Engineering Manager (AI-First Delivery & Execution)

Location: Hyderabad, India

Employment Type: Full-Time; Salaried 

Compensation: Base Salary, Bonus, Stock Options, Medical

Job Description 

About Innovapptive

Innovapptive is an enterprise SaaS company building an AI-powered Connected Worker Platform for industrial organizations. Our platform connects frontline workers, back-office systems, and assets in real-time to drive safety, reliability, and operational productivity.

Leading global enterprises including Shell, Hess, Westlake Chemical, Kimberly-Clark, Scott Miracle-Gro, and Newmont Mining, rely on Innovapptive to transform how work gets done across plants and field operations.

Our customers have achieved $50M+ EBITDA savings at a single enterprise, 10× improvement in frontline productivity, and 15–20% reductions in maintenance costs.

Innovapptive is recognized as a Leader in Frost & Sullivan's “Frost Radar 2025 -  Augmented Connected Worker Platforms”, with acknowledgments from Gartner and LNS Research, and is backed by Vista Equity Partners and Tiger Global Management.

With headquarters in Houston and an engineering center in Hyderabad, we have 300+ employees across the U.S., India, and ANZ and are on a strong trajectory toward $100M ARR.

Why This Role Exists

Planning & Scheduling is a new product vertical for Innovapptive. You build the team from scratch: hire, set culture, define architecture with the FS Architect, and ship MVP. This is a greenfield opportunity inside an enterprise platform company with 59 existing customers. You have a FS Architect, a Lead, and two engineers joining. QA and additional engineers to hire.

What You Own

• P&S product team: 6 HC (growing). EM + Architect + 3 engineers + QA.
• Product delivery: sprint planning, velocity, on-time ≥90%. Work closely with Product Management.
• Architecture: partner with FS Architect on MEAN/MERN stack, SAP PP/PM integration, multi-tenant SaaS design.
• Team culture: hire well, set engineering standards from day one, enforce code review and quality gates.
• Integration with platform: consume Mobile Platform, Integration, and AI capabilities. Don’t rebuild.
• People: hiring pipeline, performance classification, coaching. Build a high-density team.

You Must Have

• 5+ years managing engineering teams. Experience building teams/products from zero.
• Full-stack engineering background (Node.js/MEAN/MERN preferred).
• Experience with SAP modules (PP, PM, QM) or industrial planning/scheduling systems.
• Ability to operate with ambiguity: requirements evolving, team forming, architecture in flux.
• Strong hiring instinct: you know how to spot and attract A-tier talent for a new team.

Nice to Have

• Building multi-tenant SaaS products from scratch.
• Connected workforce / industrial IoT platforms.
• AI-driven planning or scheduling optimization.
• Cloud cost awareness (AWS).

You Will Be Measured On

• Team operational (6 HC hired and productive) by end of Q2.
• MVP scoped and first sprint delivered within 60 days of start.
• Engineering standards: 100% code review, branch protection, quality gates from sprint 1.
• On-time delivery ≥90%. Zero quality shortcuts for speed.

Tech Stack & Tools

Backend: Node.js / TypeScript (MEAN/MERN stack), MongoDB

Frontend: React.js

Integration: SAP PP/PM modules, Open API/Webhooks

Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, GitLab CI/CD

Tools: GitLab, Jira, SonarQube, TestRail

Compensation & Growth

Band C2. Reports directly to CTO. New product vertical = outsized impact on company growth. Path to Sr. EM or product leadership as P&S scales.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and equity tied to measurable impact on AI accuracy and performance.
• A platform to shape the semantic intelligence layer of a category-defining industrial SaaS company.
• Access to cutting-edge AI, data, and observability toolchains for continuous learning and innovation.

Innovapptive does not accept and will not review unsolicited resumes from search firms.
Innovapptive is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, political affiliation, marital or partnership status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions), sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, genetic disorder, genetic predisposition, carrier status, military status, familial status, or domestic violence victim status and any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws.