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Role Description Pega Engineering Manager Where are we going? Building the Connected trip north star architecture across multiple products with clear direction on a consolidated, multi-layer, multi-platform architecture Consolidation of the Customer agent experience on PEGA desktop as a tool of choice with integrations built into Booking domain services Cross functional agile teams who own their products and operate in a DevOps environment Great engineering practices with a focus on operational discipline and excellence, product metrics and non-functional requirements at the beginning rather than an afterthought Our Engineering Principles - Customer centric - Ethical - Timely - Leadership by Example - Empathetic - Trustworthy - Proactive Skills we are looking for We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Engineering Manager with Pega experience who will lead an agile team to push the boundaries on engineering brilliant customer service solutions and contribute to shaping our new future. We expect you to have the energy and passion to deliver solutions using a whole range of technologies including but not limited to PEGA and have a solid understanding of engineering principles. You will be responsible for leading a cross functional team which will work closely with the existing cross functional teams in Amsterdam and start taking over various parts of product development, including support. We also expect you to take the lead and line manage a fully cross-functional team consisting of Pega build engineers, back-end engineers and testers. As a minimum, we expect our Engineering Manager to have: - High proficiency in technical leadership (5+ years leading engineering teams) - Experience with transformation into Pega solutions - Strong focus on delivery management - Strong cross team collaboration skills; you are able to work with other teams to generate objectives and measure value - Solid experience of Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Agile - Solid understanding of cloud technologies and how they can be leveraged to solve problems at scale - Proficiency in cloud cost management; your skills ensure efficient allocation of resources, cost control, and strategic utilisation of cloud services to maximise value and minimise expenses. - Quality first mind-set for writing code using techniques such as TDD, BDD and Agile - Good understanding of security principles and writing secure code - Solid understanding of Agile practices - Preferred - PEGA Certified Lead Systems Architect - Experience in architecting and designing Pega based CRM solutions for large programmes - Solid understanding of building robust and resilient PEGA systems Key Responsibilities People Leadership - Lead, inspire and motivate your team - Line manage a team of Junior, Midrange, Senior and Test Engineers - Nurture, grow and develop engineering talent in the team - Foster a great engineering culture that innovates, inspires teamwork and celebrates success - Learn new technologies and keep abreast of existing technologies and be able to apply these to a variety of projects as applicable Craft & Delivery Leadership - Works in conjunction with Senior Engineering Manager to size, manage scope and risk - Accountable for ensuring the business and technical architecture of the delivered solutions matches customer technical and functional requirements, and drives to deliver success to Customer Services - Provide thought-leadership to internal clients across business and technical project dimensions solving complex business requirements - Engineering delivery, quality and practices within your team including delivery management - Collaborate with the team and others to deliver high quality solutions - Collaborate with other teams to ensure global objectives are reached - Collaborate with your Product counterpart to design and deliver solutions with customer centric outcomes - Ownership of the quality of the solutions your team produce - Embed Agile ways of working and values within your team - Sizing and estimating work - Delivery of the wider Engineering strategic objectives - Get into the technical detail where required to coach, support and mentor the team - Engineering Craftsmanship including coaching and mentoring the team - Follow established default principles for architecture, quality standards, and non-functional requirements. - Contribute to the evolution of best practices across the department - Drive a DevOps environment including on call escalations Technology Leadership - Take the lead on design and development of features - A technology evangelist - Drive the delivery of high quality, robust code including tests - Design and develop reusable libraries, APIs and code that are easy to maintain, understand and re-use - Build, design and deliver high quality solutions in line with guidance and best practices of the department - Thought partner for Product to define, shape and deliver the roadmap - Own the architecture in your product team
