Manager, Software Development at Assent

Pune, maharashtra, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

06 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

07 Apr, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software development, People leadership, AWS, C#, .NET, Python, Angular, Distributed systems, Micro-service architectures, CI/CD, Infrastructure as code, Terraform, Automated testing, Observability, Stakeholder communication, SaaS

Industry

Software Development

Description

Company Description Assent is the leading AI native platform for supply chain sustainability and compliance, trusted by complex manufacturers and distributors around the world. Built and backed by experts who have led global compliance programs, our unified platform combines advanced AI, regulatory expertise, and the world’s largest supply chain data network to help organizations reduce risk, lower operational costs, and build trust across every tier of the value chain. From human rights and responsible sourcing to PFAS reporting and Digital Product Passports, Assent transforms regulatory complexity into actionable insights that drive real business outcomes. With over 900 team members across India, North America, Malaysia, the EU, and Kenya and more than 1,000 customers globally, Assent brings together global perspective and deep domain expertise. Our hybrid work model enables teams to collaborate effectively across regions while staying connected to the communities where they live and work. As a certified B Corporation, we meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. This reflects our commitment to building technology that drives business performance while creating long-term value for people and the planet. People First. Technology Forward. Our commitment to People, Culture & Community (PCC) is rooted in building a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing team. We recruit and retain team members with a range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, while fostering a culture of belonging where all Assentees are respected, supported, and empowered to contribute. As we continue to embed AI into how we work, we do so thoughtfully, enhancing human potential, supporting better decision-making, and prioritizing appropriate oversight, privacy, and fairness. At Assent, we value your privacy and are committed to maintaining transparency in how we handle your personal information. As part of our talent acquisition and management processes, we may use AI technologies to support activities such as resume screening, candidate communication, and talent analytics. Job Description At Assent, we’re solving complex technical challenges with global impact. Our multi-tenant SaaS platform helps the world’s most influential companies gain deep visibility into their supply chains—enabling them to manage risk, ensure compliance, and take real action on issues like forced labor, environmental sustainability, and ethical sourcing. The Manager, Software Development is a leader and a coach for their team, responsible for keeping them organized, motivated, and engaged in delivering high-quality, scalable software that addresses key business problems. This role will be responsible for leading a team of front and back end developers helping bring key products and product features to life for Assent and its customers. You’ll operate in a high-trust CI/CD environment—every commit goes to production, and there’s no separate QA team. That means you’ll be responsible for setting expectations and ensuring quality practices are embedded in the development process. You’ll drive the creation of automated test coverage strategies, web app development and documentation. We work with the latest technology and plan to keep doing so. Our team uses tools like GitHub Copilot to help with AI-powered coding, Lucid for architectural design, and we’re always open to trying new tools that can help us create better experiences for our customers. Our Product Tech Stack will Includes: C#, Python Pandas NumPy/SciPy AIOHTTP CI/CD pipelines that support rapid, high-quality delivery to production Angular We value system thinking, performance, and platform maintainability. You’ll help ensure that technical decisions support both short-term product goals and long-term architectural integrity. What You’ll Do: Recruit, develop and retain a high-performing and engaged team of developers. Coach the team to deliver high-quality, scalable features that fit Assent’s business context and solve problems for our customers Coordinate and allocate work amongst the team of web developers and drive delivery Champion product quality in the team Establish and maintain a rapport with other teams in the product value chain (Product Management, User Experience, Quality Assurance, Customer Success, and Infrastructure) Visualize upcoming work Manage product releases by monitoring progress to plan and proactively making necessary adjustments to meet delivery schedule, and requirements Ensure the team is developing software that follows Assent’s Design Guidelines and Coding Standards, Assent’s Security Guidelines, and any other guidelines that may be provided by the Architecture team from time to time Own end-to-end technical quality—from discovery through adoption—guiding design, code reviews, security, and observability Ensure the design and evolution of highly available, scalable SaaS services on AWS, leveraging .NET 8, Angular, MS SQL Server, and modern DevOps/GitHub Actions pipelines Keep the team current with emerging cloud patterns, micro-front-ends, and platform engineering techniques; spearhead proof-of-concepts to de-risk innovation By leading the team in development of this cloud-native, event-driven architecture, you'll enable rapid iteration, scalability, and future extensibility of the RM Foundational Pilot platform. Qualifications 10+ years full-stack software development with 3+ years direct people leadership, ideally in global or GCC environments. Proven expertise in AWS, C#/.NET/Python, Angular, relational databases, and building/operating distributed, micro-service architectures at scale. Demonstrated success coaching engineers through code reviews, architectural trade-offs, and incident resolution. Fluency with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), automated testing (unit → e2e), and observability (OpenTelemetry/New Relic). Strong stakeholder communication—able to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical leaders and influence without authority. Growth mindset, resilience, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-change SaaS context. Preferred Qualifications Experience leading distributed teams across time zones (North America ↔ India). Familiarity with data-driven compliance products, supply-chain domains, or enterprise security standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001). Exposure to Snowflake, event-driven architectures (Kafka), and generative AI-enabled developer tooling. Additional Information Life at Assent Wellness: We believe that you and your family’s well being is important. As a result, we offer vacation time that increases with tenure, comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country), life leave days and more. Financial Benefits: It’s not all about the money – well, it’s a little about the money. We understand that financial health is important and we offer a competitive base salary, a corporate bonus program, retirement savings options and more. Life at Assent: There is purpose beyond your work. We provide our team members with flexible work options, volunteer days and opportunities to get involved in corporate giving initiatives. Lifelong Learning: At Assent, curiosity is not only valued but encouraged. You will receive professional development days that are available to you the day you start. At Assent, we are committed to growing and sustaining an environment where our team members feel included, valued, and heard. Our diversity and equal opportunity practices are guided and championed by our Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion includes recruiting and retaining team members from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and fostering a culture of belonging where all team members are included, treated with dignity and respect, promoted on their merits, and placed in positions to contribute to business success. If you require assistance or accommodation throughout any part of the interview and selection process, please contact [email protected] and we will be happy to help. We use AI to support parts of our recruitment process, such as note-taking and initial shortlisting based on job-related qualifications. AI does not make hiring decisions. All candidates will speak with a real person, and final decisions are always made by our recruitment team. Region: India

Responsibilities

The Manager, Software Development leads and coaches a team of developers to deliver high-quality, scalable software features within a CI/CD environment. They are responsible for coordinating work, ensuring adherence to architectural and security standards, and fostering a high-performing team culture.