SVP, Engineering Lead

Posted:
3/25/2025, 10:38:24 AM

Location(s):
Karnataka, India ⋅ Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

About the job:

The Engineering Lead provides technical leadership with a primary goal of driving value and efficiency through cleansing of data, automation of processes and delivery of enhancements to business applications. The Engineering Lead serves a critical role with stakeholders covering Operations and Investment Management Business. 

The Engineering Lead will work closely with all members of Technology and the Business to achieve these goals.

The successful candidate is expected to:

  • Develop relationships with stakeholders from around the firm to understand business needs and how they align with technical goals.
  • Develop high quality solutions to enhance extensibility, scalability and efficiency within configuration driven data platform.
  • Mentor more junior engineers both technically and professionally.
  • Dig into system events to track, investigate, and resolve defects as required.
  • Work with Senior Management to proactively identify gaps in processes and technologies to improve Engineering workflows.

Qualifications:

  • 15+ years experience as an engineering lead architecting and solutioning app platforms.
  • Proficient in SQL, Java or Python languages.
  • Experience in managing the life cycle of vendor products.
  • Experience mentoring engineers.
  • Comfortable with fast-moving work environment with quick iterations.
  • Excellence in time management and delivering works in a tight deadline.
  • Able to dig into all the systems to track and investigate the bug when things break.
  • Hands-on experience in relational databases and complex query authoring.
  • Preferred:
    • Knowledge of AWS/Azure services
    • Knowledge of AI/LLM/RAG stack.
    • Prior experience in asset management/private equity domain
  • Must be able to work out of our Bangalore office.

FS Investments: 30 years of leadership in private markets

FS Investments is an alternative asset manager dedicated to delivering attractive returns across private equity, private credit and real estate. Following its 2023 acquisition of Portfolio Advisors, FS Investments now manages over $85 billion for both institutional and wealth management clients around the world, drawing on 30 years of experience and more than 500 employees operating across nine global offices.

The firm’s investment professionals manage a wide range of differentiated strategies across private markets and collectively manage relationships with 300+ sponsors. FS Investments’ active partnership model creates a virtuous cycle of superior market insights and deal flow, which inform the underwriting process and help to generate strong returns.

FS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

 

FS Investments does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or search firms. Any resume or referral submitted in the absence of a signed agreement is property of FS Investments and no fee will be paid.