blazor, and ecommerce or B2B web application experience.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- 12+ years of experience in software development
- Proven leadership experience managing and mentoring development teams
- Expertise in software development technologies and platforms relevant to the role
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to make data-driven decisions
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills for engaging technical and non-technical stakeholders
Johnson Controls Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Johnson Controls and has not been reviewed or approved by Johnson Controls.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of the package through employer 401(k) matching, repeatedly framed as a strong pillar of the overall rewards mix. The matching contribution is described with specific match levels in multiple places, reinforcing perceived value for long-term saving.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as comparatively robust, with multiple paid holiday categories, vacation time, and sick time described as generous or “amazing” in places. Paid time off breadth appears to be a consistent contributor to total rewards attractiveness beyond base pay.
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Flexible Benefits — Benefits are described as broad and customizable, spanning standard medical/dental/vision plus optional add-ons like pet insurance, identity protection, and legal support. Tuition reimbursement is repeatedly highlighted as a high-value option supporting professional development.
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What We Do
At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, we drive the outcomes that matter most. Dedicated to protecting the environment, we deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers and manufacturing. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers’ mission. Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as Tyco®, York®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, Penn®, Sabroe®, Simplex®, Ansul® and Grinnell®.
