3692BR

Job Description

Job Description
About the Role
EdgeVerve Systems is looking for aSenior Member – IP Management (FOSS Compliance) to be part of its central FOSS and IP governance function. The role is responsible for ensuring that all software products and platforms comply with open-source licensing obligations. The individual will work closely with engineering, DevOps, legal, and product teams to identify, assess, and mitigate open-source compliance risks across the organization.
This role requires strong hands-on experience in FOSS compliance operations, open-source license interpretation, and SCA tool usage, along with the ability to guide teams on best practices.

• PerformFOSS compliance analysis for software products, services, and platforms.
• Identify and analyzeopen-source licenses (GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MIT, Apache 2.0, BSD, etc.) and assess their impact on commercial software distribution.
• Maintain and govern aninventory of open-source components used across products.
• UseSCA tools (Black Duck Hub preferred; equivalent tools such as Mend, FOSSA, Snyk acceptable) to identify, track, and manage open-source components.
• Work with engineering and DevOps teams tointegrate SCA scans into CI/CD pipelines.
• Supportautomation of FOSS compliance processes through scripting (primarily Python).
• Conductopen-source risk assessments and recommend remediation strategies.
• Provide guidance to development teams onopen-source best practices and license compliance.
• Contribute to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement ofFOSS compliance policies and processes.
• Collaborate closely withlegal/IP teams for license interpretation, risk classification, and compliance decisions.
• Stay up to date withopen-source licensing trends, regulations, and industry best practices.
• Support compliance reviews, audits, and release readiness activities as part of the central governance function.

• Bachelor’s degree incomputer science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience:  Minimum relevant experience 2 years and 4 - 8 Years overall experience
• Strong working knowledge of:
  
  • Open-source software principles and licensing models
  • Application of open-source licenses in commercial software distributions
• Hands-on experience withBlack Duck Hub (preferred) or equivalent SCA tools.
• Strong understanding ofFOSS identification and dependency linking concepts.
• Experience working withengineering and DevOps teams to integrate compliance scans into pipelines.
• Ability toread and understand source code across languages such as C/C++, Java, and Python.
• Experience writingsmall automation scripts (Python) to streamline compliance workflows.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment skills.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across technical and legal stakeholders.
• Business English fluency (written and verbal).

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience withcontainer image FOSS compliance and SBOM analysis.
• Familiarity withSBOM standards (SPDX, CycloneDX).
• Knowledge ofindustry frameworks and standards such as OpenChain.
• Exposure to legal and regulatory aspects of open-source software compliance.
• Experience supporting audits and governance activities in large engineering organizations.
• Familiarity with modern software development methodologies and DevOps practices.

• Role: Member - IP Management
• State / Region / Province: KARNATAKA
• Work Location: BANGALORE
• Company: EdgeVerve Systems Ltd
• Practice Unit: EVCORP