Bread Financial

Engineering Manager - Agentic AI

India · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerBread Financial
LocationIndia
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted9 Oct 2026

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Job Summary

Manager, Software Engineering is responsible for leading a cross-functional team in an Agile environment to address business challenges through effective software solutions. Key responsibilities include overseeing the design, development, testing, configuration, and deployment of high-quality software solutions, developing test strategies, and creating cloud environments. Manages full stack development projects across the SDLC, improving frontend, backend, and UI/UX components. The role ensures that all software delivery is secure, reliable, and highly automated, thus supporting seamless and efficient financial technology systems.

Essential Job Functions

Oversee the software development lifecycle to ensure the delivery of scalable solutions. Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into detailed technical designs. Guide the team in developing design specifications, including user interface layouts, and ensure the delivery of functional, high-quality components - (15%)
Lead the creation and execution of unit tests and testing to proactively identify and resolve issues. Facilitate code reviews to identify and remediate defects, ensuring adherence to coding standards. Guide the team in estimating and sizing work efforts based on high-level requirements, and drive continuous application improvements for quality, efficiency, and user experience - (15%)
Guide the design and development of software solutions in line with business objectives. Manage the entire software development lifecycle, ensuring quality and timely delivery. Provide technical leadership and oversee code reviews to uphold software integrity, while coordinating with stakeholders to align project goals - (15%)
Direct efforts to improve system performance using modern frameworks. Oversee code reviews and enforce best testing practices. Lead the team of software engineers in resolving system defects and bottlenecks, ensuring reliability and scalability, while setting performance standards and objectives - (15%)
Lead the strategy for UI/UX enhancements to create intuitive interfaces. Collaborate across teams to improve user experience, integrating feedback to refine usability and align with business needs - (15%)
Build and maintain strong relationships across engineering, product, and business teams to enhance collaboration and efficiency. Provide coaching and constructive feedback to team members, both formally and informally. Foster a high-performing, inclusive environment by motivating the team to achieve business goals. Use feedback to drive personal and team development - (15%)
Demonstrate proficiency in at least two programming languages, ideally three and contribute to the development or maintenance of multiple applications. Provide technical supervision and coaching to team while showcasing strong business knowledge in financial technology and payments domains. Provide technical on-call support and respond to incident inquiries as needed. - (10%)

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Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree computer science or related field of study; or equivalent experience
8-10 years of work experience in related field (Software Development Life Cycle across Full Stack, Frontend and Backend Development and UI / UX engineering)
3-5 years leading projects, mentoring and/or coaching experience, demonstrated subject matter expert in software engineering
1 cloud certification- AWS cloud practitioner, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals or Google Cloud- Cloud Digital Leader

Preferred Qualifications

10+ years of work experience in related field (Software Development Life Cycle across Full Stack, Frontend and Backend Development and UI / UX engineering)
5+ years leading projects, mentoring and/or coaching experience, demonstrated subject matter expert in software engineering

Skills

Agile Methodology
DevOps
Java (Programming Language)
JavaScript
Microsoft Azure Functions
Microsoft Azure SQL Database
Full Stack Development
Angular
Agentic AI
RAG

Reports To: Senior Manager and above

Direct Reports: 6 - 10

Work Environment

Normal office environment, hybrid.

Other Duties

This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time, the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete essential functions from this job at any time.

About Bread Financial®

At Bread Financial, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community, and be part of our award-winning culture. We’ve been consistently recognized as a best place to work nationally and in many markets and we’re proud to promote an environment where you feel appreciated, accepted, valued, and fulfilled—both personally and professionally. Bread Financial supports the overall wellness of our associates with a diverse suite of benefits and offers boundless opportunities for career development and non-traditional career progression.

Bread Financial® (NYSE: BFH) is a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions to millions of U.S. consumers. Our payment solutions deliver growth for some of the most recognized brands in travel & entertainment, health & beauty, technology, electronics, jewelry, home and specialty apparel through our co-brand and private label credit cards and pay-over-time products providing choice and value to our shared customers. Additionally, we offer Bread Financial general purpose credit cards and saving products that empower our customers and their passions for a better life.

Bread Financial proudly marks 30 years of success in 2026. To learn more about our global associates, our performance and our sustainability progress, visit breadfinancial.com or follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn.

All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of credit and background checks.

Bread Financial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Family:

Information Technology

Job Type:

Regular

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