Dentsu

Marketing analytics and digital advertising solutions

Engineering Manager - Full stack

Engineering LeadershipUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

At least 14 years of professional software engineering experience and at least 5 years of engineering management experience.
Technical fluency in JavaScript (ES6+), Node.js, MySQL or a similar database, RESTful API development, integration, and microservices architecture.
Experience with frontend technologies including HTML5, CSS3, and Vue.js or similar technologies.
Experience with version control using Git and GitHub, and CI/CD practices.
Strong understanding of system architecture, design principles, and engineering best practices.
Proven leadership in scaling engineering organizations.
Strong client and stakeholder management with global teams.
Experience with pre-sales, scoping, estimation, and account growth.
Experience hiring, managing performance, and developing careers.
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.

Responsibilities

Lead delivery for Promotions and Loyalty Services platforms, ensuring quality, performance, and client outcomes across software development, QA, and engineering operations.
Manage multidisciplinary teams, partner with global stakeholders, contribute to solutioning and pre-sales, and make decisions on technology, delivery, and people management.
Own delivery quality, timelines, KPIs, compliance, and risk mitigation.
Lead multidisciplinary teams, drive capability building, foster team culture, and manage utilization.
Act as the primary engineering contact for clients, run reviews, manage risks, and build trusted-advisor positioning.
Align with internal leadership, collaborate across workstreams, and represent the team in leadership forums.
Partner on new opportunities, lead solution design, maintain estimation frameworks, and identify growth opportunities.

Desired Qualifications

Production experience with Perl.
Experience with Java, including Spring, Spring Boot, or Hibernate.
Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.
QA leadership, automation strategy, and test frameworks.
Experience with containerization using Docker and Kubernetes, and DevOps practices.
Domain experience in Promotions, Loyalty, MarTech, or consumer engagement platforms.
Experience in global services, consulting, or digital agency environments.
Strong documentation and executive communication skills.
Cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Scrum or Agile certifications.
DevOps-related certifications.

Job Description:

Business Title : Senior Manager

Years of Experience : 14+ years in professional software engineering, with 5+ years in engineering management

Job Description :

Engineering Managers at Merkle lead delivery for Promotions and Loyalty Services platforms, ensuring quality, performance, and client outcomes across software development, QA, and engineering operations.

They manage multi-disciplinary teams, partner with global stakeholders, contribute to solutioning and pre-sales, and make critical decisions on technology, delivery, and people management.

Must Have Skills

1. Technical fluency in JavaScript (ES6+), Node.js, MySQL (or similar) RESTful API development, integration, and microservices architecture.

2. Frontend technologies: HTML5, CSS3, Vue.js (or similar) Version control (Git, GitHub) and CI/CD practices Strong understanding of system architecture, design principles, and engineering best practices Proven leadership in scaling engineering organizations.

3. Strong client and stakeholder management with global teams Excellent communication, influence, and collaboration skill Experience with pre-sales, scoping, estimation, and account growth People leadership: hiring, performance management, career development.

Good to Have Skills :

1. Perl experience in production environments Java (Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate) AWS or other cloud platforms QA leadership, automation strategy, and test frameworks Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and DevOps practices Domain experience in Promotions, Loyalty, MarTech, or consumer engagement platforms.

2. Experience in global services / consulting / digital agency environments Strong documentation and executive communication skills.

Key Responsibilities:

Delivery Management : Own delivery quality, timelines, KPIs, compliance, and risk mitigation
Team Management : Lead multi-disciplinary teams, drive capability building, foster culture, manage utilization
Client Management : Act as primary engineering contact, run reviews, manage risks, build trusted-advisor positioning
Stakeholder Management : Align with internal leadership, collaborate across workstreams, represent in leadership forums
Scoping & Pre-sales: Partner on new opportunities, lead solution design, maintain estimation frameworks, identify growth opportunities

Educational Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent hands-on experience)

Certifications (If Any)

Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP) Scrum/Agile certifications DevOps-related certifications

Shift Timing

Likely standard business hours in India (IST) with occasional overlap for US/EMEA clients.

Location:

DGS India - Mumbai - Thane Ashar IT Park

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

About the Company

Dentsu

Marketing analytics and digital advertising solutions

Dentsu International is a global marketing and advertising partner that helps brands grow by navigating the digital economy and using data-driven insights. Its services include consumer intelligence to understand customer behavior, digital marketing and advertising to reach audiences, customer experience management (CXM) to improve interactions, and gaming solutions to engage audiences. The company earns revenue through service fees, project work, and long-term contracts with a diverse mix of clients across retail, technology, and entertainment. Its approach combines research and analysis to set industry-focused insights and drive growth, while collaborating across disciplines to deliver integrated marketing solutions. Dentsu also pursues social impact initiatives, promoting inclusion and positive change in the industry and communities.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Founded: 1901

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