About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Software Development Manager to lead the engineering for customer-facing mobile and web apps.. This role involves leading both managers and ICs across platforms including Flutter (primary), React (for PWA / Web), and native
iOS / Android (Swift / Kotlin). You’ll work closely with product, design, and business teams to
deliver seamless, performant experiences at India scale.
This is a full-time in-office role in Bangalore.
What You'll Do
- Lead engineering execution for all mobile and web apps at BigBasket, ensuring
performance, reliability, scale, and quality
Partner with product and design teams to convert business and user goals intoexecution-ready technical plans
Manage and grow a mix of engineering managers and senior engineers; build leaderswho can independently drive scope and mentor others
Drive platform-wide consistency and standardization (shared components, reusableframeworks, observability, etc.)
Lead efforts to build for India-scale, optimizing performance across low-end devices,spotty networks, and regional diversity
Continuously improve engineering productivity through automation, CI / CD investments,testing infrastructure, and tooling
Establish strong review and feedback mechanisms to drive engineering excellence andpeer accountability
Improve experimentation velocity, crash-free rates, app store ratings, and build-test-release cycles
Lead RCA and recovery efforts for mobile / web-related incidents and ensure preventivemeasures are systemically implemented
Create strong engineering metrics dashboards to track uptime, delivery velocity,regressions, and tech debt
Instill a sense of ownership and urgency in teams; ensure clarity of goals and pride indelivery
What We’re Looking For
13-15 years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in engineeringleadership roles at high-scale B2C product companies
Deep technical expertise in mobile development (Flutter, Kotlin / Java, Swift) and modernweb (React, JS / TS, PWA)
Demonstrated experience delivering and scaling consumer-facing applications for India-scale usage (millions of users, high concurrency, device / network fragmentation)
Strong grasp of app performance optimization, observability, crash analytics, and CI / CDpipelines
Experience in growing senior engineers and managers into technical leadersFamiliarity with developer metrics and using engineering data to improve teamthroughput and predictability
High agency and clarity of thought, able to challenge the status quo and align multiplefunctions toward a common goal
Collaborative leadership style – works closely with product, design, QA, and businessteams to deliver end-to-end outcomes
Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder alignment skillsNice to Have
Familiarity with experimentation platforms (Firebase Remote Config, A / B testing tools)Exposure to AWS or similar cloud infrastructureExperience with internal developer platforms or platform-as-a-product mindset