Engineering Manager – Big Data

• About the Role and Team:

Adform is a leading global advertising technology provider. As a company we are at the forefront of the industry and through the combination of human competence and outstanding software, aspire to outperform any other platform and deliver unparalleled returns for our clients. We balance a unique combination of seeking extraordinary results and caring for each other.

Our ambition in India means that we are building a new strong Dev &IT team to supplement our great software development organization and as an Engineering Manager you will be responsible for leading big data platform development teams to deliver on the product roadmap along with stakeholder management. You will be responsible for hiring and on-boarding of new team members and developing career plans for team members.

• We hope you are ready to change the game! Be ready to:

• Set direction and ensure delivery of products and services

• Guide specialists to execute roadmap items

• Ensure delivery quality against agreed metrics

• Support Scrum practices

• Promote engineering best practices and transparent communication

• Drive adoption of AI-assisted and agentic development tools (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) within the team to improve engineering velocity, code quality, and delivery efficiency

• Foster motivation, engagement, and cross‑organizational collaboration

• Support employee growth and career development

• Advocate Adform principles and development culture

• Attitude First. Everything else will follow. We can grow together faster if you have:

• Overall 10+ years of experience in software development industry as technical contributor

• 2-3+ years of experience in managing software engineering teams

• Able to understand technical topics/terminologies of Java/Scala Stream processing, ETL, Backend API

• Knowledge of Kafka and Kubernetes is a plus

• Must have worked on microservices architecture

• Ability to provide technical guidance to development team during solution implementation

• Hands-on user of AI-assisted/agentic development tools (e.g. Claude Code, Copilot) with experience encouraging and guiding adoption across a team

• Our promise to you:

• You will have an opportunity to learn and grow regularly.

• Possibilities to learn and work with experts from different countries (offices around the world)

• You will work with highly professional and knowledgeable colleagues sharing local and global objectives

• Informal style of leadership and communication – but with the highest expectations of performance and professionalism

• You will be given challenging and unique tasks with creative approach to problem-solving

• You will be surrounded by dynamic, inspiring and international environment, that also provides security

• A dynamic, inspiring, and international environment filled with ambitious and caring colleagues

• Premium health insurance with ₹10,00,000 coverage for you and your family

• 24 paid vacation days to enjoy life outside of work

• Paid maternity (6 months) and paternity (2 weeks)

• Annual learning budget to help you grow your skills and support continuous learning

• Rewarding referral program for helping us grow

• Global perks such as birthday gifts, work anniversaries, and company events to connect with colleagues and have fun

• And much more – join us to explore the full experience

• Diversity & Inclusion @Adform:

Adform is an equal opportunity employer with a global perspective. We remain committed to creating an environment that not respects different backgrounds but celebrates them too. We believe that diversity in all its forms enhances our teams’ creativity, innovation, and effectiveness, and therefore we value different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

We are committed to creating a work environment where Adform employees feel valued for who they are and what they can contribute, free from any type of discrimination.