Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Location: Hyderabad, India

Job Description

TriNet is a leading provider of comprehensive human resources solutions for small to midsize businesses (SMBs). We enhance business productivity by enabling our clients to outsource their HR function to one strategic partner and allowing them to focus on operating and growing their core businesses. Our full-service HR solutions include features such as payroll processing, human capital consulting, employment law compliance and employee benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans and workers’ compensation insurance.

TriNet has a nationwide presence and an experienced executive team. Our stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol TNET. If you’re passionate about innovation and making an impact on the large SMB market, come join us as we power our clients’ business success with extraordinary HR.
Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that many potential applicants discourage themselves from applying to jobs unless they meet every single requirement. TriNet always strives to hire the most qualified candidate for a particular role, ensuring we deliver outstanding results for our small and medium-size customers. So if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every single qualification in the job description, nobody’s perfect – and we encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Software Engineering Manager will be responsible for a significant piece of TriNet's applications and technology environment. The position will lead the design, development and launch of TriNet's multi-tenant SaaS applications used by thousands of customers on TriNet's private and public cloud. Manager will be leading multi-functional teams that include developers, automation engineers, and Architects.
In this role, you will regularly interact with Senior Leadership across the company and drive technology and application vision along with roadmap for service owned, ensuring alignment with standard methodologies as well as striving for continuous improvements in operational and engineering excellence. This is a hands-on Technical Manager role, providing a great opportunity to deliver an innovative user experience using the latest technologies for TriNet's Human Resource, Payroll and Benefits platform.

Essential Duties/Responsibilites
Oversees a cross-functional engineering discipline centered on approach, mindset, and process that considers both the business and the technical needs of the customers with the goal of providing a quality product the meets the user’s needs.

Manages the technical scope, schedule, cost, performance, and risk while ensuring project plans are adhered to and on track with timing.

Coordinates with project team and other departments to ensure the product is documented and designed to appropriate quality, certification, and industry standards.

Focuses on execution of activities within an operating discipline covered by standard functional processes and procedures.

Generates system functional requirements from stakeholder expectations; allocates requirements to sub-systems/hardware/software components per design.

Interacts with engineering team to define and shape requirements for future platforms and systems; recommends strategies and/or hardware/software enhancements to increase team productivity and ensure efficient operation.

Validates and verifies systems requirements in accordance with project plans, troubleshoots and resolves integration/verification issues, and develops and executes test cases and procedures to verify the system under test.

Inspires and engages a team offering an environment of learning and career development and supporting individual and team goals.

Required for All Jobs:
Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all policies and standards

QUALIFICATIONS

Education
Preferred Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience, advanced degree.

Work Experience
Preferred Typically 10 or more years software design & development experience

Typically 6 or more years engineering leadership experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Excellent problem-solving skills with deep hands-on technical expertise with latest Cloud/SaaS based Open Source technologies.

Excellent communication skills

Solid understanding of system engineering/requirements/integration and computer hardware and software systems

Expert knowledge of data center infrastructure and virtualization technologies

Ability to project manage and collaborate to gather requirements and develop solutions

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Excellent attention to details and exceptional organizational skills

Work Environment:
Work in a clean, pleasant, and comfortable office work setting. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is 100% in office.

Please Note: TriNet reserves the right to change or modify job duties and assignments at any time. The above job description is not all encompassing. Position functions and qualifications may vary depending on business necessity.

TriNet is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants based on race, religion, color, disability, medical condition, legally protected genetic information, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), age, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Any applicant with a mental or physical disability who requires an accommodation during the application process should contact India_Recruitment@Trinet.com to request such an accommodation.

Job Info
Job Identification
3004313
Job Category
Software Engineering
Posting Date
11/04/2026
Job Schedule
Full time
Locations
Hyderabad, Telangana, India