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. 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

• AI-driven systems
• Full-stack coding
• Python
• PHP
• React
• GCP
• Docker

Preferred Technologies

• AI-driven systems
• Full-stack coding
• Python
• PHP
• React
• GCP
• Docker

Benefits

• Remote-first work
• Equity options based on impact
• High ownership and impact

About the company

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.