Application Development Manager

We are expanding our App Dev Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) practice in India to build high-impact custom data-driven applications platforms and integrations (often centered around Databricks Lakehouse architectures modern full-stack frameworks and enterprise data solutions).

We are seeking a technical people-first Manager App Dev (FDE) to lead and grow our India-based engineering team. Reporting directly to global engineering leadership you will be responsible for building mentoring and guiding a team of high-performing Forward Deployed Engineers and Full-Stack Application Developers. You will bridge the gap between technical execution client delivery operational excellence and team development.

• Architectural Oversight: Provide technical leadership and guidance across full-stack application development data integration and cloud/Databricks-native app architectures.
  

• Delivery Excellence: Oversee forward-deployed project execution ensuring high-quality standards clean code reliable delivery cadence and robust testing across customer engagements.
  

• Hands-on / Hands-off Balance: Serve as an escalation point for technical roadblocks; jump in to review design docs code and architecture blueprints when necessary.
  

• Hiring & Scaling: Partner closely with Talent Acquisition and global App Dev leadership to recruit interview and onboard top-tier App Dev FDEs in India.
  

• Career Growth & Mentorship: Drive regular 1:1s technical career pathing performance evaluations and skill growth (especially around Databricks app development full-stack technologies and client-facing engineering skills).
  

• Culture & Retention: Foster a high-trust collaborative and innovation-driven culture within the India engineering hub.
  

• Leadership Alignment: Providing transparent reporting on team capacity delivery metrics resource allocation and team health.
  

• Client & Forward-Deployed Dynamics: Ensure engineers excel in customer-facing contextsbalancing fast-paced client requirements with long-term software engineering best practices.
  

• Stakeholder Management: Work closely with Product Management Delivery Leads Solution Architects and TA to align hiring roadmaps with business demand.
  

• Experience:
  

• 5 years of software engineering experience in full-stack application development.
  

• 1 year in a formal engineering management tech lead manager or team lead role managing App Dev / FDE teams.
  

• Technical Stack Knowledge:
  

• Strong foundation in full-stack application development (e.g. Python React TypeScript Java/Go GraphQL/REST APIs etc.).
  

• Hands-on familiarity with cloud ecosystem architectures (AWS Azure GCP) and enterprise app integration.
  

• Strong familiarity with data platformsspecifically Databricks (Databricks Apps SDK Unity Catalog PySpark DBX APIs) or cloud data warehouses.
  

• Client/FDE Experience: Experience working in a Forward Deployed Professional Services or Client Consulting model where engineers directly interact with enterprise clients/stakeholders.
  

• Communication & Leadership: Exceptional English communication strong consulting mindset high organizational skills and stakeholder management skills; proven capability to work across global time zones (Americas/India collaboration).
  

• Prior experience scaling an engineering center or practice from the ground up in India.
  

• Databricks certifications (e.g. Databricks Certified Machine Learning / Data Engineer or equivalent cloud certifications).