Software Development Manager (SDM)

About the job

Job Description: Software Development Manager (SDM) – India (Full-Stack + AI + DevOps) Location: Remote (India) Seniority: Mid-Level Management Company: Fegmo – AI-Driven Commerce & Product Data Platform. About Fegmo Fegmo is building the next-generation AI-powered commerce platform - redefining Product Information Management (PIM) and Digital Asset Management (DAM), product content automation ... , and multi-channel syndication. We use the latest in LLMs, agentic AI, GCP cloud, vector search, and a modern microservices architecture. We help retailers, brands, and marketplaces automate product onboarding, taxonomy, attributes, images, 360 spins, virtual try-on, and global listings using cutting-edge AI. We’re expanding our engineering leadership team in India. If you’re a hands-on leader who loves code, AI, and building teams – this one's for you. Role Overview We are seeking a hands-on Software Development Manager (SDM) with strong full-stack engineering depth, experience building AI-driven systems, and excellent DevOps/cloud knowledge. This is a highly technical leadership role – you will write code, review code, define architecture, and lead medium sized engineering team. You will work directly with the US-based leadership team to scale our platform across global retail clients. Key Responsibilities Engineering Leadership Manage, mentor, and grow a 12-15+ member engineering team. Own sprint planning, code quality, architecture decisions, and delivery timelines. Establish coding standards, architecture patterns, documentation quality. Review PRs, enforce engineering standards, and guide best practices. Collaborate tightly with US-based leadership, product, AI, and platform teams. Ensure the team delivers scalable, reliable, high-quality features on time. Hands-on Full-Stack Development Build and maintain features in our Fegmo PIM (Symfony + PHP 8.x). Develop microservices in Python (FastAPI) for AI, data pipelines, and integrations. Build internal UI dashboards using React/TypeScript. Optimize APIs, schema, and data models across the platform. AI & Agentic Systems Integrate and orchestrate AI models across Gemini, Claude, Vertex AI, and CrewAI. Build agentic workflows for product understanding, attributes, taxonomy, image generation, video, virtual try-on, and enrichment. Work with embeddings, vector stores, and metadata pipelines. Ensure latency, scalability, and cost efficiency for AI workloads. DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Manage deployments on Google Cloud (Cloud Run, GCE VMs, GCS). Own and maintain GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines. Optimize Docker builds, reduce cold start times, and service reliability. Monitor logs, metrics, uptime, performance, and cost optimization. Support VM-based PIM deployments using Docker Compose. Quality, Reliability & Operations Handle environment configuration, secrets, release management, and version control. Define and enforce testing, observability, release pipelines, and documentation. Lead operational readiness and root-cause analysis for issues. Ensure developers follow security best practices and environment hygiene. Own reliability of production and non-prod environments. Required Skills & Experience Technical Skills 10–12+ years of experience in software engineering. Strong full-stack coding ability in: Python (FastAPI, microservices) PHP 8.x (Symfony framework) React/TypeScript. Experience with AI/ML integrations using Gemini, Claude, CrewAI, or similar. Strong competency in GCP (Cloud Run, VMs, GCS, IAM). Excellent Docker, Linux, and CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions). Solid data modeling & SQL skills (MySQL / PostgreSQL). Proven experience building scalable APIs and distributed systems. Experience building scalable, production-grade APIs and microservices. Leadership Skills Experience managing, mentoring, or architecting for teams of 8–12+ developers while remaining hands-on. Ability to enforce engineering discipline, code quality, and documentation. Strong communication skills with US-based leadership and stakeholders. Strong sense of ownership and urgency mindset – drives outcomes, not tasks. Able to operate in a fast-paced startup culture, AI-first environment. Nice-to-Have Prior PIM or DAM customization experience (job queue daemon, bundles, UI extensions). Experience with enterprise retail/ecommerce systems or marketplace APIs. CrewAI multi-agent orchestration experience. Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, or advanced infra-as-code experience. Familiarity with image/video processing & media pipelines. Why Join Fegmo? Shape foundational systems in an early-stage AI-native company. Ship at speed with a highly driven, experienced team. Remote-first: Work from anywhere in India, with flexible hours. High ownership & impact: Your contributions will directly shape the product. Earn equity options based on impact and performance. Culture Note We’re building a thoughtful, mission-driven team that values collaboration, creativity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are especially excited to hear from candidates with unique perspectives and a passion for building meaningful tools.

Requirements

• Full-stack Engineering
• AI-driven Systems
• DevOps
• Team Management
• Microservices

Preferred Technologies

• Full-stack Engineering
• AI-driven Systems
• DevOps
• Team Management
• Microservices

About the company

Fegmo is building the next-generation AI-powered commerce platform, focusing on redefining Product Information Management (PIM) and Digital Asset Management (DAM). The company leverages cutting-edge AI to help retailers and brands automate product onboarding and engagement.