Software Development Manager

Role overview

Software Development Manager at Kaleidofin

Own the engineering roadmap, architecture, scalability, and quality of products.

As a Software Development Manager, you will be responsible for shaping product features and driving the technical execution of the product roadmap.

Responsibilities

• You will work closely with your team to build systems that stress scalability, accuracy, and robustness.
• Actively contribute to design discussions, architecture reviews, and coding standards; step in with hands-on support when needed.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and the Business team to define long-term product strategy and release planning in a fast-paced environment.
• Guide your team through complex technical challenges in fintech and lending tech domains, including AI/ML-driven credit scoring.
• Mentor and coach engineers across levels; foster strong technical decision-making, code quality, and delivery discipline.
• Establish, enforce, and evolve engineering best practices.
• Drive adoption of modern data engineering practices: big data processing, PySpark, NoSQL/unstructured data, and scalabledata pipelines.
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term architecture sustainability.
• Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Define and implement learning and development plans, invest in team members' career growth, and create succession pipelines. ‍ Who you need to be?
• 8+ years of experience in end-to-end cloud software development with exposure to scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure distributed systems.
• At least 1–2 years managing engineering teams.
• Strong CS fundamentals, algorithms, and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on experience in system design(both high-level and low-level) with the ability to validate and improve solutions.
• Familiarity with AI/ML model integration, particularly in fintech, lending tech, or credit scoring, is a strong advantage.
• Basic knowledge of statistical analysis, mathematical modelling and machine learning.
• Deep expertise in Python and/or Java and related stack (Spring Boot), microservice-based architecture, and building maintainable, unit-tested code
• Proficiency in databases (SQL & NoSQL), message queues (Kafka), and data engineering stacks(Big Data, PySpark, unstructured databases).
• Very comfortable with data lakes, warehouses, and ETL/ELT paradigms.
• Familiarity with Spark, Cassandra, AWS data pipeline stack(Athena, S3, Glue data catalogue.), Airflow, etc.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and infrastructure tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.).
• Knowledge of web technologies (JS, HTML5, CSS), UI patterns (MVC, MVVM, MVP), and exposure to Android development is a plus.
• Comfortable operating in high-growth startup environments; thrives in ambiguity and drives clarity.
• Must be comfortable working in fast-paced agile environments.
• Ability to plan, prioritise, estimate and execute releases with a strong degree of predictability.
• Excellent leadership and people management skills with proven ability to develop and grow teams.
• Be comfortable with a mix of hands-on development and people management.
• Ability to propose and validate system design - low-level and high-level both.
• Enjoy jamming on code refactoring, architecture and design principles.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and business stakeholders.
• If you fit the bill, write to us at careers@kaleidofin.com Job location Bangalore

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering (preferably Computer Science or related fields) from a reputed institute (IITs, NITs, or equivalent top schools preferred).
• Prior experience in fintech, e-commerce, or product development is highly desirable.
• Experience with AWS stack preferred.

Employment details

• Location: Bangalore

About the employer

• Kaleidofin is a fintech platform committed to enabling finance for everyone, everywhere.
• Kaleidofin works across India, Bangladesh, and East Africa, unlocking access to finance for women entrepreneurs, agricultural value chains, and nano-enterprises in the informal economy.
• Kaleidofin has received international recognition including:

Additional role details

• Who we are?
• Through its ki credit platform, Kaleidofin combines credit health assessment (ki score), middleware rails, and advanced risk monitoring (ki monitor) to enable financial institutions to serve underserved segments effectively.
• To date, the platform has enabled over USD 3 billion in debt capital to reach more than 10 million customers and small enterprises.
• The company has raised USD 37 million from leading global impact investors including Rabo Partnerships, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Oikocredit, Flourish, Omidyar Network, Blume Ventures, and Bharat Fund.
• Forbes Asia – 100 To Watch
• Presentation at the United Nations General Assembly Special Task Force
• Winner – G20 TechSprint 2024 (Technology for the Planet)
• Winner – RBI Innovation Hub Swanari TechSprint 2023
• Finalist – Global SME Finance Awards (IFC & SME Finance Forum) ‍ We are building a strong presence in East Africa, with a focus on scaling inclusive finance through innovative capital structures and partnerships with investors and financial institutions Learn more: https://kaleidofin.com ‍ What you'll do?
• This is a hands-on leadership role – you will actively participate in design, architecture reviews, code reviews, troubleshooting, and work alongside engineers to solve problems.
• Your team will be presented with ample opportunities to tackle complex business problems and create real impact for our customers and partners. ‍ ‍Key