Engineering Manager Jobs in Bengaluru

Looking for an engineering manager job in Bengaluru? Choose from 27 open roles at 13 employers. Explore real salary data and skills breakdown across remote, hybrid and on-site roles.

27 Open roles
13 Companies hiring
Average salary

What do Engineering managers in Bengaluru work on?

Most roles centre on leading software engineering teams directly — setting technical direction, managing roadmaps, and developing engineers rather than writing production code day-to-day. Domains vary considerably: some postings focus on infrastructure and platform reliability, others on product areas such as access management, database change management, or integrations.

Two of the sample summaries illustrate the range well. The Senior Software Engineering Manager, Generative AI and Data Cloud at Google calls for owning strategy across generative AI and data infrastructure, with explicit experience requirements in ML infrastructure and large language models. The Engineering Manager, Dedicated Integrations Team at GitLab is centred on operating single-tenant SaaS at scale, maintaining high-availability SLOs, and building distributed teams.

A smaller portion of postings carry director-level titles, implying broader organisational scope and cross-team accountability rather than direct team management alone. Backend engineering, cloud platforms, and CI/CD delivery appear consistently across descriptions.

Skills and experience employers ask for

Skills counts reflect mentions within job descriptions across these postings, not stated requirements, so they indicate emphasis rather than strict gates. Cloud platforms — AWS most often, followed by GCP and Azure — appear in roughly a third or fewer of postings. Java and Python are the most cited languages. A small number of postings mention a PhD or Master's degree, and LLMs appear in only a minority, suggesting AI fluency is not yet universal across this sample.

AWS 33%
Java 22%
Python 19%
Agents 19%
CI/CD 19%
Kubernetes 15%
GCP 15%
Evaluation 11%
Azure 11%
SQL 11%
APIs 11%
PhD 11%
Master's degree 11%
LLMs 7%

Bengaluru office, hybrid or remote?

The strong majority of postings in this set are listed as on-site, meaning employers expect regular physical presence at a Bengaluru office. A small minority are listed as hybrid, implying some flexibility between office and home working, though the specific split of days is not stated in the postings reviewed. No postings in this set are listed as fully remote. Candidates who need flexible arrangements should confirm the working pattern directly with each employer, as individual team policies may differ from what job adverts describe.

Make your application specific to the work

  1. Read the full description carefully Engineering manager postings often embed specific experience thresholds — years in people leadership, years with particular technologies — that are not always visible in titles alone. Check these before applying.
  2. Note which domain each role covers Roles span infrastructure, product, AI, integrations, and platform reliability, so tailor your application materials to the specific technical area rather than using a generic engineering manager narrative.
  3. Prepare examples of team and technical leadership Across these postings, employers consistently look for evidence of managing roadmaps, driving delivery, and developing engineers, so have concrete examples ready for each dimension.
  4. Clarify compensation before interviews None of the postings on this page advertise a pay range, so you will need to raise compensation expectations directly with the recruiter or hiring team during the process.

Questions about Engineering Manager jobs in Bengaluru

No postings in this set are listed as remote. Most are on-site in Bengaluru, with a small number listed as hybrid. If remote working is important to you, it is worth checking directly with the employer, as the postings do not describe remote arrangements.

None of the postings on this page include an advertised pay range, so there are no figures available here to compare. You would need to ask each employer directly during the recruitment process.

A small number of postings mention a Master's degree or PhD in their descriptions, but this applies to a minority of the set. Degree requirements for the remaining postings are not stated in the information available here.

The employers represented in these postings include Databricks, GitLab, Everpure, Okta, Google, New Relic, JazzX AI, and Adyen, among others in the full set of thirteen employers shown on this page.

A minority of postings mention LLMs or AI agents in their descriptions, and the Google posting explicitly requires prior experience with large language models and generative AI. Most postings in this set do not specify AI experience as a focus, so it varies by role.

Jobs checked 1 day ago. · Guide reviewed 9 September 2026.