Cognizant - Software Engineering Manager - TypeScript/Javascript

Location : PAN India

Mode : Remote

Benefits : Flexible working hours

What makes you a great fit :

Must haves :

- Technically credible engineering background: you can read the code, spot the problems, and have an opinion

- 3+ years of experience in TypeScript or JavaScript development as an individual contributor

- Proficiency in the TypeScript and JavaScript ecosystem including code review and debugging

- Experience with Node.js and modern tooling such as npm or pnpm, ESLint, Jest or Vitest, and bundlers

- Ability to represent technical constraints and trade-offs clearly to customers and stakeholders

Delivery and Operations Management :

- Experience in professional services, consulting, or customer-facing delivery environments where you owned outcomes, not just tasks

- Experience managing multiple concurrent customer engagements

- Familiarity with delivery metrics such as utilization, cycle time, and capacity planning

- Ability to handle customer escalations and unblock technical challenges

- Experience with resource allocation and skills-based staffing

- A track record of improving delivery processes in ways that actually stuck

People Management :

- 1+ year managing engineering teams beyond tech lead responsibilities

- Experience managing teams of 8 or more engineers

- Experience hiring, onboarding, and retaining engineers

- Experience running structured performance reviews and career development conversations

- Ability to manage underperformance when required

- Experience managing distributed and remote teams

Good to have :

- Hands-on experience building applications using LLM APIs

- Understanding of prompt engineering concepts such as few-shot prompting and chain of thought

- Familiarity with AI failure modes including hallucinations, context limits, and latency issues