Software Engineering Manager

Role Overview

• Manage a team of software engineers
• Function as the go-to technical leader for the software applications supported, requiring depth and breadth of knowledge in technologies, applications, integration, interfaces and business domain
• Serve as key liaison between the architecture and technical delivery teams to influence the technical strategy for the organization, keeping in mind its cross functional impacts, integration across the organization, and architecture rationalization.
• Collaboration with teams to identify opportunities for integration across tools used in the life cycle, including agile, test automation, platform configuration management, and drive efficiencies.
• Ability to provide concise, transparent communications about potential risks, mitigations and business impacts in a timely manner.
• Hires, trains, and develops talent for growth opportunities; monitors team/individual’s morale and engagement to maintain highly effective and collaborative environments.
• Ability to understand technology trade off risks and rewards for the best customer value delivery.
• Challenges teams for continuous improvement ideas and supports the team for implementation.
• Takes ownership to drive innovation for effectively leveraging technology to solve the customer problem.
• Oversee technical deliverables, coaching and mentoring of software engineers and provide technical leadership for same; enforcing development guidelines and best practices.
• Foster an environment of experimentation and continual improvement through regular Innovation Sprints, technical debt reduction and a forward-thinking architectural runway.
• Experience in building and advocating RESTful services, API design best practices, distributed systems, micro services architecture and other architectural patterns.
• Proactively address technical issues and risks that could impact project schedule and/or integrity of the application environment
• Work closely with stakeholders to design and document solutions that align with the business needs and are consistent with the architectural vision.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in application software solution development along with managing software engineering teams.
• Preferred, not required
• Oracle Revenue Management and Billing (ORMB) experience
• Strategic planning, process analysis and execution skills for introducing evolving architecture based solutions like cloud-based technologies (AWS), SaaS, and open source frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Java and J2EE technologies, such as, Java Web Services, JMS, JSP, XML, JSON, JDBC etc.
• Experience with Web Services (SOAP and Rest).
• Experience with containerization and experience in cloud infrastructure environments like Open Shift AWS.
• Experience working in the security domain a plus.
• Experience with Oracle and SQL Server relational database technologies.
• Knowledge of open-source database technologies is beneficial
• Experience with continuous integration and DevOps methodologies, preferred tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Rally, SonarQube etc.
• Ability to write and review well-abstracted, reusable code for all backend components.
• Contribute to the code base and ensure code and processes adhere to clean code practices and industry best practices.
• Experience working in an Agile or SAFe development environment
• Superior organization skills with the ability to simultaneously handle multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to present confidently before a large audience
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Cloud
• Distributed Systems
• J2EE
• Java
• Jenkins
• Open Source
• Oracle
• SOAP
• SQL

Benefits

• health insurance
• retirement plans
• paid time off
• flexible work arrangements
• professional development opportunities
• other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition.