Development Manager - IBM Storage Software

This role is of an experienced engineering leader with deep expertise in enterprise storage and distributed systems, and a proven ability to lead teams delivering snapshot-based, virtualized data platforms at scale. You wll be expected to operae across storage arrays, control-plane services, APIs, and integrations, and you balance people leadership with strong technical judgment.

You will lead and manage a team of highly skilled engineers responsible for adding new workloads and storage-array support to IBM's storage and copy data software platforms.

As a first-line Development Manager, you will lead a large, senior storage software team and own delivery of critical platform capabilities.

Your responsibilities include:

• Leading 15+ engineers across backend services, APIs, microservices, and storage integrations
• Owning end-to-end delivery of new workloads and storage array integrations, from design through GA
• Providing technical leadership in areas including:
  • Snapshot orchestration and copy-on-write technologies
  • Storage and data virtualization
  • Control-plane services, metadata management, and policy engines
• Driving design and evolution of stable, well-versioned APIs used by internal teams, UI layers, automation, and external integrations
• Ensuring enterprise-grade qualities:
  • High availability and resiliency
  • Non-disruptive upgrades
  • Backward compatibility and operational safety
• Partnering with Product Management and Program Management on roadmap planning and release execution
• Managing multiple agile teams, including Scrum-of-Scrums, and driving predictable delivery
• Collaborating across software, hardware, firmware, and storage engineering teams globally
• Engaging with internal stakeholders and customers during critical escalations when needed

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Strong people management skills with a demonstrated ability to mentor and grow senior engineers
• 15+ years of experience in storage software, distributed systems, or platform engineering
• Proven experience leading teams delivering enterprise-grade software
• Strong fundamentals in:
  • Storage and data virtualization
  • Block storage and SAN concepts
  • Snapshotting, replication, and copy technologies
  • Distributed systems and metadata services
• Experience owning and evolving REST APIs and integration contracts
• Ability to manage multiple agile teams and complex cross-team dependencies
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with:
  • Networking fundamentals and protocols
  • Cloud-native application development
  • Public cloud environments
  • NoSQL or distributed data stores

Preferred technical and professional experience

• 6+ years of engineering management experience
• Experience with Kubernetes platforms or container-focused storage integrations
• Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation at scale
• Prior experience integrating with enterprise storage arrays or backup platforms

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Client-provided location(s): Pune, India

Job ID: IBM-84873

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-01-09T18:49:50