Engineering Manager, Authorization - India

Responsibilities

• Safely deliver modern identity features by enforcing a "secure-by-default" culture with strict testing and progressive rollouts.
• Act as a proactive systems-planner, bridging high-level vision and tactical alignment by negotiating complex downstream dependencies (network, database, devices) far ahead of development cycles.
• Steer the architectural roadmap to transition components into scalable, cloud-native frameworks and drive scalability initiative to handle queue spikes, database at scale, and data-residency requirements.
• Evolve core directory protocols (LDAP/RADIUS) to handle increasing enterprise traffic spikes by transitioning existing systems into highly scalable, self-healing cloud architectures.
• Manage 1-2 teams of experienced professionals, exercising responsibility for staffing, budgets, and consistently delivering medium-term outcomes on predictable timelines.
• Integrate with teams to earn technical respect, establish psychological safety, provide real-time coaching for career growth, and aggressively resolve priority conflicts to keep teams unblocked.
• Establish deep operational oversight with rigorous, non-negotiable release protocols.
• Build collaborative stakeholder relationships and execute tactical change management strategies with urgency to remove barriers and solve complex problems.
• Act as a hands‑on expert for auth services, directing via raw metrics and maintaining transparent cross‑functional communication.
• Integrate automated AI workflows for routine tasks to free up engineering bandwidth.
• Champion Spec‑Driven Development governance where engineers use robust specs and AI code‑assistants (Cursor/Copilot), while retaining strict accountability for test coverage and code quality.
• Provide clarity by articulating how the team’s work fits into wider departmental goals to ensure crystal clear direction.
• You will be expected to commit to being ready and able to respond during your assigned on‑call shift, so that alerts don’t go unaddressed.
• You must be located in and authorized to work in the country noted in the job description to be considered for this role.
• You must be able to speak and write in English fluently.
• You will be expected to participate in on‑call shifts.